Newport Folk Festival 2017

What song is that from?

Band sounds like Alabama Shakes meets the Heartless Bastards - i see why they're on Fat Possum

Keep wanting to edit, because its not a complaint.  But I worry about a band like the Seratones at the Fort because of the audio mix.

Not being a Cassandra, but while bands like the Seratones write songs that are loud and ready to party, there's either something about the walls at the Fort, or the engineering, that sometimes mucks up sound, especially the bass. To paraphrase This is Spinal Tap: the bass and kick drum goes to 11...why not just use 10?...because they go to 11.

I've only run boards indoors & don't know the problems of sound dispersing and reflecting at the Fort, but I've heard some great mixes, and some real mud.  A friend who used to gig at festivals claims every engineer is deaf. I think they grew up on MP3's.
But not blaming anyone. The walls add a new dynamic for the mixers.  I walked away irritated at the Quad during a Reignwolf set some years back, but as I reached the Square Space entrance, it was like, damn, this guy is a one-man Led Zeppelin who actually credits Muddy Water and Howling' Wolf.

So if its your first time, especially, you can move about and find the "sweet spot."   On the other hand, if you want to dance up front at the Fort, you are there for the experience, and can't complain about the subwoofers busting your gut.  I just hope they get it right for this talented band. Sorry about the long read. Feel free to wreck my comments And yes, I have been to many other outdoor shows, going back to $2 tickets in Central Park for The Who, Zeppelin, Zappa and Tull with their stacked Marshall amps.

I've been hoping for a Ray Davies presence this year and found it interesting that the only festival that the official Kinks verified twitter account follows is NFF. This has me even more hopeful.

Yeah, I tweeted his account asking if there was a chance he would play it but heard crickets. It was worth a shot.

Just saw that! The trailer looks awesome!!

Xponential announced Wilco and Conor Oberst for the 28th and Spoon announced a tour with a convienant break the 29th with no local dates. Makes me wonder...

Spoon would be cool but I don't see how they'd fit for Newport at all. From what I've heard of it, their new album is pretty straight dance-rock.

Wilco and OCMS are, of course, always welcome additions.

It appears that they could pull it off, as they do have other three day in a row runs, plus July is pretty open aside from the 28th and 30th.

I'm pretty excited about this one. One of my top albums of last year and I didn't get the chance to see her when she toured. Not surprised given that she's playing Panorama, still a great add though

First single from Lillie Mae, who was the violin player in Jack White's solo band. Jack's influence/production on this song is pretty noticeable, and I like it.



A Third Man-curated stage for a day is something that should really happen soon

So...who we getting today?

Maybe it'll be Berklee hahaha.

Dr. Dog