Fantastic Negrito at Newport Folk 2018 (Photo: Ken Abrams)

Here’s our daily listing of some of the best home-based concerts streaming locally and nationally during the COVID-19 crisis. Local musicians – please forward your dates/links to mrabrams@aol.com and I’ll be sure to include them. Today, we focus on favorite Newport Folk Festival performers past and present.

Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) on Pickathon’s A Concert a Day series at 4PM. Details here.

Fantastic Negrito livestream at 8PM. Details here.

Ward Hayden and the Outliers present “Outlier Fridays presents: Honky Tonk Happy Hour.” Details here.

Charlie Parr livestreaming as part of the “Sway at Home Festival” at 6:30PM. Details here.

Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn livestream at 7PM. Details here.

Anders Osborne “Greatest Hits Live” at 7:30. Details here.

Pink Floyd launches a series of classic concerts streaming every Friday – first up is footage from their mid-’90s Pulse concert at Earls Court in London. Details here.

Preservation Hall Jazz Band replay from 8-10-19 at 6PM. Details here.

Adam Ezra Group live stream at 7PM. Details here.

Music Writer Ken’s Abrams favorite 80’s singer-songwriter/power pop act – Marti Jones and Don Dixon live stream at 7PM. Details here.

Lifestyle Editor Ken Abrams writes about music, the arts and more for What'sUpNewp. He is also an Editor and Writer for Hey Rhody Media. Ken DJ's "The Kingston Coffeehouse," a roots/folk/rock radio show every Tuesday, 6-9 PM on WRIU 90.3 FM. He is a former educator in the Scituate, RI school system where he taught Social Studies for over 30 years. He is on the board of the Rhode Island Folk Festival and Newport Live (formerly Common Fence Music), a non-profit that brings diverse musical acts to...