On Friday, Nashville’s Brighton, England transplant, Adam Stockdale – under the banner of Albatross – released his latest album, Desperate Times Best Forgotten. Similar to Stockdale’s previous work, the album maintains a poppy folk thread […]
Month: August 2015
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott Ventures Home to Headline 10th Annual Brooklyn Country Music Festival
Ramblin’ Jack backstage at the 2013 Newport Folk Festival. Photo by Richard Kluver/grass clippings blog Ramblin’ Jack Elliott ran away from Brooklyn to join the rodeo when he was just fourteen. A few months later, […]
J.J. Sheffer Wins Best Tattoo of the Newport Folk Festival (Again)
In the four years that we’ve been tracking the Best Tattoos of the Newport Folk Festival, we’ve had two artist winners and one fan winner. This year, those numbers don’t change. The same fan who […]
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