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Bob Jones, Behind-the-Stage Force at Newport Festivals, Dies at 86

For decades he helped shape Rhode Island’s venerable folk and jazz events, presenting stars and unknowns alike. One colleague called him a “test pilot of jazz.”

By Richard Sandomir

Betty Hutton Bjork Bowie, David Buckley, Jeff Chapman, Tracy Cohen, Leonard Combs, Luke Country Music Folk Music Gloria Jones Nirvana (Music Group) Pop and Rock Music Soft Cell The Bobby Fuller Four

‘Fast Car’ and 5 More Cross-Generational Covers

With Luke Combs’s version of Tracy Chapman’s hit at No. 2 on the Hot 100, revisit the origins of Björk, the Clash and Nirvana songs.

By John RedmanAssociated Press

Deaths (Obituaries) Folk Music Greenwich Village (Manhattan, NY) Music Scruggs, Earl Sprung, Roger (1930-2023) Starr, Kay (1922-2016) Watson, Doc

Roger Sprung, Banjo Virtuoso of N.Y.C. Folk Scene, Dies at 92

The “godfather” of progressive bluegrass, he grew up in New York, honed his skills in the mountains and flourished in Greenwich Village in the ’60s.

By Alex Williams

Documentary Films and Programs Dublin (Ireland) Folk Music Luke McManus North Circular (Movie)

‘North Circular’ Review: A Musical Tour of Dublin

In this black-and-white documentary by Luke McManus, the camera finds stories and songs near a road north of the city’s center.

By Ben Kenigsberg