Bob Dylan's electric set at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival shocked fans and critics, marking a turning point in his career and the evolution of folk music.

What could possibly justify another Bob Dylan biography? The American troubadour has been endlessly chronicled in books and film. Now Princeton professor and Dylan fanboy Sean Wilentz wants his say.

“If I had to pick one person responsible for the establishment of the Newport Folk Festival in 1959,” said the festival founder George Weing, “it would be Odetta.” After hearing her album Odetta Sings ...

In a 1996 interview conducted by Morrissey over tea and cigarettes, Joni Mitchell mentioned that Bob Dylan had told her he could no longer write songs. Asked about a particular composition, he replied ...