Last weekend, July 22 - 24, I was out at Fort Adams in scenic Newport, RI to catch the annual Newport Folk Festival. It was hot…weather wise and music wish, I came home visually filthy at the end of each day and had lots of fun with my pals in the pit. This is what it looked like through my lens. Friday highlights: The Staves, Raury, Matthew Logan Vasquez and Violent Femmes. Saturday highlights: Banditos, Ruby Amanfu, Margo Price, Kris Kristofferson doing "Bobby McGee" with Texas Gentlemen & joined by Margo Price, Del & Dawg and Patti Smith. Sunday highlights: Ian Fitzgerald,Berklee Gospel & Roots Choir, Son Little, Middle Brother, Phil Cook who was joined by The Blind Boys of Alabama and Alabama Shakes. Friday
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Matthew Logan Vasquez
Raury
Dan Auerbach of The Arcs
The Staves
Violent Femmes
Saturday
Ruby Amanfu
Amy Helm
Banditos
Graham Nash
Margo Price
Patti Smith
Father John Misty
Del & Dawg
Sunday
Elvis Costello
Ian Fitzgerald
Son Little
Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
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KT Tunstall announced fall tour dates this week. She'll be making a stop in New York on September 19 at Irving Plaza…tickets go on-sale TODAY, Friday, July 15. See below for more details and dates.
It's that time of year again! The Newport Jazz Festival released their daily schedules this week. There's lots of good stuff to see and, tickets are still available HERE. Check out the schedules below or download the handy app from the Apple App Store, HERE or the Google Play Store, HERE.
Heading to the Newport Folk Festival next weekend? Time to start planning who you're going to catch…hopefully you won't have too many conflicts! Check out the schedule below. You can also download the handy app from the Apple App Store, HERE or the Google Play Store, HERE.
Pianist Axel Tosca will be taking the stage at National Sawdust in Williamsburg on July 28 to present music from his new self-titled album. See below for more details.
Axel Tosca was released via ALFI Records in March 2016. You can pick it up HERE.
The Quirky NY Chick designated standout track "Waiting", is an emotional tour de force. This is the 'play it again!' song. Check out the lead track, the groove heavy, falsetto "Kiss Your Face" below.
Hank & Cupcakes are hitting the road for a summer tour. New York, they're playing (le) poisson rouge on August 11. See below for more details and tour dates. I highly recommend seeing them live. Their shows are high energy, sexy celebrations. And, if you miss them on this tour, you'll have to wait a while to see them again. The pair will be taking some time off as they're expecting their first little 'Hank or Cupcakes'…congratulations!
