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  Beck, Feist, Jim James Set to Strum at Newport Folk Festival 2013

  April 9, 2013 – Beck, Feist, Jim James, the Avett Brothers, the Decemberists' Colin Meloy, and more are on the roster for this year's Newport Folk Festival, taking place from July 26 to 28 at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island.Now in its 54th year, the Newport Folk Festival also promises sets from Andrew Bird, the Lumineers, Father John Misty, the Mountain Goats, Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Dawn McCarthy, Old Crow Medicine Show, Trombone Sh …
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  Know Your Folks: A Mumford & Sons and Avett Brothers Quiz!

  September 27, 2012 – Mumford & Sons and the Avett Brothers have a lot in common. Both are earnest folk-rock bands with names that sounds like they belong to a company that sells artisanal pickles. Both have released new albums in September. Both write earnest, if extremely indistinct, lyrics. So the question is: How well do you know your Mumford & Sons from your Avett Brothers? Take this quiz and find out!(Answers at bottom of the page.)1. …
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  Voodoo Festival 2012 Adds Jack White, Skrillex, Neil Young

  June 25, 2012 – Believe it or not, Green Day is not the only band playing New Orleans' Voodoo Music Experience in October: the fest organizers have announced the rest of its lineup, which will now include Neil Young and Crazy Horse and the ubiquitous Jack White, as well as Silversun Pickups, Skrillex, and the Avett Brothers — and not, despite his seemingly best efforts, Frank Ocean. Voodoo began in 1999 and has nearly always been held at New Orl …
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  See the Avett Brothers Cover Bob Dylan on 'Fallon'

  January 20, 2012 – The Avett Brothers stopped by Late Night With Jimmy Fallon yesterday to sing a song about mornings. Day-late Hulu viewers, this one's for us! …
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  Avett Brothers Debut Heartbreaking New Song

  July 14, 2011 – The Avett Brothers have spent the year recording their follow-up to 2009 major label debut I and Love and You with producer Rick Rubin. And while no release date has been announced for the disc, the boys are jonesing to debut their new material. …
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  INTERVIEWS: Weezer, Norah Jones, Avett Brothers

  June 13, 2010 – While the stages raged Saturday at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Tennessee, fans were treated to intimate interviews at Harley-Davidson's tent, where some of the weekend's biggest stars stopped by to chat with SPIN.com's Peter Gaston, answer audience questions, and ride motorcycle simulators. Brian Bell and Scott Shriner of Weezer talked about their World Cup-themed song, "Represent," and coming up with clever ways to conne …
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  Avett Brothers Dazzle in Nashville Tour Closer

  November 2, 2009 – For a band characterized by their fusion of bluegrass, country, and down and dirty punk rock, Nashville's Ryman Auditorium -- former home to the Grand Ole Opry and hallowed ground for country music -- is both a perfect fit and an unlikely proving ground for the Avett Brothers. And that significance was not lost on Seth Avett, who shortly into the band's raucous two-hour Halloween set admitted, "We've been looking forward to this night  …
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  Watch: The Avett Brothers Preview New Song

  September 10, 2009 – Recently SPIN declared the Avett Brothers a "Breaking Out" artist after hearing the southern trio's modern revitalization of traditional folk and bluegrass sounds.Their banjo beat caught the ear of Rick Rubin, as well; the producer extraordinaire helmed their major-label debut, and we've got an appetite-whetting preview video for one of the new songs. …
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