A new documentary, Newport & The Great Folk Dream, uses rare archival footage and fresh interviews to revisit the legendary 1960s festival that shaped modern music The film spotlights Bob Dylan’s ...

In 1983, Bob Dylan recorded "Blind Willie McTell" for his Infidels album but decided to cut it from the final track list.

NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — A pivotal moment in music history — now a major motion picture — has closer connections to Rhode Island than you might think. Bob Dylan: Whether or not you’ve heard his music, ...

"A Complete Unknown" stars Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan during his rise to fame in the '60s. The movie's climax is Dylan's performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. Dylan performed with an ...

Acclaimed blues-rock musician Barry Goldberg, who was part of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band when it backed Bob Dylan during his legendary electric outing at the otherwise-acoustic Newport Folk ...

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 ...

The recent Oscar-nominated film A Complete Unknown drew renewed attention to Bob Dylan’s historic performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, where he caused a stir by performing with an electric ...

Folk music hero Bob Dylan notoriously switched to electric rock in July 1965 at the Newport Folk Festival, sending shockwaves through the music world. Four months later, he headed to Minneapolis for ...

The Newport Folk Festival didn’t just predate generation-defining events like Woodstock and Monterey Pop — it laid the foundation for the youth-driven spectacles that followed, from Coachella to ...

James Mangold's new film "A Complete Unknown" reaches its climax when Bob Dylan (Timothée Chalamet) takes the stage at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, drawing boos from the crowd and disgust from his ...