Welcome Home Fest Day 1 w/ Kimya Dawson, Michael Hurley, Kinky Friedman, Growling Old Men

As the annular eclipse falls over Texas Saturday morning, the Kerrville Folk Festival family gathers for a fall celebration. A sound bath from the Brother Brothers accompanies the darkening, but songwriters hold the spotlight. Friday highlights iconoclast Kinky Friedman, freak-folk pioneer Michael Hurley, and Moldy Peach Kimya Dawson’s anti-folk. Saturday glows behind Twain aptly crooning “Solar Pilgrim,” Georgia Parker’s honky-tonk, and Portland’s Anna Tivel – before Daniel Fears, Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker, and Sir Woman serenade the night. Sunday revives behind the ambient wash of Laraaji, locals McMercy Family Band and Lomelda, and North Texas teenage songwriting phenom Jack Barksdale. —441513