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Black Crowes, Avetts, many more to play Newport Folk '08

Jimmy Buffet, the Black Crowes, the Avett Brothers and Cat Power will take center stage at the 49th annual Newport Folk Festival, organizers announced this morning. Paste editor-at-large Jay Sweet is co-producing this year’s festival, which will take place August 1-3 at Fort Adams State Park in Rhode Island. This year’s lineup is a mix of traditional folk artists and newer, more mainstream acts the festival’s organizers hope will revitalize the historic festival, which has only achieved half to two-thirds of its 10,000 person capacity to date. “For me the theme was bridging the gap,” Sweet told The Boston Globe....  read more