Live Review: The Lantern Tour (Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams, Thao Nguyen, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Gaby Moreno, Amy Helm)

Sharing time-tested tunes, well-crafted newer material, personal stories and good vibes, the artists of The Lantern Tour—Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams, Thao Nguyen, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Gaby Moreno and Amy Helm—wrapped up this year’s pandemic-shortened, three-city run at Collingswood, N.J.’s Scottish Rite Auditorium.

The tour raised money for the Women’s Refugee Commission, which fights for the rights, inclusion and empowerment of women and youth in conflict zones around the world, including reuniting families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. It was only right, then, that some of the most powerful songs of the night were informed by the songwriters’ own journeys, whether literal or metaphorical.