Last week, ATO and the Newport Folk Festival announced that they will join forces for a series of new limited edition vinyls of ATO artists who will perform or have performed at Newport. The first […]
Category: Festivals
Jack White to Perform at Sold Out Newport Folk Festival
In advance of tomorrow’s release of his new album, Lazaretto (Amazon), Jack White today announced that he will perform at the Newport Folk Festival on Saturday, July 26th. A monumental addition to the lineup, which […]
Newport Preview at Bob Boilen’s Tiny Desk
The Newport Folk Festival is less than two months away. The entire festival is sold out. There have been a number of evening events announced – most of which are also sold out. Most of […]
Ryan Adams to Make Newport Folk Debut
Last Friday, Newport Folk Festival producer Jay Sweet made the following post on his Facebook page: Hey Friends and Family, I wanted to take a moment and say it’s taken me nearly seven years to […]
New Orleans to Newport
The 2014 Newport Folk Festival kicks off five months from today and the lineup continues to build. So far, we’ve got the newly rejoined Nickel Creek, legendary soulful folker Mavis Staples, newbies like The Oh Hellos […]
JJ Sheffer Wins Best Tat at Newport
Congrats to JJ Sheffer, a fan (and new friend of grass clippings) from York, PA, who has won the grass clippings Best Tattoos of the 2013 Newport Folk Festival contest. JJ, you’ve won a $25 gift […]
VOTE NOW: Best Tattoos of the 2013 Newport Folk Festival
For the second year in a row, our team scoured the skin of folkers of all kinds to in an effort to find the best tattoos of the Newport Folk Festival. While not every band […]
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