Chorus.fm — In case you haven't come across it, NPR has a host of streaming live sets for stream (http://www.npr.org/music/newportfolk/index2.html) from the Folk at Newport festival earlier this month. Sets available come from artists including *The Avett Broth... more info

JamBase — By: Mike Bookey Dusty Rhodes and the River Band by Brent Murrell Getting hit by a pickup truck is a categorically bad thing. That's just a rule of life, physics and motor vehicle safety. However, if it weren't for an absent-minded driver tha... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Chris Funk of the Decemberists talks to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about the band's evolving sound. "I think we've just become more confident as a band. The more you work at it and the longer you stay with it, you progress... more info

Culture Bully — The Decemberists will return to the Twin Cities this October as part of a 19 date fall tour. more info

Live Daily — Fans turned out in wet-weather gear and painted faces to the tune of approximately 70,000 for a rainy Day 1 of Lollapalooza 2009. The lineup on Friday (8/7) featured headliners Depeche Mode [ tickets ]. Other artists on the bill included Of Montre... more info

Rolling Stone — “The thing about rain,” said Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon midway through his band’s Friday afternoon Lollapalooza set, “It kinda tells you what a city’s made of.” If Fallon’s theory is correct, the people of Chicago — and eve... 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

Stereogum — While we fought rain at the second annual All Points West, the newly expanded Decemberists took a break from their start-to-finish The Hazards Of Love renditions to introduce a couple new songs to fans at the 50th Newport Folk Festival, aka the so... more info

All About Jazz — Newport Folk Festival Turns 50 With Sets From Seeger, Baez, Decemberists and More. "Pete Seeger", vaunted promoter George Wein said on Saturday, "is the Newport Folk Festival." Its hard to argue the point. Fifty years ago, Seeger co-founded the le... more info

Rolling Stone — • Seeger, Decemberists Ring in Newport Folk’s 50th • Tool’s Dark Metal Takes Over All Points West • MBV, More Blast Muddy All Points West • Jay-Z Stuns With Epic All Points West Set • Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Vampire Weekend at APW • Silversu... more info