Grammy Award Winner Sheryl Crow to Play Newport Folk Festival

Grammy Award Winner Sheryl Crow to Play Newport Folk Festival

Nine-time Grammy Award winner Sheryl Crow will play at the 2019 Newport Folk Festival.

Crow’s performance will take place on Friday, July 26 at Fort Adams State Park.

She joins Parker Millsap, Trey Anastasio, and Yolo as headliners for the festival.

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About Crow

Crow’s nine studio albums have sold 35 million copies worldwide; seven of them charted in the Top 10 and five were certified for Multi-Platinum sales. In addition to such No. 1 hits as “All I Wanna Do,” “Soak Up the Sun” and “The First Cut Is the Deepest,” Crow has lofted 40 singles into the Billboard Hot 100, Adult Top 40, Adult Contemporary, Mainstream Top 40 and Hot Country Songs charts, with more No. 1 singles in the Triple-A listings than any other female artist.

Many artists have collaborated with her on special projects, including the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Smokey Robinson, and Tony Bennett.

She is known as well for her passionate support of multiple charities, including City Of Hope, Stand Up To Cancer, The World Food Program, Feeding America, ADOPT A CLASSROOM, the TJ Martell Foundation, the Elton John AIDS Foundation, MusiCares, the Special Olympics and many other worthy causes.

Her most recent album and first for Warner Bros. Records, Be Myself, was released on April 21, 2017.

Newport Folk Festival Makes Donation

Organizers of the Newport Folk Festival team with every act to donate to a music education charity.

The Newport Festival Foundation made a donation on behalf of Crow to AdoptAClassroom.org.

Funds from the donation will go to a high school in Crow’s hometown of Kennett Missouri.