IT @ FF

The 30th Annual Ann Arbor Folk Festival: The IT crew and friends held down some nice seats on the main floor of the gorgeous Hill Auditorium. The first night included: Millish, Ember Swift, Martha Wainwright, Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Jackie Greene, then an intermission followed by the Kiyoshi Nagata Ensemble and then the headliner Rufus Wainwright.

Second night was Daisy May, Bill Staines, Terri Hendrix & Lloyd Maines, Paul Thorn, Over the Rhine, intermission, Mountain Heart, John Prine. Paul Thorn was an immediate favorite, even before he played a note. He came out on stage and in his deep southern drawl told us how his guitar had been stolen that very day. Luckily he had a loaner from John Prine, and opened his set singing about it being a great day to “whoop somebody’s ass.” Good music and good humor.