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TAS Review: Ten Newport Folk Festival Highlights

Posted 8-3-11 by
Tags: David Wax Museum, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Gogol Bordello, Justin Townes Earle, The Head and the Heart, Wanda Jackson

If you didn't make it to this past weekend's sold-out and sun-drenched Newport Folk Festival, you might have caught it broadcast live via The Alternate Side's sister station WFUV and NPR Music. TAS asked WFUV's acting assistant PD, weekend host and producer Sarah Wardrop if she'd keep track of her own top ten Newport Folk Festival highlights, which runs the gamut from the intoxicating Gogol Bordello to knockout newcomers David Wax Museum.

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Win Tix To See John Wesley Harding's Cabinet Of Wonders With Andrew Bird, Josh Ritter, More

Posted 3-7-11 by
Tags: Andrew Bird, David Wax Museum, John Wesley Harding, Kristin Hersh, Tift Merrit

John Wesley Harding's eclectic round-up of musicians, writers and comedians - the Cabinet of Wonders - holds its second show of the year on March 11 at City Winery and the lineup is a knockout: Andrew Bird, Josh Ritter, Kristin Hersh, Tift Merritt, David Wax Museum, Eugene Mirman, Jonathan Coe and Paul Muldoon.  TAS is giving away ten pairs of tickets - but you have to enter to win by Thursday, March 10 before 5 p.m.

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