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Oliver Hazard – “Wild Eyed Blue”
Check out Oliver Hazard performing unplugged in front of the Oliver Hazard Perry.
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2024 Debuts & Discovery
Get to know all the Folk first-timers making their debut at the Fort this summer.
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Behind the Walls: Aoife O’Donovan “Someone to Follow”
Watch Aoife O’Donovan perform one of her new songs for us backstage at the 2023 Newport Folk Festival.
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Betting On Ourselves: The SistaStrings Story
From young music students to playing stages with their heroes, watch how Chauntee and Monique Ross became SistaStrings.
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Piecing Together The Poetry Of Joan Baez
Joan Baez speaks with Jay Sweet about non-traditional education and the next generation of artists.
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Folk The Vote
Newport’s Long Tradition of Civic Engagement Continues with HeadCount.
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Remembering Earl Scruggs at 100
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.
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Fortune, Coincidence, and Karma: The Return of Dylan’s Guitar
Music is made up of moments, and some moments turn into legends. Arguably the most legendary is “Dylan Goes Electric.”
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Odetta, Ginger Ale, and the First Newport Folk Festival
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.