Newport Folk played host to an unprecedented gathering of rediscovered Blues icons to create what is now regarded as a pivotal moment in the American roots & blues revival of the 1960s.

Check out Oliver Hazard performing unplugged in front of the Oliver Hazard Perry.

Get to know all the Folk first-timers making their debut at the Fort this summer.

Watch Aoife O’Donovan perform one of her new songs for us backstage at the 2023 Newport Folk Festival.

From young music students to playing stages with their heroes, watch how Chauntee and Monique Ross became SistaStrings.

Joan Baez speaks with Jay Sweet about non-traditional education and the next generation of artists.

Newport’s Long Tradition of Civic Engagement Continues with HeadCount.

It’s impossible to think of bluegrass music today without Earl Scruggs. The prints of his fingerpicks are everywhere. And this month, he would have turned 100.

Music is made up of moments, and some moments turn into legends. Arguably the most legendary is “Dylan Goes Electric.”

What compelled George Wein, the founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, to launch a folk festival back in 1959? Two things: Ginger ale and Odetta.