Acoustic purists declared war—and rock history was made ...

Before they became rock icons in their own right, they were Bob Dylan's "scruffy" backup group jamming in a house called Big ...

Memphis filmmaker Robert Gordon says his new movie, “Newport & the Great Folk Dream," is a "reminder of what the Statue of ...

A visual history of the Newport Jazz and Folk festivals, from their inception in the 1950s by George Wein through riots, ...

Follow along for all of the best photos, videos, and stories from all three days at this year's Newport Folk Festival. The ...

Photo by V. Nina Westervelt + Adam Kissick via Newport Folk's Facebook page Newport, RI’s famed Newport Folk Festival kicked ...

A new documentary, "Newport & The Great Folk Dream," will have its Memphis premiere on July 22 at the Crosstown Theater. Filmmaker Robert Gordon and his team will participate in a question-and-answer ...

A seismic wave was rattling through the music industry in 1965, and one of its many epicenters was the Newport Folk Festival stage, where Bob Dylan and his band were performing in late July of that ...

Dylan uses his songs and platforms to educate listeners about the full, wide range of American music and culture.

In May 1965, at the end of a two-month solo tour of the UK, Bob Dylan was considering giving up performing. "I was drained," he said afterwards. "I was playing a lot of songs I didn't want to play. I ...