Newport Folk Festival

[Gentle Giant]

Best lineup I've seen in years. Can't go this year, unfortunately, as we'll be in Vermont that weekend and that's a commute I'm not willing to take...even to see BW!


International Tennis Hall of Fame
Friday, August 1
Brian Wilson

Fort Adams State Park
Saturday, August 2

The Black Crowes
Trey Anastasio
Cat Power
Stephen & Damian Marley
Richie Havens
Cowboy Junkies
Jim James (of My Morning Jacket)
She & Him (feat. Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward)
Steve Earle & Allison Moorer
Young @ Heart Chorus
Jakob Dylan
Willy Mason
The Felice Brothers
Jesca Hoop
Red Rooster

Sunday, August 3

Jimmy Buffett
Levon Helm
Gillian Welch
The Avett Brothers
Calexico
Brandi Carlisle
Son Volt
Kaki King
Over The Rhine
Jake Shimabukuro
Kate Taylor
Richard Julian
One Flew South

Additional artists to be added.

[Pete C]

What, no Joan Baez?

[Chris D]

Originally Posted by Pete C

What, no Joan Baez?

Or Odetta?

[Gentle Giant]

Don't be silly, those are FOLK artists! Nobody's going to come to a folk festival to hear folk music!

Duh!

[Gentle Giant]

BTW, don't think for a minute that Richie Havens can't still bring it.