Revisiting Bob Dylan’s first electric concert in Minneapolis
Folk music hero Bob Dylan notoriously switched to electric rock in July 1965 at the Newport Folk Festival, sending shockwaves ...
Dreaming of second drafts: 10 songs musicians wished they could rewrite
Featuring Pink Floyd, Arctic Monkeys, The Yardbirds, U2 and Bono, this is 10 songs musicians wished they could rewrite.
I didn’t get to see Bob Dylan play in Newport. It was still electric.
The summer before America’s bard plugged his guitar into an amp there, friends and I hitched a ride to the Folk Festival ...
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A Complete Unknown or No Direction Home: The Enigma of Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is back in the news again. A countercultural hero to people who grew up some five decades ago, yet also, perhaps ...
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In 'A Complete Unknown,' I met my younger self
(RNS) — There were three moments in the new Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” that moved me to tears.
Roger Waters on the two songwriters who opened the door “between poetry and song lyrics”
Roger Waters brought a new serious depth to Pink Floyd when he started writing lyrics for the group in the 1970s. He took inspiration from two folk legends.