It starts eerily, and stays there for a while. But what really made me take notice of Montreal songwriter Matt Holubowski’s tune, “The Weatherman (Or the Felonies are Magnets on [ … ]
An Interview with Zak Trojano: Young in Mind
I first got to listen to Zak Trojano a few years ago, when he opened for Jeffrey Foucault in Somerville and was immediately taken with his intricate fingerpicking and his [ … ]
Singled Out: “Scars We Keep” by Ordinary Elephant
Who: Ordinary Elephant Song: “Scars We Keep” Latest Record: Before I Go “I was born to be a bigot, but that don’t mean I’m one.” The intensity, the sincerity of “Scars We [ … ]
Newport Folk Festival 2018: Let’s Get Together
About mid-way through a swampy, humid day on Friday at Newport, I experienced a very pointed case of FOMO: fear of missing out. It hit me right when I knew [ … ]
An Interview with The War And Treaty: Are You Ready?
Michael and Tanya Trotter. I cannot wait to see these two fronting their band, The War and Treaty, on Sunday at Newport. Their EP, Down to the River, covers a [ … ]
Navigating Newport 2018
Every year, the Newport lineup is so stacked and first-timers think they might actually see all of those amazing acts. Then, the schedule is announced and you see that you [ … ]
An Interview with Auyon Mukharji (Darlingside): Beauty in the Darkness
Darlingside’s new record, Extralife, begins with ominously beautiful, resigned lyrics: “It’s over now / The flag is sunk / The world has flattened out.” The whole album is beautiful and [ … ]
An Interview with Nels Cline: Limitations and Language
One of the great things about Newport Folk Festival is that there are things that happen there every year that will never happen again. That’s part of the point: what [ … ]
An Interview with Rick Massimo: The World I Know
Last year, Rick Massimo’s I Got A Song: A History of The Newport Folk Festival was published. We had a great talk last fall about the book and the history [ … ]
An Interview with Adam Weiner (Low Cut Connie): In My Blood
If there is one set at Newport this year that I will not miss, it’s Low Cut Connie. They will start things off on Saturday on the Quad Stage and [ … ]