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 ...

You step into a moment that changed American music: July 25, 1965, when Bob Dylan picked up an electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival and the crowd responded with boos. That single act signaled ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Newport & the Great Folk Dream” is a rapturous documentary — elegant and transporting, full of scratchy lyrical black-and-white ...

In the summer of 1965, Bob Dylan shocked the world by going electric at the Newport Folk Festival. His performance of Maggie’s Farm with a full rock band left folk purists outraged, but it also marked ...

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We often associate Bob Dylan the most strongly with the transition from acoustic to electric in the 1960s, but that was a road nearly every popular musician and band had to face if they wanted to ...

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'Newport & The Great Folk Dream' blends rare archival footage and new interviews to revisit the festival that ignited a culture clash and altered American music Val Wilmer/Redferns The Newport Folk ...

Robert Gordon's transporting film draws on 100 hours of footage that has never been seen before, presenting performances of timeless power. The movie presents a far richer, more wide-ranging and ...

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 ...