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Newport Folk Festival Line-Up Includes Graham Nash Violent Femmes Elvis Costello

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Just as most major jazz festivals have expanded to all forms of music, so has the iconic Newport Folk Festival.

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Roger Waters Performs With My Morning Jacket At Newport Folk Festival

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Roger Waters performed a completely different show at the Newport Folk Festival on the weekend.

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R.I.P. Theodore Bikel, Founder of Newport Folk Festival 1924-2015

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Theodore Bikel, the actor who was best known as an actor but also recorded numerous folk albums and was a co-founder of the Newport Folk Festival, died of natural causes on Tuesday at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 91.

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Infamous Bob Dylan Electric Guitar Goes Up For Auction

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The guitar that broke the hearts of many of Bob Dylan’s fans and ushered him into the electric phase of his career will be put up for auction.

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