newport folk festival

Neko Case, k.d. lang and Laura Veirs will be heading to Newport, R.I. to play the 2016 Newport Folk Festival on Friday, July 22nd.

Neko Case, k.d. lang and Laura Veirs recently teamed up to record a new album together, titled “case/lang/veirs”.

While the album is due to be released on June 17 on Anti- Records, a United States tour will bring the trio to Newport in July.

Atomic Number” by case/lang/veirs from the self-titled album, available June 17. ‘case/lang/veirs’ is a one a of a kind album from Neko Case, k.d. lang, and Laura Veirs Pre-order at http://www.caselangveirs.com

 

The entire 2016 Newport Folk Festival is being rolled out (almost) daily on their social media accounts, Neko Case, k.d. lang and Laura Veirs are the 15th artists to be announced for the annual festival at Fort Adams State Park.

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The 2016 Newport Folk Festival is now sold out and will take place at Fort Adams State Park on July 22nd, 23rd and 24th.

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