Newport Folk Festival – Free Album Download
Fifty years ago, a folk festival took root in Newport, R.I. This August, NPR Music, WFUV, Folk Alley and mvyradio will explore the legacy of the legendary festival and present live coverage of this year’s musical offerings. If you take a look at the 2009 line-up (some of which is represented on our sampler), you’ll find a slice of folk music then and now. Not only will you hear Pete Seeger (who was present at the festival’s creation) and Joan Baez, but you’ll also enjoy the rich harmonies of Oregon’s Fleet Foxes, the raw passion of Ramblin’ Jack Elliott and the sometimes punky folk of The Avett Brothers. Hear for yourself how the folk of now sounds alongside the folk of the past 50 years.
Featuring:
- “I and Love and You” by The Avett Brothers from I and Love and You
- “I Keep Faith” by Billy Bragg from Mr. Love & Justice
- “Easy” by Deer Tick from Born on Flag Day
- “Chains, Chains, Chains” by Elvis Perkins in Dearland from Elvis Perkins in Dearland
- “Mykonos” by Fleet Foxes from Sun Giant EP
- “Look at Miss Ohio” by Gillian Welch from Soul Journey
- “Belated Promise Ring” by Iron & Wine from Around the Well
- “God Is God” by Joan Baez from Day After Tomorrow
- “Freedom Highway (live)” by Mavis Staples from Live: Hope at the Hideout
- “Shenandoah” by Pete Seeger from American Favorite Ballads
- “Richland Women Blues” by Ramblin’ Jack Elliott from A Stranger Here
- “To Ohio” by The Low Anthem from Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
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