“The capper to a pretty fun Sunday was seeing Neko Case in concert at the Belly Up in Solana Beach. Case plays music that is hard to describe to people who haven’t heard it. Some call it country noir, but whatever it is, it’s damn good music in the American tradition of Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline. Some of her songs, if they’d been written, recorded, and released 45 years ago, would be timeless standards. But rather than feeling musty and nostalgic, they feel fresh. And her voice is practically a national treasure.” -Neal Pozner, The Wind