Festival No. 0000579 · Est. 1963
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- Venue
- Newport Folk Festival 2018
- City
- Newport, US
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About the artists
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Charlie Parr was born in Austin, United States, in 1967.
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Chris Smither was born in Miami, United States, on 11 November 1944. Plays acoustic blues, blues, contemporary folk, folk.
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Colter Wall was born on 27 June 1995. Plays country, country folk, outlaw country.
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Courtney Barnett was born in Sydney, Australia, on 3 November 1987. Plays alternative rock, folk, indie folk, indie rock, rock, singer-songwriter.
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Daniel Norgren was born in Borås, Sweden, on 18 July 1983.
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Darlingside formed in Hadley, United States, in 2009. Plays indie folk.
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Fantastic Negrito was born on 20 January 1968. Plays blues, rock.
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Gary Clark Jr. was born in Austin, United States, on 15 February 1984. Plays blues, blues rock, contemporary r&b, hard rock, rock and roll, soul.
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Jen Cloher was born in Adelaide, Australia, on 9 October 1973. Plays indie rock, rock.
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Jenny Lewis was born in Las Vegas, United States, on 8 January 1976. Plays indie rock, rock.
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Jon Batiste was born in Kenner, United States, on 11 November 1986. Plays jazz, soul.
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Kaia Kater was born in September 1993.
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Lucius formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2005. Plays dance-pop, hip house, indie pop, indie rock, pop.
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Matt the Electrician plays rock.
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Nicole Atkins was born in Neptune Township, United States, on 1 October 1978. Plays country.
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Rachael & Vilray plays jazz, vocal jazz.
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Shakey Graves was born on 6 June 1987. Plays alternative country, alternative rock, americana, indie rock.
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Sturgill Simpson was born in Jackson, United States, on 8 June 1978. Plays americana, bluegrass, country, outlaw country.
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The Dap-Kings plays r&b, soul.
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The War and Treaty formed in Baltimore, United States, on 1 January 2014. Plays country soul.
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The Weather Station formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2006. Plays art pop, folk, folk rock, indie folk, singer-songwriter.
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The Wood Brothers formed in Boulder, United States, in 2004. Plays folk, jam band, modern blues, progressive bluegrass, roots rock, stomp and holler.
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This Is the Kit formed in Winchester, United Kingdom, in 2003. Plays alternative rock, indie folk, indie rock.
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Twain formed in Franklin County, United States.