The Rise and Fall of New York’s Bohemian Capital Greenwich Village
Based on 150 interviews with folk music notables, David Browne’s Talkin’ Greenwich Village lends this saga in music history the epic scope it has long deserved.
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Subversive Strumming: Fear and Loathing of the American Folk Music Revival
For the American political right of the post-war era, folk music more than rock ‘n’ roll was regarded as a national threat – but not because of the songs’ lyrics.
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NYC’s Underground Scene: ‘This Must Be the Place’
Music may be the glue of every NYC underground scene This Must Be the Place covers, but Jesse Rifkin’s primary interest is in the community held together by that glue.
Is ‘Murder Most Foul’ Dylan’s State of the Union Address?
The implication of Bob Dylan's "Murder Most Foul", expressed with an understated passion, is that in 2020, it may not be just the music or even the president that has died.
Generational Solidarity: Folk Band the Weavers and the Damages Done by the Red Scare
Wasn't That a Time digs into the Weaver's empathy for the working class struggle, which was weaponized and politicized against them by the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Scorsese and Dylan: A Match Made in Fantasy
In Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story, a cinematic genius and a Nobel Prize-winning musical icon pair for a magical and purposefully deceptive look at rock 'n' roll life in the mid-'70s.
Sounds of the Zomia, Sounds of Resistance: An Interview with Kink Gong
Laurent Jeanneau, also known as Kink Gong, walks among the peoples of Southeast Asia and listens, with sincere passion, for their vanishing music and culture.
A Road Warrior Shares Lessons on Community with ‘What I Found in a Thousand Towns’
Musician Dar Williams lets it all hang out with piercing opinions and shrewd take-aways.
Joni Mitchell Biography ‘Reckless Daughter’ Is Lush and Complex
All sides of the mosaic, mercurial, brilliant music legend Joni Mitchell appear in David Yaffe's definitive biography.
Bob Dylan’s ‘The Nobel Lecture’ Requires a Tolerance for Sentimentality
Are Dylan's thoughts the dismissible ramblings of an insecure autodidact still trying to impress the professors?
Festival: The Criterion Collection
They just don't make documentaries like Festival anymore.
Ye Banished Privateers – “I Dream of You” (video) (premiere)
Swedish pirate folkers, Ye Banished Privateers tease new album with lyric video.