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FOTOBOM: NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL, 2022

Written by TIM BUGBEE Posted July 29, 2022 Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews

“It’s gonna be hard to top that one.”

I’d say a lot of people utter that phrase as they leave the dry and dusty grounds of Fort Adams after three days, trudging towards a shuttle bus or water taxi or bike or maybe tacking on more steps for the day as they walk toward ...  read more

Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews Tagged With: Brandi Carlile, Courtney Barnett, Dinosaur Jr., Fort Adams, Fotobom, Japanese Breakfast, Joni Mitchell, Madi Diaz, Music Festival, Nathaniel Rateliff, Newport Folk Festival, Paul Simon, Taylor Goldsmith, The Backseat Lovers, The Ballroom Thieves, The Linda Lindas, The National

FOTOBOM: WILCO’S SOLID SOUND FESTIVAL

Written by TIM BUGBEE Posted June 4, 2022 Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews

For the seventh time since 2010, Wilco moved their headquarters temporarily from Chicago to North Adams, MA and kicked off another edition of Solid Sound. As Tweedy sings in “Outtasite (Outta Mind),” here they come again and they’re ...  read more

Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews Tagged With: Bonnie Prince Billy, Cut Worms, Eleventh Dream Day, Japanese Breakfast, Jeff Tweedy, Liam Kazar, MASS MOCA, Mike Watt, Music Festival, Neko Case, Nels Cline, Sun Ra Arkestra, Sylvan Esso, Terry Allen, Tuomo & Markus, Wilco

NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL 2021

Written by TIM BUGBEE Posted August 1, 2021 Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews

“I buy the groceries, you make the meal.” Words from Jay Sweet during his Q & A session with Adia Victoria as part of her Call and Response podcast, a great analogy that underlines the community ...  read more

Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews Tagged With: Allison Russell, Andrew Bird, Billy Strings, Celisse, Demeanor, Drive-By Truckers, Folk On, Fort Adams, Grace Potter, Jason Isbell, Joy Oladokun, Lucy Dacus, Marcus King Band, Margo Price, Mike Cooley, Music Festival, Nathaniel Rateliff, Newport Folk, Newport Folk Festival, Patterson Hood, Randy Newman, Waxahatchee, Yasmin Williams, Yola

PREVIEW: NEWPORT FOLK FEST 2021 (AKA FOLK ON, TWICE)

Written by TIM BUGBEE Posted July 22, 2021 Filed Under: Concerts, MUSIC

Newport Folk Festival takes on a different configuration for 2021.

Filed Under: Concerts, MUSIC Tagged With: Billy Strings, Drive-By Truckers, Folk On, Fort Adams, Jason Isbell, Katie Pruitt, Mike Cooley, Music Festival, Newport Folk, Newport Folk Festival, Patterson Hood, Steve Gunn, Vagabon, William Tyler, Yasmin Williams, Yola

SOLID SOUND FESTIVAL 2019 – WILCO, THE FEELIES, COURTNEY BARNETT, THE MINUS 5, CATE LE BON, TORTOISE, JONATHAN RICHMAN, MDOU MOCTAR, ETC

Written by TIM BUGBEE Posted July 3, 2019 Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews

 

Before I start, can we just talk about Nels’ guitar solo in “Impossible Germany” for a minute? I think it changed something deep inside of me, on the molecular level. That Cline is a brilliantly fearless and inventive guitar player has been well established but his 300-odd ...  read more

Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews Tagged With: Cate Le Bon, Courtney Barnett, Fotobom, Jeff Tweedy, Jonathan Richman, MASS MOCA, Mdou Moctar, Milo, Music Festival, North Adams, Ohmme, Solid Sound, the Feelies, The Minus 5, Tortoise, Wand, Wilco

FOTOBOM: BOSTON CALLING 2019

Written by TIM BUGBEE Posted June 1, 2019 Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews

 

Humans love to use base ten as a function of assigning milestones- is it because we’ve got ten fingers? As such, the 10th anniversary of any particular event carries some additional weight, earned or not. And here we are at the tenth rendition of Boston Calling. Has it delivered on its ...  read more

Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews Tagged With: Anderson.Paak, boston calling, Brandi Carlile, Chvrches, Fotobom, Greta Van Fleet, Harvard Athletic Complex, live music, Music Festival, Tame Impala, Travis Scott, Twenty One Pilots

PREVIEW: DESERTFEST NYC

Written by TIM BUGBEE Posted April 24, 2019 Filed Under: DigThis, MUSIC

Filed Under: DigThis, MUSIC Tagged With: Desertfest, Elder, metal, Monolord, Music Festival, NYC, stoner rock, The Skull, Weedeater, Windhand, Worshipper

FOTOBOM: HUICHICA EAST

Written by TIM BUGBEE Posted August 29, 2018 Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews

 

While Folk Yeah has been putting on Huichica West for a solid decade, their efforts on the eastern side of the country are relatively new. This past weekend was the third event held at the amazingly bucolic setting of Chaseholm Farm, nestled in the rolling fields and scattered forests of the ...  read more

Filed Under: Fotobom, MUSIC, Reviews Tagged With: Allah-Las, Bettye LaVette, Circles Around The Sun, Espers, Folk, Folk Yeah, Fotobom, Garth Hudson, Grateful Shred, Hailu Mergia, hippie, Hudson Valley, Huichica East, Mercury Rev, Music Festival, Robyn Hitchcock, Ryley Walker

PREVIEW: HUICHICA EAST

Written by TIM BUGBEE Posted August 22, 2018 Filed Under: DailyDig, LISTINGS, MUSIC

 

Summer is a great time to escape the stifling heat and crowds of the city, and many Bostonians do precisely that. Often the directions heading out of the city are southward to the Cape, or perhaps north, either to the stony coastline of Maine or the mountains of New Hampshire or Vermont. This ...  read more

Filed Under: DailyDig, LISTINGS, MUSIC Tagged With: Allah-Las, Bettye LaVette, Circles Around The Sun, Espers, Folk, Folk Yeah, Hailu Mergia, hippie, Hudson Valley, Huichica East, Mercury Rev, Music Festival, Robyn Hitchcock

NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL: THE FESTS THEY ARE A CHANGIN’

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted July 26, 2018 Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene, Reviews

How New England's beloved music festival is raising the bar for other festivals across the country.

Filed Under: MUSIC, Notes from the Scene, Reviews Tagged With: 2018, Alabama Shakes, Bedouine, Ben Harper, Bermuda Triangle, Boston, Cheech and Chong, Curtis Harding, Darlingside, Dig, DigBoston, Fantastic Negrito, Gary Clark Jr., Glorietta, Jon Batiste, Khruangbin, Low Cut Connie, Moses Sumney, Music, Music Festival, Newport Folk Festival, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Rhode Island, Rostam, Shakey Graves, Sidi Toure, St. Vincent, Tank and the Bangas, The War and Treaty, Toots and the Maytals, Tuck & Patti, Valerie June

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