Joan Baez rose within the folk scene of the 1960s with her unflinching gaze towards political and cultural upheaval.
This year, two arena-filling artists returned to the older civic function of song. Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Minneapolis” and U2’s elegiac “American Obituary,” written in response to immigration ...
Bob Dylan wrote 'Highlands' in tribute to the Scottish Highlands, describing it as the paradise that his heart will forever yearn for.
From Woodstock, New York, to Malibu, California, these are the iconc Bob Dylan locations across the United States that ...
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.
Why, in an era when music's biggest stars are more outspoken than ever, does it feel like we're still waiting for the ...
Rotolo inspired some of Dylan’s most iconic songs, including “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright”, “Boots of Spanish Leather”, Tomorrow Is a Long Time”, and “One Too Many Mornings”. Dylan also wrote ...
Born Joseph Allen McDonald on Jan. 1, 1942, in Washington, D.C., McDonald rose to prominence as the frontman of Country Joe and the Fish, a San Francisco Bay Area psychedelic rock ...
In new docu-drama Broken English, the much misunderstood singer looks back at all her past selves – and gives a performance that moves her audience to tears. Its makers relive an extraordinary shoot ...
I’m sitting with Billie Hayes at the bar inside Wild Side West, San Francisco’s oldest lesbian drinking establishment, which she owns. Billie is telling me about how haunted the place is when she ...
This is the bold, loudmouth “Hard Headed Woman” everyone paid to see Saturday night — and they got their money’s worth in the ...