All About Jazz — Rare Opportunity For Heirloom Purchase Guaranteeing Seats For Years Three-Day Arena Package Includes Exclusive Access To 5 Shows Of World-Class Music On The Legendary Jimmy Lyons Stage Plus Access To 8 Other Grounds Venues Great Seats Available F... more info

JamBase — Words by: Bear Connelly | Images by: Jim Brueckner Newport Folk Festival :: 08.01.09 & 08.02.09 :: Fort Adams State Park :: Newport, RI Newport Folk Fest 2009 The Newport Folk Festival is one of the longest running music festivals in America, ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Jim Brueckner "Half a century ago, Pete Seeger helped found the Newport Folk Festival, a weekend notorious for its dichotomies- Rhode Island high society and scrappy folk singers, old time traditions and new sounds, social rebellion and res... more info

All About Jazz — Pete Seeger has never paid attention to demographics or audience segments. His message has always been about inconclusiveness as a performer. And he's a performer in many senses of the word. "A musician, singer, songwriter, folklorist, labor activ... more info

JamBase — NPR Offering Music Samplers That Feature Bands Playing The Newport Folk And Jazz Festivals Sam Beam - Iron & Wine In the interest of providing music lovers with free music, NPR Music is currently offering two free 12-song samplers for download. ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Relive this past weekend's Newport Folk Festival at NPR, with streaming audio of performances by Fleet Foxes, Pete Seeger, Gillian Welch, Neko Case, and many other artists. Pitchfork reviews the new Fruit Bats album, The Ruminant Band. PopMatters exp... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Willard said...DRIVE-IN MOVIES AT THE BOATWatch: THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EDWARD D. WOOD, JR. - Director of "Plan 9 From Outer Space" and others. While you're here, hear some great music...* DREAM SYNDICATE The Complete Live At Raji's 2CD (1989)* DREAM S... more info

Joan Baez was just 18 when she performed at the first Newport Folk Festival, a self-described neurotic and high maintenance teenager who remembers trembling in her sandals as she waited her turn on stage. more info

Legendary folksinger's birthday celebration will air on PBs as part of  "Great Performances." more info

Associated Press — NEW YORK (AP) -- Pete Seeger has never paid attention to demographics or audience segments. His message has always been about inconclusiveness as a performer.... more info