Dunkin' Donuts Newport Folk Festival to be Broadcast to Worldwide Audience this Weekend

This weekend (August 4, 5, 6), mvyradio [www.mvyradio.com will carry both live and listen-on-demand streams of performances and interviews from the historic Dunkin’ Donuts Newport Folk Festival.

(PRWEB) August 2, 2006 -- This weekend (August 4, 5, 6), mvyradio [www.mvyradio.com will carry both live and listen-on-demand streams of performances and interviews from the historic Dunkin’ Donuts Newport Folk Festival.

As the festival’s “Official Worldwide Internet Radio Station,” mvyradio will kick off the weekend’s broadcasts by carrying the Ronan Tynan / Cherish the Ladies performance live from Newport’s International Tennis Hall of Fame, beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern. Both the Ronan Tynan and Cherish the Ladies performances will be available for free via a special channel mvyradio has set up for its worldwide audience. Anyone can access that channel through their computer’s web browser by going to www.mvyradio.com/newportfriday.

The station’s broadcasts will continue on Saturday and Sunday with performances, interviews and on-location reports from the Newport Folk Festival. Scheduled to appear at this year’s festival are: David Gray, The Indigo Girls, Rosanne Cash, Keller Williams, The Meters, Madeleine Peyroux, Patty Larkin, Chris Smither, Sonya Kitchell, Jeffrey Foucault, Mary Gauthier, Grace Potter, Riley Baugus Abigail Washburn, The Duhks Sonny Landreth, Keller Williams, Bettye LaVette, Tim Eriksen, Rosalie Sorrels and Odetta. Many of those performances can be accessed via the Internet at www.mvyradio.com.

Also, on Thursday and Friday, August 3 and 4, mvyradio will originate programming from Newport and Fort Adams State Park, the festival site, where the station will feature historic Newport Folk Festival performances and music from the artists playing at this year’s event.

About mvyradio:
mvyradio.com is a heritage Adult Alternative station out of Martha’s Vineyard, having been on the air for 24 years and streaming to the world via the Internet since 1998. Its worldwide audience has grown significantly in the last few years and is often ranked as one of the 20 most listened to online stations. Musically, the station features such artists as John Prine, Coldplay, Bruce Springsteen, Van Morrison and R.E.M. Its “On the Road” initiative began in 2005 and has already amassed more than 100 recordings at festivals such as South-by-Southwest (SXSW), Canadian Music Week, The Beale Street Music Festival, MerleFest and Newport Folk.

About Dunkin’ Donuts Newport Folk Festival:
Nearing its 50th anniversary year, the Dunkin' Donuts Newport Folk Festival has been dedicated to fostering American music for decades and has become legendary in pop culture, not only for the role it played in the early careers of artists like Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, James Taylor, Arlo Guthrie, Joni Mitchell and others, but for its continued presence through the years as a showcase for generations of performers. Many landmark moments have become part of the festival’s lore: Muddy Waters taking the stage in 1960; Bob Dylan’s switch to electric guitar in 1965. Since those early years, generations of visionary artists have come to Newport to break new ground, intent on evolving American music by injecting it with their own creativity and energy.

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