TAS Review: Ten Newport Folk Festival Highlights

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.

Jack White's Video Preview of Third Man Records 2011

Third Man Records label head Jack White is an ambitious advocate for the continued renaissance of vinyl records and just released a video previewing some of the developments and schemes (like the Third Man Monkey Band) that he hopes will drum up even more enthusiasm for upcoming releases by Wanda Jackson, Dungen, First Aid Kit and more. Video after the jump.

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