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Greenport archivist Joe Lauro brings Newport Folk Festival’s lost history back to life in new documentary

When Bob Dylan strode onto the stage at the Newport Folk Festival on July 25, 1965, strapped on an electric guitar and tore into “Maggie’s Farm” with a roaring band behind him, he created one of the most enduring myths in American music. Dylan went electric. The folk purists revolted. American music would never be […]

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