Newport Folk Festival
We had a wonderful time at the Newport Folk Festival this past weekend. The weather was stunningly beautiful, perfect for an outdoor concert. The acts, particularly Andrew Bird, Jim James and Calexico, were brilliant, the venue a glorious setting on a penninsula between Narragansett Bay and Newport Harbor. The Low Anthem were an unexpected delight.
We only caught one day of the festival, Saturday, and spent half of Sunday touring The Breakers, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Breakers , a monstrous gilded age pile which I had toured as a kid, and the Whitehorne House http://www.newportrestoration.org/visit/whitehorne/ , a federal style/era mansion which Doris Duke filled with Newport furniture from the 18th Century (particularly Goddard and Townsend pieces). I came away from the Breakers with a better appreciation of the Vanderbilts. I came away from the Whitehorne House with a puzzled feeling about Doris Duke's curatorial skills.
Andrew Bird and Calexico
Jim James and friends
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Tubas on the water