Jeff Tweedy performs at the 2014 Newport Folk Festival. Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption
Jeff Tweedy In Concert
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Tuesday
Conor Oberst performs at the 2014 Newport Folk Festival. Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption
Conor Oberst In Concert
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Taylor Goldsmith of the band Dawes performs at the 2014 Newport Folk Festival. Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption
Dawes In Concert
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Tim Perry and the band Ages and Ages perform at the 2014 Newport Folk Festival. Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption
Ages And Ages In Concert
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The Berklee Gospel & Roots Choir performs at the 2014 Newport Folk Festival. Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption
Berklee Gospel & Roots Ensemble In Concert
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Deer Tick performs at the 2014 Newport Folk Festival. Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption
Deer Tick In Concert
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Monday
Chris Thile and Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek perform at the 2014 Newport Folk Festival. Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption
Nickel Creek In Concert
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Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent of Shovels and Rope perform at the 2014 Newport Folk Festival. Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption
Shovels & Rope In Concert
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Pokey LaFarge performs at the 2014 Newport Folk Festival. Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption
Pokey LaFarge In Concert
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Aoife O'Donovan performs with bassist Paul Kowert at the 2014 Newport Folk Festival. Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption
Aoife O'Donovan In Concert
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Songs We Love: Horse Feathers, 'Violently Wild'
Band of Horses performs at the 2014 Newport Folk Festival. Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption
Band Of Horses In Concert
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Sunday
Jenny Lewis performs at the 2014 Newport Folk Festival. Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption
Jenny Lewis, Live In Concert
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Saturday
Pete Bernhard (right) and Cooper McBean of The Devil Makes Three perform at the 2014 Newport Folk Festival. Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption
The Devil Makes Three: Newport Folk 2014
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Anais Mitchell (right) and Jefferson Hamer perform at the 2014 Newport Folk Festival. Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption
Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer At Newport
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