The 2023 lineup includes Amadou & Mariam, Devendra Banhart, Andrew Bird, Grouper, Charles Lloyd, Arooj Aftab, The Weather Station, Kevin Morby, Makaya McCraven, Vijay Iyer, John Zorn, and lots more.
Joni played a 13-song song surprise set at Newport Folk Fest, with her own classics, covers, and multiple guests, marking one of the only live performances she's given in the past decade.
From Floating Points/Pharoah Sanders and Nala Sinephro's ambient jazz excursions, to Sons of Kemet and Damon Locks' Afrobeat-infused compositions, to Emma-Jean Thackray's electro-funk-psych-jazz opus, here are some the jazz albums that stood out to us most this year...