In its ‘60s heyday, Newport Folk Festival became the crucible where tradition collided with an emergent generation’s fervent, socially activated spirit to forge a new musical counterculture. This ...

The climax of “A Complete Unknown” is set during that iconic 1965 performance. Even then, fans knew it was a historic moment. By Alan Light On the night of Sunday, July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan appeared at ...

When a young Bob Dylan finally stepped on stage at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 and “went electric,” his choice was met with outrage and consternation from attendees and the festival’s organizers ...

Joni Mitchell compares this element of her career (and one album in particular) to Bob Dylan infamously going electric in 1965.

A Complete Unknown, out in theaters on Dec. 25, stars Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan in a highly-anticipated biopic that traces the singer’s rise in the New York City folk music scene of the 1960s.

Barry Goldberg, a blues-rock keyboard player whose work with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band led to playing with Bob Dylan in the 1960s, including the notorious 1965 Newport Folk Festival concert ...

Barry Goldberg, a blues-rock keyboard player whose work with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band led to playing with Bob Dylan in the 1960s, including the notorious 1965 Newport Folk Festival concert ...