The Times, They Are A Changin'. Newport Folk Festival delivers diverse, robust billing on day one, with supertrio Case Lang Viers, Raury, and Flight of the Conchords providing highlights on a stacked lineup.
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REVIEW: WILL BUTLER AT MIDDLE EAST DOWNSTAIRS

Butler's band, a melange of standing percussionist (Antibalas’s Miles Arntzen), family keyboardist (sister-in-law Julie Shore), and backup singers, covered Policy's ten songs with precision even when guitar cords and monitors fuzzed out.