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The PS 22 Chorus covered Austra, Lykke Li, Adele, MGMT, Ariel Pink & more @ Newpot Folk Fest (pics & videos)

photos by Jim Brueckner

Newport Folk Festival

You’ve seen the uplifting YouTube videos of the school children from Staten Island, but to witness their contagious innocent joy in-person is even more of a must. It’s almost as if each popular number that they cover, they are canonizing by allowing the listeners to hear the songs through the ears of a child. Their version of Adele‘s “Rolling in the Deep” was a true goosebump moment. [Metro]

Staten Island’s PS22 Chorus, who are known to cover bands like MGMT Ariel Pink, and Freelance Whales (who also played the festival), played day 1 (7/30) of the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island this past weekend. . They covered songs by Adele, Lykke Li, John Lennon, Austra and others.

Pictures and videos from their set at Newport below…


Newport Folk Festival

videos mostly at Newport…

PS22 Chorus – “Energy” (Austra)

PS22 Chorus – “Kids” (MGMT)

PS22 Chorus – “Round and Round” (Ariel Pink)

PS22 Chorus – “Breaking It Up” (Lykke Li)

PS22 Chorus – “Imagine” (John Lennon)

PS22 Chorus – “Rolling in the Deep” (Adele)

PS22 Chorus and Freelance Whales – “Generator (First Floor) & (Second Floor)” (NOT AT NEWPORT)

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