Festival Circuit Newport Folk E3: Expect the Unexpected (Re-Release)

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Matt Dwyer

Music History, Music

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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There’s one thing you can be sure about when you go to Newport: Expect the Unexpected. From the festival’s inception, it’s been an event packed with surprise sit-ins and once-in-a-lifetime collaborations. In this episode, you’ll hear about some of the most memorable, emotional, and legendary moments in Newport’s recent past, from the people who participated in them. We’ll bring you vivid memories and behind-the-scenes stories from the teary-eyed John Prine & Friends set in 2017, Brandi Carlile’s groundbreaking all-female headlining set in 2019, and so many more . One of the most beautiful things about Newport is the seamless melding of past, present and future: it’s a place where you can see young talents share the stage with musical legends, soul quenching moments with their own heroes that neither will ever forget. Drop all your expectations and enjoy the ride! Festival Circuit: Newport Folk is presented by Osiris Media, and hosted by Carmel Holt. It is co-written, co-produced and edited by Carmel and Julian Booker, who is also the series' audio engineer. Production assistance from Zach Brogan. Executive producers are RJ Bee and Christina Collins. Show Logo and Art by Mark Dowd. The theme music is "Ruminations Pt. 3 (Afternoon Haze)" by Steven Warwick. Thanks to Billy Glassner of the Newport Festivals Foundation for providing archival audio. And many thanks to our folk family guests Jess Wolfe, Holly Laessig, Martin Anderson, Danny Clinch, Nicole Atkins, Bob Boilen, Jim James, Amythyst Kiah, Allison Russell, Yola, Amy Ray, Judy Collins, Mc Taylor, Phil And Brad Cook, Jay Sweet, Jody Whelan, Margo Price, Nina Westervelt, Kathie Sever, John Mccauley, Kristian Mattson and George Wein. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.4	conditions apply i think because we did start so early on, you know, with Newport, it kind of has carried over.
0:43.3	That spirit has kind of carried over to like all of our tours.
0:46.3	The first time we were there playing our first set, we got to sing with Mavis Staples, and
0:52.3	we returned to sing with Jeff Tweedy the following year.
0:57.2	I can't remember if it was the first or second year, but singing peace, love and understanding
1:01.9	with shovels and rope and in the Jane Pickens doing with shaky graves rehearsing in the alleyway
1:09.8	there doing Can't Help Falling in Love.
1:12.2	And we ended up going on to sing that song almost every night
1:16.0	because we loved singing it with him so much.
1:18.1	Every time we've been to Newport,
1:20.4	something happens unexpectedly.
1:22.8	And I think some of the most precious musical moments
1:26.0	of our careers have happened there because of it.
1:28.7	That's Holly Lysick and Jess Wolf of Lucius.
1:31.5	Since their debut at Newport Folk in 2014, they've become synonymous with the collaborative
1:37.2	spirit of Newport and an integral part of the folk family.
1:41.3	There are a few other bands that have popped up more frequently on the stages of
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