Newport R.I.
This past weekend I attended the Newport Folk Festival in Newport Rhode Island. To try and put my experience into words is a daunting task. It was magnificent, freeing, beautiful and challenging. I will never do it justice with words so here are some photos of my time.
I give up on trying to understand why we were blessed. New friends// Great friends.
Warf
Elizabeth is one of the most magnetic and grateful humans I know. Her spirt is from God and it is beautiful.
Ramblin Jack Elliot
Feist
Rayland Baxter
Jim James PHOTOCRED: Lizzy
The Avett Brothers PHOTOCRED: Callen
Scott Avett PHOTOCRED: Callen
I had time on the 7 hour ride home to put my thoughts together and this is what I posted to Facebook:
“I can’t even put to words what this weekend has meant to me. Folk music cannot be described. Folk plays to every emotion you have. It fills you and lifts you but it also reminds you of the hard times. I’ve cried a lot this weekend, I’ve been in awe of so many talented musicians and humans. From the stories and pickin of old Ramblin Jack, cosmic waves of Jim James to the heart wrenchin boot stompin songs of the Avett Brothers I will never quite be the same. If that wasn’t enough I also had the honor to meet two rock solid Minnesota natives that lifted my spirits and will be deeply missed in my daily life. Thank you Newport Folk.
Honor the past but look forward friends.”
Sunset over Newport.