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Jimmy Buffett, The Black Crowes for Newport Folk Festival

My Morning Jacket 2005

My Morning Jacket 2005

Full line-up has been revealed

Jimmy Buffett, The Black Crowes and Trey Anastasio have been announced to play the 2008 Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island this summer.

The festival, which runs August 1-3 will feature an acoustic performance from Anastasio, as well as sets from Cat Power, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, Richie Havens and She & Him.

This will be the 49th year of the festival which will take place at historic Fort Adams State Park in Newport, RI.

Previous years have seen performances from the likes of Joan Baez, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Pixies, Bright Eyes and Wilco.

The full line-up is:

Jimmy Buffett
The Black Crowes
Trey Anastasio
Levon Helm
The Avett Brothers
Cat Power
Jim James (of My Morning Jacket)
Son Volt
Jakob Dylan
Richie Havens
Stephen & Damian Marley
Gillian Welch
She & Him featuring Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward
Calexico
Red Rooster
Cowboy Junkies
Kaki King
Brandi Carlile
Willy Mason
Over The Rhine
The Felice Brothers
Jake Shimabukuro
Kate Taylor
Richard Julian
Jesca Hoop


--By our New York staff.
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