The 2012 installment of Harvest Sessions, presented by 88.1 KDHX, continued on Saturday, May 12 at the Tower Grove Farmer's Market with a performance by Caleb Travers.

There are a million tired clichés that can be used to describe singer-songwriters. Tuesday evening at the Old Rock House Dar Williams put on a performance that was neither tired nor clichéd.

At the bar before the show, I chatted with Johnny Irion when, in a sign of things to come, the house p.a. shuffled to a Jayhawks song. Irion literally took note: He pulled a marker from his pocket, wrote the name of the band on his hand and excused himself to order some pre-show dinner.

With a hard won honesty to his song lyrics and almost too much energy to be contained in a small space, Caleb Travers kept the holiday weekend market shoppers entertained on a sweltering Saturday morning.

Caleb Travers performed live in the KDHX studios.

Caleb Travers has a way with a song and a melody that evokes his country roots but also takes in modern urban experience of romantic and personal discovery. The St. Louis native gave a live performance in the KDHX studios in advance of his Twangfest debut.

With debut CD "Blue Weathered Dreams" in the can, Caleb Travers spent the morning with Feel Like Going Home. Pedal steel guitarist Scott Swartz accompanied Travers for two new songs.