The Mrs. and I are bringing Twangville back to the best festival this year. Newport Folk has a great lineup again and we’re super excited about it. To kick off the weekend, we’ll just give a quick preview of some acts each day that we’re excited to see. FRIDAY St. Paul & the Broken Bones […]
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Photos that ROCK! Newport Folk Festival 2014
When the e-mail arrived confirming my press credentials for the Newport Folk Festival, I did a little dance around my living room. Not only is this the holy grail of music festivals (you may remember an incident with Bob Dylan and an electric guitar in 1965…), but I have been not-so- patiently waiting 12 years […]
Newport Folk Festival – Saturday
With his days in the blues-rock duo White Stripes now comfortably behind him, Jack White has become a bit of a generational connector. He’s paid homage to country, blues and rock legends, yet he keeps winning new fans. When he stepped on to the stage at Newport Folk Fest, the standing area at the front […]
Newport Folk Festival – Friday
Ryan Adams really summed up the 2014 Newport Folk Fest experience well when he said, “”Like ten years ago I was depressed and now I’m playing music with *&$%ing sailboats in the background.” The setting at the legendary festival is literally one of the most beautiful spots as it juts far out into Narragansett Bay. […]
Newport Folk Festival Preview
After 55 years, the Newport Folk Festival is still relevant. Not only is it relevant, it is still bringing together disparate influences and challenging the notions of “folk” music in the same way that Bob Dylan did back in 1965 (though now the public expects it). Case in point, Son House admirer, producer, blues, folk […]
Monday Morning Video: Newport Folk Festival
Here’s a great video from this past weekend’s Newport Folk Festival. Torrential rain threatened to cancel the backstage bbq event but the musicians took it upon themselves to make it happen. Here’s Jim James, Ben Sollee, Joe Fletcher and others with an acoustic take on the INXS classic “Never Tear Us Apart.” Pretty special.
Newport Folk Festival 2010 (Part Two)
Day two of the Newport Folk Festival dawned with even better weather than the day before. With the giant bridge gleaming at me in the background, I trekked from the parking lot straight to the set of Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons. I had seen Cory’s name around a lot recently, opening up for […]
Newport Folk Festival 2010 (Part One)
I’m really learning to love the Newport Folk Festival. This was my second year in attendance and I have been consistently impressed not only with the quality of the line-up, but also with the relaxed atmosphere. Music runs from about 11:30am to 7:30pm on 3 stages in Fort Adams State Park, Newport, Rhode Island on […]
Newport Folk Festival 2010- Preview
Fort Adams State Park becomes the land of milk and honey once again this year. George Wein’s Newport Folk Fesitval will return on July 30th through August 1st. Gracing the main stage will be Levon Helm’s Ramble on the Road, John Prine, Yim Yames of My Morning Jacket, and Doc Watson & David Holt along […]
2009 Newport Folk Festival- Day Two
The second day of the 2009 Newport Folk Festival dawned with an overcast sky that slowly bled into sunshine for an excellent Sunday of folk music. My first choice would be a difficult one. Josh Ritter was playing the main stage directly opposite the David Rawlings Machine at the harbourside stage. I elected to begin […]