Last week, the Newport Folk Festival added Nashville instrumental duo Steelism (Jeremy Fetzer & Spencer Cullum Jr.) to its lineup and announced that Ruby Amanfu and Nicole Atkins would join their set. Steelism’s country twang/vintage […]
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The Deep, Deep South Blues of C.W. Stoneking
When tickets for the 2017 Newport Folk Festival went on sale in November, weekend passes sold out in a few hours. At that point, no bands had been announced. Since then, the Festival has slowly […]
Who Was That Random Man Glen Hansard Invited Onstage at Newport?
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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