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Highlights From the Newport Folk Festival

This past weekend was the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, RI. Though I was not in attendance, I certainly would love to have been. The weekend was full of incredible acts including The Decemberists, Sufjan Stevens, First Aid Kit, Hozier, Shakey Graves and more.

The Tallest Man on Earth | source

The Lone Bellow | source

A shot of the crowd during the Newport Folk Festival | source

Luckily, NPR was there and recorded a handful of sets including artists Courtney Barnett, The Lone Bellow and Dawes, among others.

One of my favorites is from Lord Huron, who released their latest album Strange Trails earlier this year. It's a soothing, feel-good album that I've had on heavy rotation the past few months. One of my favorite tracks is "Meet Me in the Woods" which you can catch around 26:24 in their performance below --

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For a full list of sets, see here.

And so the festival bucket list gets one more.

xxChris