Elvis Costello, The Decemberists head Newport Folk Festival 2011

By Ben Kaye on March 30th, 2011

Plus M. Ward, Gogol Bordello, Middle Brother, and a folk-load more.

Festivals in Brief: July 21- 28

By Michael Hickey on July 28th, 2010

A recap of the latest news and rumors.

On Sale: Friday, March 26th, 2010

By Alex Young on March 25th, 2010

Green Day, Them Crooked Vultures, The New Pornographers, and more!

Stream: Newport Folk Festival 2009

By Alex Young on August 3rd, 2009

All Points West wasn’t the only music festival to take the east coast by storm this past weekend (no pun intended). Up the road, the Newport Folk Festival, now known as George Wein’s Folk Festival, returned to Newport, Rhode Island for its 50th go around. Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, and Billy Bragg played, as did [...]

Billy Bragg, Tom Morello, Mavis Staple joins George Wein’s Folk Festival

By Alex Young on May 4th, 2009

As if there weren’t already enough reasons to attend attend George Wein’s Folk Festival this summer – in case you missed our first post on the topic George Wein’s Folk Festival is the new name for the legendary Newport Folk Festival, Mr. Wein and company have added a few more additions to its 50th anniversary [...]

Newport Folk Festival turns 50; celebrates with name change and Colin Meloy!

By Alex Young on April 17th, 2009

For as awesome as the Coachellas and Bonnaroos of the world are today, the Newport Folk Festival trounces all when it comes to history – if you don’t know why do a search for “Electric Dylan.” In fact, one could definitely argue that if it wasn’t for the Newport, Rhode Island festival, there would be [...]