Is this the prettiest song ever? I dunno, but its gotta be pretty damn close. Enjoy Kristen Andreassen, Aiofe O’Donovan and Elizabeth Mitchell and You are My Flower perform “Crayola Doesn’t Make A Color For Your Eyes” live inside the LEGO Duplo Kids Zone at the 2011 Newport Folk Festival: […]
It took a half of a century + 3 more years, but this country’s finest family-friendly music festival got even more family-friendly and in the process, even more finer. LEGO Duplo (yay!) and Late July Organic Snacks (yum!) took the plunge as inaugural sponsors of a Kids Zone at the […]
I was not enthused by their Quad stage set on Saturday, but the Freelance Whales nailed it in the LEGO Duplo Kids Zone tent with the vocal assistance of the sublime PS22 Chorus on “Generator (First Floor)”. Enjoy: And, Oh. My. God. Watch the PS22 Chorus kill on Adele’s “Rolling […]
Much to our surprise, and merriment, the Mrs. and I were treated to a hefty dose Pete Seeger at the 2011 Newport Folk Fest. Surprise because he wasn’t advertised as a performer at this year’s fest. Merriment because, well, it’s Pete Freakin’ Seeger! We heard him not once, not twice, […]
The Bear has experienced 4 Newport Folk Fests in her 6+ years. Her fifth is going to have to wait until at least 2011. The Mrs. and I, thanks to my folks taking our girls for a long weekend, are flying up to Newport, RI sans children early this Saturday […]
“Everyone is Someone” is the 4th album from Sheila Carabine and Amanda Walther, a pair of effervescent Canadians known as Dala, and it’s gaining traction here in the States. This is in large part due to a game changing Sunday brunch performance at the 2009 Newport Folk Festival (the historic […]
Dala kinda blew me away with their humor, class, harmonies and, last but certainly not least, their songwriting chops. Next to Langhorne Slim’s opening set on Saturday, Dala’s Sunday brunch show was the highlight of the entire Festival for me and my family. NPR captured the whole thing, listen to […]
Boy o boy was Sunday a better day for us in Rhode Island. We decided to spend the afternoon in town, walking the streets, hopping in and out of stores and having a delicious lunch (lobster pizza with roasted red peppers, green onions and a lobster sherry sauce in place […]
