Ms. Dar Williams, whose fanboy Hendrik Hertzberg of the The New Yorker has called "America's best singer-songwriter," hasn't been in town since playing the Forecastle Fest in 2010, so fans will be excited to know that she has a new album, In the Time of Gods, to play at Headliners Music Hall on June 22. Williams has a big reputation in the activist folk scene, having co-authored a natural foods directory, The Tofu Tollbooth, as well as having written many songs beloved by liberal activists, including Joan Baez, with whom she toured. Her latest album was inspired by the Greek gods, including Zeus, who, she said, was a bully. It all is part and parcel of her new gig as guest professor at Weysleyan University, where she lectures on “Music Movements in Capitalist Democracy." Tickets are a reasonable $20 advance/$23 DoS. 

--Paul Moffett