Newport Folk Fest 2011! BAM!

Thanks to miss HikerinHeels, we ventured to the Newport Folk Fest 2011 lineup announcement party. It was at the Middlesex and sponsored by Magic Hat and Bacardi. A delicious treat! But, but, but! The best part was obviously the line-up. I went last summer without expectations and it blew the rest of my (relatively awesome) summer events out of the water. The line-up was incredible, the venue unbeatable. We didn't see a bad act the entire time we were there.

And this year looks just as good. An incredible line-up featuring some big names, some smaller ones and some favorites. Two bands played last night, Brown Bird (they were great!) and the David Wax Museum, whom we saw last year and features a kick-ass jaw bone player (not a joke). Spoiler alert: both bands are playing this summer.

Do you want to see the whole lineup AND my smiling face? Check out this video I was a part of. It was a super fun concept and I was pumped to be a part of it.

Newport Folk Festival Lineup Announcement (official) from Kitchen Sessions on Vimeo.

Dreaming of

The New Orleans Jazz Festival. Why can't I go to the 12-stage festival in the Big Easy?

All my favorite acts will be there including the Avett Brothers (flash-back), Mumford & Sons, the Punch Brothers, STL-favorite Cowboy Mouth (who seem to play every free festival ever) and The Decemberists. Speaking of, the Decemberists put out a great new album which you can listen to over on NPR.

And also, I've never been to Nola, a place I'm dying to go. Great architecture and soul there.

Rio

"I am travelin' on"

I love this song and couldn't pass up posting the acoustic version of Hey Marseilles' Rio. (But check out the peppier original too).

The barefoot performing reminds me of summer. When is it July?

Sweet Taste of Freedom

The weekend is mere moments away. I'm drooling over it. 

Big plans to see my favorite band The Avett Brothers at the Newport Folk Festival (expect pictures), last minute sold-out Black Keys concert and at least one secret getaway to the beach. I can't wait to be outside in a breezy dress, with a mid-day cocktail and New England's excuse for hippies by my side.

Quite a line-up

A girl can dream, no?

How will you celebrate the brief sip of freedom?Tell me everything.

Country Music Weekend 1: TSwizzle at Gilette

On Saturday, my rather adult friends and I joined New England tweens to indulge in a little highschool-Barbieworld-meets-Beiber-fever.

Unexpectedly, the 16-year-old 'heartthrob' crashed my Taylor Swift concert and sent the hearts of 55,000 teenage girls (and their poor, unlucky parents) into overdrive. But not a single resident of 63 Berkeley was too pleased about his appearance. Please see Rachel trying to get into it and Arestia, simply, not:


I did capture a picture of the Beib if you are so inclined.

I must say: It was pretty heartwarming to see all these little girls swooning over this other tween. Heaven help the kid when he gets his first zit. It must have been like seeing the New Kids in '89.

Taylor put on a good show but I was underwhelmed with her performance. (Who am I to judge, right? Yea, but who cares.) It was the last night of her 15 month Fearless tour, so obviously girlfriend is tired. But, at this point, she knows the drill. We are very excited and paid LOTS of money (PLUS Gilette Stadium parking, bastards) to be here. She faked some tears which was unbearably cheesy and she has perfected a vacant deer in headlights look followed by a hair toss that made highschool cheerleading coaches across the stadium clap in ecstasy. Despite my complaints, we had a good time thanks to the majority of a container of box wine [which we shared with an actual mom] and a moderately good outdoor concert.

Good seats, no? Actually we had nosebleeds so we hung out in this standing room only corner all night.

Do you see all those men...in one row!?!

This little munchkin brought her Barbie. It was an elusive thing to capture on film!