The Ups and Ehs of Newport Folk Festival 2013

Newport is a hell of a place, and along with its insurmountable summer atmosphere comes a bounty of tradition and history. That sense of tradition has carried over into the resort town’s premiere summer event: the Newport Folk Festival. While recent years have reflected a stretch towards other genres, 2013 went back to the Festival’s roots and remained more tethered to the standard perception of folk.

Weekly News Roundup 6/16/13

Once again, our weekly news roundup, where we at Allston Pudding round up all the news from the week! Local Jawn- Local singer-songwriter Kalyn Rock released her new Heart Contagious EP. Statik Selektah streamed his upcoming album, Extended Play, a week before its release, featuring both local and national MCs. JP-based label BUFU launched a brand new website. Speedy […]

Weekly News Roundup 4/14/13

Once again, our weekly news roundup, where we at Allston Pudding round up all the news from the week! Local Jawn- Charmingly Ghetto freestyled during a radio interview at Emerson’s WERS. Mean Creek released a demo of their song “My Madeline” off of their upcoming 3 song cassette release for record store day. Kingsley Flood shared […]

Newport Folk Festival 2013 Lineup Announcement

The Newport Folk Festival is releasing its 2013 lineup on rolling basis. Here are the artists that have been announced thus far: Kinglsey Flood (vid below, they’re from Boston so ya know), Hurray For The Riff Raff, Jim James, Jason Isbell, Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers, Spirit Family Reunion, The Last Bison, Andrew Bird, Shovels […]