Welcome back, Richard Buckner. Fans of enigmatic, incandescent songwriting have missed you.

Consider Our Blood Richard Buckner's Chinese Democracy. His last album, Meadow, was released in 2006, and since then he's been touring, mostly, with regular stops in St. Louis.

Colour Revolt opened the evening with a strong set, warming up the crowd at Off Broadway for the acts that followed. Singer-songwriter Richard Buckner followed, accompanied by Anders Parker.

A busy night for music in St. Louis. All photos by Kate McDaniel. See more at her Flickr stream.

A howling voice, a droning guitar, a floorboard lined with looping gizmos, and a restless lyrical sensibility like few other songwriters: That's Richard Buckner the performer; he brought his one-man, musical hypnosis treatment to KDHX.