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Tag: Newport Folk Festival

0 Music Culture

The Newport Folk Festival imagined a more equitable world — can that dream be revived?

Olivia Haynie in Forward · 30 Sep

"Newport & The Great Folk Dream," a new documentary by Robert Gordon, explores the Newport Folk Festival's pivotal years between 1963 and 1966.

0 Music Culture

Critics say Kendrick Lamar was too loud and hard to understand — they said the same thing about Bob Dylan in Newport

Olivia Haynie in Forward · 11 Feb

Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime performance, rife with political commentary, ignited controversy akin to Bob Dylan's electric transition at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.

0 Music History

'A Complete Unknown' forgot about this legendary Jewish rocker, but history will remember Barry Goldberg

Dan Epstein in Forward · 27 Jan

Barry Goldberg, a legendary yet often overlooked Jewish musician, passed away at 83 after a decade-long battle with non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.

0 Television/Film Music

A Complete Unknown review: ‘Timothée Chalamet does Bob Dylan justice’

Jewish Chronicle · 16 Jan

Timothée Chalamet delivers a powerful performance as Bob Dylan in "A Complete Unknown," a biopic directed by James Mangold.

0 Music Television/Film

For Bob Dylan's biographer, 'A Complete Unknown' is a dream come true — even if it's mostly fiction

Jim Sullivan in Forward · 17 Dec 2024

The article delves into Elijah Wald's journey as an author whose book "Dylan Goes Electric!" inspired the new film "A Complete Unknown."

0 Television/Film Music

'A Complete Unknown' proves that one thing about Bob Dylan will certainly endure

Gary Lucas in Forward · 16 Dec 2024

The review of the Bob Dylan biopic 'A Complete Unknown' highlights Timothee Chalamet's portrayal of a young Dylan as commendable but suggests that the film falls short in depicting the complexity of Dylan's life and musical journey.

0 Music History

I was up onstage with Bob Dylan at Newport the night he went electric

Barry Goldberg in Forward · 24 Jul 2022

Barry Goldberg recounts his unexpected role in one of the most pivotal moments in music history: Bob Dylan's transition to electric music at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.