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Wilco Added To Newport Folk Festival Lineup
Newport Folk Festival 2012 has returned to the tradition of presenting a Friday night concert before the Saturday and Sunday events get under way. There was no Friday night concert last year, but in
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Newport Folk Festival 2012
NEWPORT, RI, February 29, 2012 – The Newport Festivals Foundation™ has announced the lineup for the 2012 Newport Folk Festival® set to take place July 28-29 once again at the picturesque Fort Adams State
Read More »A Fan’s Notes: Newport Folk Festival 2011
Ken Shane was back at the Newport Folk Festival this year -- but this time, he wasn't just there as a journalist
Read More »Soul Serenade: The Staple Singers, “I’ll Take You There”
Ken Shane will be covering the Newport Folk Festival for Popdose again this weekend. Among the artists he looks forward to seeing is soul legend Mavis Staples
Read More »CD Review: Bob Dylan, “Bob Dylan In Concert – Brandeis University 1963″
A new recovered tape that had been lost for 40 years provides compelling insight into Bob Dylan's earliest days as a songwriter and performer
Read More »Live Music: Newport Folk Festival Lineup Announced
Last night, the lineup for the 2011 Newport Folk Festival was announced at a live event in Cambridge,
Read More »Soul Serenade: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Live in Pawtucket, R.I.
Last summer Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings blew away a Newport Folk Festival crowd. Last week they were back in Rhode Island, and Ken Shane was there
Read More »Live Music: Newport Folk Festival 2010, Part Two
If anything, the final day of the 2010 Newport Folk Festival was even more beautiful than the day before, and Newport Harbor was at the height of its midsummer glory. Arriving early has its
Read More »Live Music: 2010 Newport Folk Festival, Part One
George Wein started the Newport Folk Festival in 1959, and though economic difficulties caused the festival to close down in 1971, it was revived in 1985, and it’s been running continuously ever since. One
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