The folk trio he formed with Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers became a pop phenomenon, scoring hits like “If I Had a Hammer” and “Puff the Magic Dragon.”
Category: Folk Music
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What Bob Dylan Experts Think of “A Complete Unknown”
The writer Lucy Sante and the podcast host Ian Grant, both Bob Dylan experts, dissect the director James Mangold’s biopic starring Timothée Chalamet.
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Bob Dylan on Film: A Guide to the Movies’ True Shapeshifter
The singer-songwriter was never only a creature of music. Our critic watched every film with him that she could find to better understand the artist.
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The Night Bob Dylan Went Electric at the Newport Folk Festival
The climax of “A Complete Unknown” is set during that iconic 1965 performance. Even then, fans knew it was a historic moment.
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A Complete Character Guide to ‘A Complete Unknown’
The biopic, with Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan, is peppered with figures from the folk world and beyond. These are some of them.
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17 Notable Boxed Sets: Bob Dylan, Green Day, Alice Coltrane and More
Joni Mitchell’s experimental period, Green Day’s ambitious concept album and Alice Coltrane’s thrilling 1971 Carnegie Hall concert arrived in new packages this year.
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Timotheé Chalamet and the Stars of ‘A Complete Unknown’ Pack NYC Premiere: Photos
Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning and Edward Norton, stars of a new film tracing Bob Dylan’s ascent, packed a theater in Manhattan.
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Alice Brock, Restaurant Owner Made Famous by a Song, Dies at 83
Arlo Guthrie’s antiwar staple “Alice’s Restaurant” was inspired by a Thanksgiving Day visit to her diner in western Massachusetts.
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Sophie Straat Fights Gentrification With Folk Music
Sophie Straat is reviving a style of music once popular in the working-class bars of Amsterdam to protest an increasingly expensive and homogenized city.
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Ella Jenkins, Musician Who Found an Audience in Children, Dies at 100
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Part-Time Farmers, Part-Time Rock Stars: A Chinese Band’s Unlikely Rise
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Barbara Dane, Who Fought Injustice Through Song, Dies at 97
She was highly regarded as a folk, blues and jazz singer. She was also ardently left-wing and prioritized social change over commercial success.