5:36 p.m. Saturday, Telluride: A few random notes as the sun came back out during a much-anticipated set by Australian singer Kasey Chambers and her husband, Shane Nicholson. The duo’s folk-country sensibility and harmonies echo another legendary pairing: Emmylou Harris (who plays a solo set Sunday) and the late Gram Parsons …

 

-          “This is an F. F is the same in Senegal, in Sydney and Tokyo. Music has no borders.” – Gold-robed West African cora master Toumani Diabate to the audience on Friday, as he explained how the 21-string harp-like instrument is tuned.

-          You don’t expect to run into John Oates at a bluegrass festival … or a rock festival for that matter, but he’s been hangin’ all weekend at Telluride as he did last year. “Nothing could have kept me away,” he told me as we both got coffee backstage. We’re anticipating a guest appearance by him during Sam Bush’s set later this evening, maybe “Rich Girl” with full bluegrass rock instrumentation. (John Oates is the dark-haired member of the mega-hitmaking, ‘70s blue-eyed soul duo, Hall and Oates.)

-          Today’s lineup ends with Gaelic Storm, most famous as the dance band playing below deck in the film “Titanic.”

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