All photos by Richard Kluver/grass clippings blog The biggest story of Day One at the 2015 Newport Folk Festival closed it, with My Morning Jacket not only serving as Roger Waters’ surprise backing band, but […]

All photos by Richard Kluver/grass clippings blog The biggest story of Day One at the 2015 Newport Folk Festival closed it, with My Morning Jacket not only serving as Roger Waters’ surprise backing band, but […]
For the fourth year in a row, grass clippings is hunting down the best tattoos of the Newport Folk Festival. All weekend, we’ll be walking around the festival asking artists and festivarians about their tats. […]
This coming weekend, the Newport Folk Festival will mark the 50th anniversary of Bob Dylan’s historic electric set with a secret lineup on Sunday entitled “65 Revisited.” Dylan’s set, which won both praise and boos […]
In April, Spirit Family Reunion released Hands Together (Amazon & Spotify), its second major album of secular gospel tunes. Since the beginning, the Family has been celebrated for their high energy numbers, of which this album has […]
Newport freshman and Canadian singer-songwriter Andy Shauf recorded The Bearer of Bad News (Amazon & Spotify) by himself in a basement in Regina, Saskatchewan. Discussing the album on WFUV a few months back, Shauf outlined […]
Yesterday, the Newport Folk Festival, our perennial favorite event of the summer, announced that Sufjan Stevens will perform at this year’s Festival in late July. Since seeing Stevens perform at The Beacon Theater in Manhattan […]
Hozier’s performance of “Work Song” with the Berklee Gospel and Roots Choir was one of our favorite moments of the Newport Folk Festival this past summer (the backstage rehearsal I was lucky enough to catch was even more chilling than […]
Congrats to our friend Joe Fletcher for winning our Third Annual Newport Folk Festival Tattoo contest. Fletcher, who was runner up in our first contest three years ago, and his tat (above) honoring the late David Lamb […]
For the third year in a row, the grass clippings team surveyed festivarian flesh in Newport for the best tats. We are totally confident that we somehow overlooked your pal’s awesome tat (sorry!), but we […]
Mavis Staples’ birthday celebration set in Newport, which culminated Sunday and included appearances by legendary Wilco leader Jeff Tweedy, indie pop group Lucius and loads of others, was just as unforgettable as everyone expected. It […]
Jack White’s highly anticipated Newport debut dominated the chatter of Day 2 at the 2014 Newport Folk Festival and drew the largest festival audience that I’ve seen. His twelve-song set featured material spanning his work under […]
Opening Day at the 2014 Newport Folk Festival was loaded with great moments, but there is no question about the most memorable one of the day. On a perfect Friday afternoon on the Quad inside Fort Adams, […]