A Quieter, Gentler Music Festival

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I was skeptical of music festivals. Then I went to Newport.

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The Music Goes Gently

I had always assumed that music festivals were not for me.

Music festivals, I thought, were for hot people who like electronic dance music and pulling all-nighters. They’re for rolling on cool new recreational drugs with strange names. They’re for wearing bras as shirts.

But there was something nice about Newport.