I Review “Dylan Goes Electric!,” by Elijah Wald
He got people singing and inspired younger performers, including Dylan, to do the same. “For Dylan, as for Pete Seeger,” Wald writes, “the attraction of folk music was that it was steeped in reality, in history, in profound experiences, ancient myths, and enduring dreams. It was not a particular sound or genre; it was a way of understanding the world and rooting the present in the past.”
You can read my review of Dylan Goes Electric!, by Elijah Wald in the July 24 edition of the Boston Globe by clicking the image below.
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