Today, Bob Dylan is considered one of the most influential cultural figures of his time. But you wouldn’t have seen that coming had you seen him getting booed onstage at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival ...

For UI alum and author Mike Chasar, poetry isn’t just an art form found in books. In his new book, The Poetry of Bob Dylan: Thirty Essays on Thirty Songs, Chasar and 30 other scholars make the case ...

The Minnesota Bard is seven decades old today. He is my hero. He is crazy. He owns — or owned – a big yacht. His mom knew my grandma in the North Country, where I was born. He was Jewish, Christian, ...

Bob Dylan sat on a piano bench with his back to the crowd, holding a guitar as the band followed his lead. From a video of the opening number shot from the audience, many people in the crowd didn’t ...

While MTV's popular Unplugged series often served as a platform for bands and musicians who were generally known for their more electrified music to showcase less amplified versions of their most ...