‘Springs Eternal’, the new album from William Doyle, is imbued with a playfulness, a lightness of touch, revealing an artist unafraid to have fun even as the characters in his songs drown in the chaos of an uncertain world. It’s a vibrant, pulsating, euphoric ride .
Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals and Michael Franti & Spearhead provided a compelling musical double finale on September 23 at the 10th Anniversary Farm-to-Fork Festival in downtown Sacramento, Calif.