Friday night, May 14, was like a dream.

A couple of dozen people got together to listen to live music in and outside of a barn in West Creek. Just about everybody said it was the first time they had heard live music since the COVID-19 pandemic hit New Jersey hard in March 2020. The evening’s performers didn’t let them down.

Local favorite Sahara Moon opened the show. Moon’s version of folk had a tinge of jazz on Friday, thanks in part to her decision to have Ray Bohn accompany her on string bass.