Newport Jazz Festival 2018 set out to push boundaries and succeeded admirably
George Wein
Legends, upstarts, and an honored but absent guest at this year’s festival.
Superstars, secret stars, rising stars, and a ghost from the past hovering over it all.
The Newport Jazz Festival celebrated 60 years in grand style
Dr. John got the world on its feet with his 1973 classic
New Orleans came to Newport for opening night of this year’s Jazz Festival
Ken Shane was back at the Newport Folk Festival this year — but this time, he wasn’t just there as a journalist.
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….
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…