Kevin Gordon

Opening was the super talented Ben de la Cour. Ben played six or seven songs, most of them coming from his recently released album The High Cost of Living Strange.

It's called Peter Case's First Flight, a no-frills, no-pretensions gig that includes Case and three other songwriters, all of whom take turns singing and strumming, with only one stipulation -- the songs must be new.

St. Louis, USA

This "roots plus" festival continues to add to its legacy and its reputation as "essential" (NYTimes) and "one of the must-see music festivals" (Rolling Stone).