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Viewer Discretion Advised: Slashed
posted: June 10, 2010
Every once in a while a group of truly cool people come together in a cosmic collision of rock ‘n’ roll and sheer lunacy that cannot be ignored. Back in 2002, such an event occurred…
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Girl Fight
posted: March 31, 2010
Mieka Pauley had already achieved some traction as a solo artist before linking up with Brian Cassagnol and Andrew Morgan to form the Mieka Canon. There was the Starbucks Emerging Artist Award, the New York…
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JAY SWEET'S Q&A WITH BEN KWELLER DURING FOLK FESTIVAL 50
posted: August 5, 2009
Fifty years ago the Newport Folk Festival founder George Wein set out to create a festival that embraced both commercial and noncommercial artists representing the totality of the folk world. In 1959, the festival showcased…
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AUGUST'S LETTER FROM THE EDITOR AT LARGE, JAY SWEET
posted: August 3, 2009
I’m sitting backstage at Folk Festival 50” a celebration of 50 years of music history in Newport, RI” listening to 90-year-old Pete Seeger headlining a sing-a-long with a phalanx of younger artists armed only with…
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