It’s Festival-time around the world. Lollapalooza went down last weekend. Outside Lands will go down outside this coming weekend. And for those of us who couldn’t make it to each Mecca, vignettes from various Festivals are trickling in from around the Interglobe.

Take, for example, the performance below by one of our favorites, Andrew Bird (featuring the lovely and talented Tift Merrit), of Begging Questions and Dark Matter at the Newport Folk Festival (courtesy of NPR).

While we revere Mr. Bird’s albums, we confess to enjoying his live performances more.  With his superb songwriting, singing, storytelling, and playing (violin, etc.), as you’ll see below, Bird flies highest upon the stage.  Go over to NPR HERE, to hear the entire set (as listed below).

SET LIST: “MX Missiles” “Give It Away” “Something Biblical” “When That Helicopter Comes” (The Handsome Family cover) “Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dyin’ Bed” “Dear Old Greenland” “Begging Questions” “Dark Matter” “Tenuousness” “Three White Horses” “Headsoak” “Danse Caribe” “If I Needed You” (Townes Van Zandt cover), and “Don’t Be Scared” (The Handsome Family cover)