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Jay Sweet - "She's an Eagle" - Exec Dir Newport Jazz Festival & Newport Folk Festival

May 18, 2021 Ron Rothberg and Stu Sheldon Season 5 Episode 4
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Jay Sweet - "She's an Eagle" - Exec Dir Newport Jazz Festival & Newport Folk Festival
Show Notes

Jay Sweet runs some of America’s most iconic music festivals: the Newport Folk Festival & Newport Jazz Festival. During his tenure as Executive Director of the non-profit Newport Festivals Foundation, his Folk Festival has won five Pollstar awards for Music Festival Of The Year … and America's original music festivals have regained their stature among the country’s premier happenings. He is a frequent keynote speaker at music conferences like SXSW and a contributor at NPR’s “All Songs Considered”, “The Connection” and “On Point” … and served as the Editor-at-Large for the acclaimed music and film magazine PASTE, where he wrote features and cover stories on The Roots, The Flaming Lips, Radiohead, My Morning Jacket, and film director Wes Anderson. Diehard music lovers, Jay’s team supports music education initiatives throughout the United States. Find him on IG @imajs


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