Most of the lineup for this year's Newport Folk Festival has been announced. Beck, the Avett Brothers, and Feist are amont the marquee artists performing, as well as Colin Meloy of the Decemberists,…   Read Story »

On Saturday night, My Morning Jacket headlined the Newport Folk Festival, bringing a ton of special guests with them. At various points, Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst, Alabama Shakes' Brittany Howard,…   Read Story »

The Newport Folk Festival, the same storied event where Bob Dylan once terrorized Pete Seeger's sensitive ears by plugging his guitar in, has transformed over the years into a slightly more…   Read Story »

Tegan & Sara made their Newport Folk Festival debut over the weekend. "We made it to Newport!! What a lovely and quaint little place!" Tegan blogged upon arrival. "Rhode Island is adorable and…   Read Story »

While we fought rain at the second annual All Points West, the newly expanded Decemberists took a break from their start-to-finish The Hazards Of Love renditions to introduce a couple new songs to…   Read Story »

While we were sweating it out in Grant Park for Lollapalooza this past weekend, friend of the 'Gum and occasional photo contributor Jon Bahr was toughing it out up in Newport, Rhode Island for this…   Read Story »

Maybe some of the festivals we've been announcing are too loud for the folkier souls out there (Devendra). If that's the case, the Newport Folk Festival just unveiled their '08 lineup and new Dunkin'…   Read Story »