Live from Newport Folk: Graverobbers

For the second year in a row, Paste teamed up with Sennheiser at the Newport Folk Festival to capture intimate recordings of some of our favorite artists. In 2012, we stepped it up a notch by providing wireless headphones to attendees, giving fans a glimpse into this unique experience. When we met up with Graverobbers, singer James Maple’s guitar picking and echoing voice fit perfectly with the rustic atmosphere of the Rhode Island shore. Watch Maple perform a solo acoustic take of “Buried in Burgundy” live from the Paste Ruins at Newport Folk Fest. kWidget.embed({ "targetId": "kaltura_player_1357665664", "wid": "_269692", "uiconf_id":...  read more

Sweet Talk's Top Ten Live Songs 2008

      Being Editor at Large means, well, one is at large a great deal. When one holds such a post for a top notch music magazine, it generally means a lot of time is spent on the road, catching artists in their natural habitat.  Over the course of 2008 Sweet Talk did just that. I manged to see shows in fourteen states and four countries, as a journalist, fan, rookie roadie, and even a producer of several festivals. While I did not manage to see as many club gigs as I once did ( a second child will do that to you), I obviously ingested my fair share of the...  read more

Sweet Talk & Newport Folk Festival on CNN

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Young @ Heart Chorus

Sorry for the general abscence this summer, but Sweet Talk has been on the road doing the festival circuit.  Sweet Talk was proud of bringing several artists to stages all around the country, but one of the absolute highlights was bringing the Young @ Heart Chorus to Newport Folk.  They are not a novelty, they are the truest form of musical expression, full of humor, joy, passion and poignant emotion.  And yes, I did cry during their Radiohead Cover of "Fake Plastic Trees": http://blog.ourstage.com/2008/08/25/youngheart-newport-folk/       ...  read more