The Newport Folk Festival continues its lineup announcements and the week included another interesting-sounding collaboration!

Newport Folk Festival Trademarked Logo

The announcements made over the past week are:

Jon Batiste – I have seen Jon only on the HBO series Treme and am excited to see him in person!

Treasures from the Archive Roadshow: Celebrating Alan Lomax & The Folk Music Collections at the Library of Congress – this features the Down Hill Strugglers as well as Dom Flemons and John Cohen of the New Lost City Ramblers.

I continue to be thrilled that I have a three-day ticket.

I plan to post the announcements weekly until NFF has completed the entire lineup. At that point, I might offer my opinions on which acts to see, once I know who is performing which day.

At this point, the only remaining type of ticket is the Friday single-day ticket. This is an amazing festival – even going for one day is worth it. Get your tickets now!!!

Friday: Haunt the House, Leon Bridges, The Lone Bellow, Bahamas, Heartless Bastards, Calexico, Iron & Wine and Sam Bridwell, Joe Pug, Watkins Family Hour, Angel Olsen, Hiss Golden Messenger, The Tallest Man on Earth, Elephant Revival, Strand of Oaks, New Breed Brass Band, The Goodbye Girls, Roger Waters

Saturday:  Courtney Barnett, Sturgill Simpson, Madisen Ward and The Mama Bear, Langhorne Slim & The Law, Brandi Carlile, The Suffers, Traveller, Nikki Lane, José González, The Decemberists, Sufjan Stevens, Spirit Family Reunion, The Barr Brothers, Andy Shauf, Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn, Tommy Stinson, Jason Isbell, Luluc, Treasures from the Archive Roadshow

Sunday: Field Report, J Mascis, First Aid Kit, The Jones Family Singers, Laura Marling, Blake Mills, Shakey Graves, Lord Huron, Christopher Paul Stelling, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, The Felice Brothers, Rodrigo Amarante, Brian Fallon, 65 Revisited, The Ballroom Thieves, Berklee Gospel and Roots Choir, Jon Batiste