Father John Misty antagonized the crowd in Newport, Rhode Island, with sociopolitical commentary and theatrical dance moves.
Tift Merritt and her cherry-red J-45 joined Newport veteran Andrew Bird for a stripped-down set on the Quad stage.
Beck delighted attendees during a Sunday evening show with a folky rendition of his grunge-hip-hop anthem "Loser."
A Tele-wielding Blake Mills joined Dawes bassist Wylie Gelber for the festivities this year.
The audience under the Quad tent was all smiles Saturday afternoon.
My Morning Jacket's Jim James transfixed the crowd with ethereal tracks from his February release, Regions of Light and Sound of God.
Jim James rocking his Gibson Flying V.
Boston's Kingsley Flood brought its signature foot-stomping folk rock to the main stage Friday afternoon, with frontman Naseem Khuri leading the way on his L-series Gibson.
British soul artist Michael Kiwanuka played a stripped-back, bluesy set on his sunburst Strat for the Newport crowd.
Crooner Kiwanuka says the music of Bob Dylan and Otis Redding inspired him to write his own songs.
Langhorne Slim charged into the audience with his Gibson acoustic during his closing song, "Past Lives," from his latest album, 2012's The Way We Move.
L.A.-based indie-folk band Lord Huronâ??s lead singer, Ben Schneider, strums his Martin on the Quad stage.
Providence, Rhode Island, native Ben Knox Miller of the Low Anthem helped curate the "Newport Homegrown" initiative. He's shown here strumming his '60s Teisco VN-4 baritone.
A few hours before hitting the main stage, the Lumineers performed a surprise acoustic mini set at the Folk with Funk workshop on the museum stage. The Newport newbies led their regular set with crowd pleasers and sing-alongs like "Ho Hey" and "Submarines" from their self-titled debut album.
Says Newport Folk Festival producer Jay Sweet of Deer Tickâ??s singer/guitarist John McCauley, â??He leaves it allâ??blood, sweat, and tearsâ??on the stage. Welcome home, Captâ??n Tipsy.â??
Songwriter/raconteur Frank Turner rocked the main stage between Langhorne Slim's and Jim James' sets.
Old Crow Medicine Show closed out Friday's festivities with a cover of Tom Petty's "American Girl." Here, Chance McCoy gets down with a Gibson Hummingbird.
In addition to his intimately conversational set on Sunday afternoon, 82-year-old Ramblin' Jack Elliott sang a Jimmie Rodgers tune with Beck on Sunday night.
Scott Avett of folk-rock band the Avett Brothers bounces between banjo, piano, harmonica, and various guitars.
The Avett Brothers are no strangers to the summer festival circuit and are known for their unrivaled energy and showmanship.
Seth Avett, looking very happy with his Martin D-35.
Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent took stage chemistry to new levels as folk-rock duo Shovels & Rope.
Oft accompanied by a pedal-steel guitarist, singer-songwriter Tift Merritt performed a somber set that included a cover of Tom Waits' "Train Song." Check out the pick-worn holes in her old Gibson J-45.
Highlights from Phosphorescentâ??s set included "Terror in the Canyons (The Wounded Master)," "Song for Zula," and "Ride on/Right On" from the March release, Muchacho. Frontman Matthew Houck favors his sunburst Fender Jazzmaster.
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