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3 Famous Folk Songs That Defined the Genre and Reached the Top 3 on the Charts
Folk music is criminally underrepresented in the 21st century, but back in the day these three folks songs graced the charts' ...
Joan Baez Admitted She Tried to 'Shove' Bob Dylan 'Into a Mold'
Joan Baez and Bob Dylan were a couple in the early 1960s. She shared one reason why she believed they didn't work out in the ...
Todd Haynes’ ‘I’m Not There’ Understood That Bob Dylan Is So Much More Than What ‘A Complete Unknown’ Shows Us
All I can do is be me, whoever that is.” This quote from Bob Dylan, attributed to an interview he gave to the now defunct ...
'60s Folk Icon Dies
While he made an undeniable impact on the music scene of the '60s, Yarrow was convicted in 1970 for "taking indecent ...
The Restless Ambition of ‘A Complete Unknown’
Yet A Complete Unknown mostly succeeds because Mangold, who co-wrote the script with Jay Cocks, sees the real story of Bob Dylan’s electric turn. It wasn’t about a popular singer selling out or a ...
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Mississippi is ‘A Complete Unknown’ in Bob Dylan biopic
The new film, “A Complete Unknown,” tells the story of Bob Dylan’s rise to success in the early 1960s, but the movie leaves ...
Peter Yarrow, Singer With Folk Legends Peter, Paul & Mary and Co-Writer of ‘Puff the Magic Dragon,’ Dies at 86
Peter Yarrow, one third of the chart-topping 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary and co-writer of 'Puff,the Magic Dragon' ...
Peter Yarrow, founding member of Peter, Paul and Mary, dies at 86
Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter, activist and founding member of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at 86 after ...
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Laying old ghosts to rest
ON JULY 25 1965, Bob Dylan went on stage at the Newport Folk Festival in ... from left musicians about commercialisation and how capitalism could easily absorb protest music to render it harmless.