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 ...

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 ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — On the night of July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan strode onto a stage at the Newport Folk Festival, plugged in an electric guitar and gave the music world a shock. Wearing a black ...

For the majority of his career, Bob Dylan has always been the folk hero. From “Blowin’ in the Wind” to “Tangled Up in Blue", Dylan defined folk music and became a leading figure in the genre. However, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

The Fender Stratocaster that Bob Dylan plugged in when he famously went electric at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival sold Friday for nearly $1 million — the highest price ever paid for a guitar at ...

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 ...