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Holy Bluegrass! Virtuoso Billy Strings Takes it “Home”

"Holy bluegrass!" Yes, that is our first impression when we clicked play on Billy Strings' fourth studio album.Read More

Sunny War: “We Alter Each Other as Humans”

For our next installment of our podcast, and the last interview of the year, we followed Sunny War to the Columbus Theatre in Providence after the release of her dark pop album "Shell of a Girl."Read More →

Newport Folk Fest Makes New Magic

Music is magical. We reread these words from our 2008 article in the Newport Mercury, "A Hard Rain Fell" - our first time at the Newport Folk Fest. Something rings short of them these days, some sort of cynicism vibrates now, perhaps a dissonance between that time and our current era.Read More →

Newport Folk Fest Sunday: A Quick Gallery

Hello all and everyone! So for our rather late and penultimate Newport Folk Fest post, we're going to shower you with our favorite photos of the day.Read More →

Newport Folk Fest Saturday, and a Tradition of Women

Yes, this has been a long-delayed post on the Folk Fest, and we greatly apologize. It's intimidating to write up a festival with such a long and storied history, deep in tradition, and it's also a long slog through hundreds of photos as well. We thank y'all for your patience.Read More →

Justin Osborne of Susto: “Music Is Like a Life Vest”

Justin Osborne of Susto on the depressing apocalypse and being a new dad: "I don't know what her life's going to be like when she's my age. I don't know what the world's going to be like when she's my age. But I hope it's beautiful for her."Read More →

Fall Is for Book Signings

We have some exciting news for y'all! Firstly, our two collections of short stories, The Keeper of Dreams Vols. 1 & 2 are available at Stillwater Books in Pawtucket, RI.Read More →

Josiah Johnson: “It’s important to celebrate the hard work we do as humans.”

Amongst sea planes flying by and wind rushing, our second episode of our podcast picks up on Josiah Johnson on his hiatus from the Head and the Heart.Read More →

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Newport Folk Fest, Friday: A Little Music, A Little Mystery

At our twelfth anniversary at the Newport Folk Fest (certainly not as neat as tenth, but whatever), we've decided to do something a bit different. It's about time to change things up, right? Best to keep you readers on your (musical) toes.Read More →

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Carlos Hernández of Cimarrón: All the Time of Our Life is Music

As the start of our Newport Folk Festival 2019 coverage, and our 10th anniversary here at Music Ravings (the Folk Fest's 60th anniversary, by the way), we've started a monthly podcast featuring interviews with musicians we adore. First on the docket is the Columbian llanero folk band, Cimarrón.Read More →

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