Photos of performances and backstage at Newport Folk Festival 2015.
Hozier performed at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, R.I., on July 26, 2015.
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Hozier performed at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, R.I., on July 26, 2015.
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Joanna Söderberg of Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit performed at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, RI on July 26, 2015.
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Dawes singer Taylor Goldsmith performed at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, R.I., on July 26, 2015.
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Indie-folk band Lord Huron performed at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, R.I., on July 26, 2015.
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Leon Bridges brought his soul sounds to the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, R.I., on July 24, 2015.
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Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters hit the stage at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, R.I., on July 24, 2015.
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Jon Batiste, who’s the new bandleader for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert (when it debuts in September), hugged a fan backstage at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, R.I., on July 26, 2015.
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James Taylor delighted the crowd when he made a previously unannounced appearance at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, R.I., on July 25, 2015.
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Courtney Barnett rocked out at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, R.I., on July 25, 2015.
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Hozier took a moment to chill backstage at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, R.I., on July 26, 2015.
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Klara Söderberg of First Aid Kit jammed at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, R.I., on July 26, 2015.
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Singer-songwriter Blake Mills performed at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, R.I., on July 26, 2015.
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Willie Watson donned his trademark hat at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, R.I., on July 26, 2015.
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Jim James of My Morning Jacket and the band backed up Roger Waters for the legendary musician’s set at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, R.I., on July 24, 2015.
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Langhorne Slim hung backstage at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, R.I., on July 25, 2015.
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Swedish singer-songwriter Kristian Matsson — who performs as The Tallest Man on Earth — performed at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, R.I., on July 24, 2015.
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Shakey Graves photographed at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, RI on July 26, 2015.
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The festival’s closing set on July 26, 2015, called ’65 Revisited, paid tribute to the 50th anniverary of Bob Dylan’s 1965 Newport Folk Festival performance when he went eletric. Gillian Welch, David Rawlings and Dawes were among the performers and Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith played the guitar that Dylan jammed on 50 years earlier.