Beck Joins Newport Folk Fest Lineup
By Team JamBase Apr 9, 2013 • 9:20 am PDT
BECK TO HEADLINE NEWPORT FOLK FEST
Beck has been announced as a headliner at this year’s
Newport Folk Festival, joining the likes of The Avett Brothers, Jim James, Andrew Bird, The Lumineers, and more listed below. Early Bird, 3-day, 2- day passes, individual day passes for Saturday, and individual day passes for Sunday are all sold out. Click
here for Friday tickets.
Here’s what the legendary Pete Seeger had to say about the news, via the Newport Folk Fest website:
“If you like the old time singing and songwriting, you will like Beck. Like many of us he is a mix of many different heritages and styles. I like Beck’s new work without any accompanying instruments. Good songwriter. Good singer. Please welcome him to this year’s festival”.
CONFIRMED ARTISTS
beck the avett brothers the milk carton kids feist phosphorescent sarah jarosz amanda palmer berklee gospel roots choir old crow medicine show blake mills justin townes earle cold specks bonnie prince billy and dawn mccarthy colin meloy john mccauley lord huron beth orton wheeler brothers frank turner & the sleeping souls michael hurley langhorne slim & the law bombino black prairie trombone shorty & orleans avenue hey marseilles the felice brothers tift merritt rayland baxter mountain goats iris dement father john misty jd mcpherson kingsley flood hurray for the riff raff jim james jason isbell nicki bluhm and the gramblers spirit family reunion michael kiwanuka the lumineers houndmouth the last bison andrew bird Shovels and Rope The Lone Bellow
