I was at the Vancouver Folk festival this weekend which, while maybe not with the lineup of Newport, can't be beat for venue. They had the mountains, ocean, beach and sun flown in special.
So, I've been listening to my bootlegged pre-release of Basia Bulat's new album, Rock Plaza Central's At the Moment of our Most Needing: or, If They Could Only Turn Around They Would Know They Weren't Alone (2009) and, currently, the Great Lake Swimmers' Lost Channels (2009) ('I'm still mining for light in the dark wells: I'm still, I'm still'.)