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Writer posing with a cutout of George Wein at the Newport Jazz Festival
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Gold in My Veins: A writer comes for Jazz Fest, leaves in love with Newport

Historically distracted by Gilded Age mansions, Atlantic sea melancholy, and my first season in Newport: An essay [...]
Piano tuner Larry Brown at a grand piano
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Local piano tuner Larry Brown helps instruments come alive

The region's preeminent piano technician, makes sure his pianos and their players – including luminaries like Herbie Hancock, Alicia Keys, and Elton John – hit all the right notes [...]
Two musicians performing at the 2026 Newport Folk Festival
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FOLK FEST RECAP: Dave Matthews, The Lumineers, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Hayley Williams, Nathaniel Rateliff, Brandi Carlile among stars of 2026 Festival 

Big names took the stage alongside up-and-comers for an unforgettable weekend of music and memories at Newport Folk Festival [...]
Frisson Ensemble performing a Newport Classical Christmas concert in a church
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Celebrations in Song

Newport swells with the sounds of the season this December [...]
Woman in a black dress seated on an orange sofa
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Newport Live celebrates five years of concerts across venues

The Roots silhouetted on stage at sunset at Newport Folk Festival 2025
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Newport Jazz Festival returns for another standout year

Saturday offered something for everyone [...]
Group of musicians singing together on stage at Newport Folk Festival 2025
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Newport Folk Festival 2025 is in the books!

A recap and some highlights from a whirlwind weekend    [...]
Young woman singing with a band of students behind her
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Local high school students take to the stage at Newport Folk Fest

Met School students enrolled in the Newport Festivals Music Lab will play two sets on the Foundation Stage this weekend [...]
Film crew shooting performers on a Newport Folk Festival stage set
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Side stage to history: local man cast as extra for Newport Folk Fest scenes in new Bob Dylan film

Doug Key plays a festival musician backstage in "A Complete Unknown" starring Timothée Chalamet [...]
Singer playing electric guitar at the Newport Jazz Festival
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Bringing the heat: Newport Jazz Festival celebrates 70th year  

Friday acts feature Kamasi Washington, Brittany Howard, Andre 3000 & more [...]
Duo with acoustic guitars singing at the Newport Folk Festival
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Snapshots from the 65th Newport Folk Festival

From Hozier to Joan Baez, Black Pumas to De La Sol, Conan O'Brien and the Dropkick Murphys, there was something for everyone at Folk Fest [...]
Crowd cheering at the front of the stage at the Newport Folk Festival
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Cue the dragonflies: Newport Folk Fest returns for its 65th installment

Hozier, Mavis Staples, Joan Baez highlights of the first day of the three-day music festival   [...]
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