Yes, there are lots of nice boats, houses and houseboats in Newport, but something that our team can’t help but notice each year we descend upon Fort Adams for the historic/trendy Newport Folk Festival is […]
Month: July 2012
This Week’s Must-See NYC Shows
Let’s get real, here – we’re in Newport Folk Fest withdrawal, okay? You know when you have a dream that’s so real, you wake up and believe you’re actually living it, until you realize that […]
The Newport Feast for Musical Omnivores
In its 53rd year, the Newport Folk Festival doesn’t look exactly like it did years ago and that’s just fine. This year, there was a wealth of attention and excitement at the festival around young […]
Superlatives: Newport Folk Class of 2012
Best On-Stage Use of Hair (Tie): Patty Griffin & First Aid Kit You’ve seen crowd surfing, you’ve seen guitar throwing, you’ve seen head banging … but have you seen “hair thrashing”? We hadn’t either – […]
Favorite Newport Collaborations of 2012
Any of us fest-goers who attended this year’s Newport Folk Fest would probably agree that his or her legs are tired from all the running around that the amazing lineup required (our fearless leader Garland […]
DAY TWO: 2012 Newport Folk Festival
The bar was set pretty high on Saturday, but the final day of the Newport Folk Festival was just as impressive. On Sunday, our team spent much more time at the Fort stage than we […]
DAY ONE: 2012 Newport Folk Festival
With the best summer festival lineup in the nation, we weren’t really expecting disappointment, but there’s always a chance. Following a Friday evening performance with Wilco headlining, the first FULL day of this year’s Newport […]
grass clippings Minute-by-Minute Guide: 2012 Newport Folk Festival
For the third year in a row, a team from grass clippings (this year it’s Stef, Richard, Emily and me) will be on the ground in Newport. And this year, we’ll be running around more […]
Evening Hymns to Release “Spectral Dusk”
Canadian folk pop band Evening Hymns will follow its entrancing 2009 debut album, Spirit Guides (Amazon MP3 & Spotify), with its sophomore called Spectral Dusk, releasing in August. According to the band’s Web site, the […]
clippings calendar: This Week’s Must-See Shows in NYC
So, some of you may have heard about a tiny little fest-i-val featuring little-known musical acts happening this weekend in Rhode Island. …Okay – maybe it’s a ridiculously awesome festival with a laundry list of […]
KahBang Up-And-Comers
While the headline acts at Bangor, Maine’s 4th Annual KahBang Festival aren’t ones that we typically cover here, the festival – lasting four days with a wide variety of genres and styles in music, art, […]
Deer Tick’s Fully Loaded After Parties
As we mentioned a few weeks back, Deer Tick is curating three nights of Newport Folk Festival after parties at the Newport Blues Café. Well, the final lineup was announced this week and includes some […]
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