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 […]
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Show Us Your Tats, Newport: 4th Annual Grass Clippings Best Tattoos Contest
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. […]
How Should Dylan’s Newport Electric Set Be Recognized This Weekend?
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 […]
Spirit Family Reunion – “How I Long to Take That Ride”
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 […]
Andy Shauf’s Reverse System of Song Arrangement
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 […]
Sufjan Stevens Joins Newport Folk Festival Lineup
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 & Berklee Gospel and Roots Choir at Newport 2014 – “Work Song”
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 […]
Joe Fletcher Wins Best Tattoo of Newport
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 […]
VOTE NOW: Best Tattoos of the 2014 Newport Folk Festival
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 […]
Day Three: Legends and Breakouts Draw Crowds in Newport
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 […]
Day Two: Jack White Cries in Newport
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 […]
Day One: Mavis Staples Sings “Bad Self Portraits” with Lake Street Dive in Newport
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, […]
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