Festival Review: CoS at Newport Folk Festival 2011

By Ben Kaye on August 4th, 2011

Get your folk on.

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: Coachella, Ultra, Rock Ness, Pinkpop

By Michael Zonenashvili on December 1st, 2010

System of a Down is back. Kings of Leon won’t go away.

Festivals In Brief: August 4 – 11

By Michael Hickey on August 11th, 2010

A recap of the latest news and rumors.

End of Week Recap: August 2-6

By Emma Ramsay on August 6th, 2010

You know, just in case you missed anything.

Chillin’ the Folk Out: CoS at Newport Folk Fest ’10

By Drew Litowitz on August 4th, 2010

Authentic chill waves here.

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 [...]

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 [...]