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Jul 2016
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River Whyless, Live In Concert: Newport ...

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The folk-pop band builds mountains out of sensitive harmony lines at the Newport Folk Festival. Kam Franklin of Houston soul band The Suffers joined them on a Woody Guthrie-Wilco cover. 
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