Earlier this week, I posted a few of my favorite moments from this year’s Newport Folk Festival. But there’s one more that I thought deserved a little extra attention. Unannounced performances in Newport aren’t unusual. […]
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RECAP: Perpetual FOMO at the 2016 Newport Folk Festival
Margo Price at Newport – Photo by Jamie Reiley of our friends at Music Savage The anxiety that comes with navigating the Newport Folk Festival’s overlapping sets is something that gets worse for me every […]
2016 Newport Folk Festival Preview
After many months of a much needed hiatus, we’re back just in time for this weekend’s Newport Folk Festival. As in the past, this year’s lineup consists of a genre-spanning and well-curated melting pot of […]
2016 Newport Folk Festival Tickets for Saturday Sell Out In Hours
Photo: Richard Kluver/grass clippings This morning the Newport Folk Festival began selling tickets for next year’s festival. Without any tips about the headliners, Saturday tickets were gone in just a few hours. Friday and Sunday tickets […]
SUNDAY: Michael Daves Wrangles All Star Lineup for 4th Annual Brooklyn Bluegrass Bash
This Sunday, November 29th, multiple generations of bluegrass musicians will come together at The Bell House in Gowanus for the 4th Annual Brooklyn Bluegrass Bash organized by celebrated and Grammy-nominated Brooklyn old time singer and […]
Blake Mills’ Backstage Cover of “When I Paint My Masterpiece” on Dylan’s Newport Guitar
Mills on stage at Newport 2015 – Photo by Richard Kluver/grass clippings This week, Newport released this gem of Blake Mills covering “When I Paint My Masterpiece” on Dylan’s ’65 electric set guitar from inside […]
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, […]
VOTE NOW: Best Tattoos of the 2015 Newport Folk Festival
All photos by Richard Kluver/grass clippings blog As we have for the last four years, the grass clippings team again scanned festivarian flesh at last weekend’s Newport Folk Festival for stand out tats. While we’re always […]
FloydFest 2015: Grass on the Mountain
The Earls of Leicester – Photo by Russ Helgren During the Earls of Leicester set on Sunday afternoon at FloydFest, Jerry Douglas was as blunt as he could be with a crowd of diehard bluegrass […]
Vi Luong’s Drawings from Newport
Hopefully by now you’ve checked out our photos from the 2015 Newport Folk Festival (if not see: Day 1, Day 2 & Day 3). But there’s more! As promised, grass clippings designer Vi Luong (a.k.a. @MISTER_VI) […]
DAY THREE: Bob Dylan’s Historic ‘65 Electric Set Revisited in Newport
All photos by Richard Kluver/grass clippings blog Expectations for the 50th Anniversary of Bob Dylan’s historic electric set at the Newport Folk Festival were high, but they were indeed met as festival organizers tastefully gathered an […]
DAY TWO: The Best of Past and Present Collide in Newport
All photos by Richard Kluver/grass clippings blog Saturday at the 2015 Newport Folk Fest was a day so packed with great sets and memorable moments that it was a constant battle to decide where to […]
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