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 ...

WARNING: SPOILERS ahead for A Complete Unknown. Bob Dylan had a historic and controversial electric performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival in real life and in the new biopic A Complete Unknown.

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, ...

Elijah Wald, whose book inspired the film A Complete Unknown, says the folk icon’s electrified surprise at Newport ‘65 had been gestating for years. In this mini-episode of Hit Parade, host Chris ...

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The Bob Dylan Museum in Tulsa, Okla., has announced a new exhibit, titled “Going Electric: Bob Dylan ‘65.” The historic offering of multimedia items and reference points will be on view from July 24, ...

Something is happening here and, given the hoopla over “A Complete Unknown,” probably even Mr. Jones has an idea what it is: Bob Dylan mania. Thanks to James Mangold’s new film, America is currently ...

Throughout the early sixties, the Newport Folk Festival provided a spotlight for folk royalty like Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, and Howlin’ Wolf, under the assumed context that they’d uphold the festival’s ...