Valerie June

Mavis Staples played the Apollo w/ David Byrne, Jason Isbell, Norah Jones & more (pics, videos, setlist)

Maggie Rogers, Valerie June, Hiss Golden Messenger, Nicole Atkins, Lake Street Dive, Jon Batiste, Warren Haynes & more were also on hand to celebrate Mavis’ 80th birthday.

35 New Songs Out Today

Listen to new songs by Lykke Li/Mark Ronson, Beast Coast, Valerie June (Hendrix cover), 070 Shake, My Brightest Diamond, Heather Woods Broderick, Emily Reo, Marshmello/SOB x RBE, and more.

Hamilton Leithauser, Nathaniel Rateliff, Valerie June & more playing Richard Swift tribute in NYC

Also performing: Cults, Jessie Baylin, Marco Benevento, Eric Slick, Deep Sea Diver, Elizabeth Ziman, and My Morning Jacket members Patrick Hallahan and Tom Blankenship.

Newport Folk Festival Sunday pics (Mavis Staples, Jon Batiste, Glen Hansard, more)

Plus, watch The Lone Bellow pay tribute to Frightened Rabbit’s Scott Hutchison with their first ever performance of “There Is Love All Around You,” co-written by The National for Scott.

Newport Folk Festival day 2 pics (Mumford & Sons, Jenny Lewis, more)

Mumford & Sons were Saturday’s surprise headliner, and they played a guest and cover-filled set that included covering Radiohead with Phoebe Bridgers and bringing out Mavis Staples for “The Weight.”

Newport Folk Festival 2018 underway (stream it live)

If you can’t make it to Newport, you can still stream some performances live, including including Courtney Barnett, Margo Price. Gary Clark Jr, Hamilton Leithauser, Khruangbin, Valerie June, Nels Cline, and more.

Newport Folk Festival 2018 set times

The lineup includes St. Vincent, Sturgill Simpson, Moses Sumney, Margo Price, Jason Isbell, Courtney Barnett, Phoebe Bridgers, Jenny Lewis, Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam, Glen Hansard, and more.

Lorde covered St. Vincent, who covered The Crystals (listen to both)

Jack Antonoff joined Lorde in Brooklyn to cover St. Vincent’s “New York,” while St. Vincent contributed a cover of The Crystals’ “And Then She Kissed Me” to a collection of reimagined wedding songs with an LGBTQ twist.

Old 97's on tour (Rhett Miller, too)

The alt-country vets’ tour kicks off with Old 97’s County Fair in Dallas with Lord Huron, The Mavericks, Valerie June, and more.

Upstream Festival announces 2018 lineup (Jawbreaker, The Flaming Lips, Miguel)

The Seattle festival takes place from June 1-3 in the city’s Pioneer Square.
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