Matthew Logan Vasquez takes over the podcast!

This Saturday, April 21st (Record Store Day), we'll be releasing a vinyl record of the Speak Out set from last year's festival. This episode, we'll take a look at how and why we made that record. As always, thanks for listening and enjoy the show! 

In this first episode of Season Four, we pull back the curtain to see how the Newport Folk team is finding new artists and how music discovery has or hasn't changed over the years (hint: it's still all about the mixtape).

Before you pack your bags and load up the car (or bike, or boat) give our latest "Ask Us Anything" episode a listen. We asked if you had any last minute questions about this year's festival for our team.

This episode of the podcast we heard from our favorite members of the folk community: the kids! We asked a few little folk to explain why they like the festival, their favorite memories and more. Parents, stay tuned for the end of the episode for some tip

In this podcast episode, we spoke with Colin Meloy, Rhiannon Giddens, Alynda Segarra and more to answer two questions: What is it about Newport Folk that has kept it connected to protest movements? And with today's political climate, are we on the verge o

Ask any long time Newport Folk goer if he or she has a tip for the festival and chances are you’ll hear something along the lines of "make sure you check out the Museum".

Podcast host, Dan sat down with Executive Producer, Jay Sweet to discuss what goes into booking someone like Jim James, meeting Suzanne Vega and why he booked Jalen N'Gonda for the final slot.

For this special NYC edition podcast, we packed up our mics and ventured down the East Coast to chat with Hilary Hughes (Pitchfork, Esquire) and Garland Harwood (Grass Clippings) about the most recent artists to join this year's lineup. We also couldn't r

In this podcast episode, we were lucky enough to sit down with Rita Houston to discuss her favorite artists on the 2017 lineup and play some music.