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The Sinclair, Cambridge, MA. Mon. 5-21-18, Doors 7pm, Show 8pm. $25 adv., $30 Day of show. The Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River, MA. Fri. 5-25-18. Doors 7pm, Show 8pm. $35 adv., $40 Day of show. Space Ballroom, Hamden, CT. Sat. 5-26-18. Doors 7pm, Show 8pm. $27.50-$30. NOTE: Lilly Hiatt opens; VIP tickets available all three dates.   Question: this folkie singer-songwriter is reminiscent of a spry James Taylor; he also has a lucky seven full-lengths to his name, hit the Newport Folk Festival in 2011, and looks good in a Portuguese flat cap. That last one is obviously the clincher here, but ifRead More →

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Now we’re wrapping up our Newport Folk Festival coverage with the final day of a ridiculously great weekend… and with our favorite #1 Top of the Pops discovery of the weekend. But first, the soulful and spiritual stylings of Kim and Reggie Harris. Thankfully we decided to get out of the sun and sit down for the start of our day (we’re not lazy! Just extra restful) and caught this wife and husband duo in the Museum Stage. To be perfectly honest here… we absolutely enjoyed ourselves at their set. The two have great, powerful voices (they didn’t really need mics), great powerful songs (PhilRead More →

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Hello, and welcome back our much-delayed coverage of the Newport Folk Fest ’17! Thanks much for coming back, and we hope y’all appreciate our mid-way point on these festivities. We’ll spoil a little bit and say one of our favorite discoveries was today. So then, a quick starter in the form of Mt. Joy. Mt. Joy is Philly five-piece that is your fairly typical indie rock group. Their music came off very… chill, we guess? Not bad, a good way to start, but we didn’t feel any need to follow up further, especially when our second favorite act was today. (The anticipation builds!) Next stop:Read More →

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Welcome back. Halfly to you, our readers, and halfly (not a word, actually) to us. It’s been too long! Oh how we’ve missed you! How work has plummeted us to the depths of Moria. Forgive us the Lord of the Rings reference, it is wholly inappropriate to a three day music festival of grandeur and great indie heights. Perhaps we’ll get to that shortly. We do have to be honest: our favorite years were ’15 and ’16, absolutely amazing years. But the Newport Folk Festival really is the Jewel of the Summer Music Scene. (Not our words, paraphrased from someone else.) This year was notRead More →