Guardian Music — Forty years after recording his first album, Sixto Rodriguez, 70, is on the cusp of international stardomThe first thing Sixto Rodriguez asks me to do when I sit down to interview him in a film distributor's office in London is to tell him all about ... more info

Guardian Music — Woody Guthrie was born 100 years ago. Cerys Matthews, who first sang one of his songs aged five, and now plays him on her radio show, celebrates his political ardour and musical legacyI first searched out Woody Guthrie's work as a youngster through b... more info

Mercury News, California — Many Guthrie tunes have been covered by such artists as Bruce Springsteen, Wilco, Bob Dylan, Ry Cooder and Ani DiFranco. more info

Guardian Music — Singer disputes claim by historians at US TV channel PBS that they have found the 'holy grail' of rock memorabilia – the Fender Stratocaster he played when he went 'electric' at 1965 festivalA New Jersey woman claims to have inherited folk music's ... more info

CNN Showbiz — On July 25th, 1965, Bob Dylan walked onstage at the Newport Folk Festival, plugged in his 1964 sunburst Fender Stratocaster and tore through a scorching three-song set. It was a crucial turning point in his career, and it quickly became rock & roll l... more info

Guardian Music — Woody Guthrie was shunned by his home state. Now Oklahoma can finally embrace the singer-songwriter's workThe construction team that kept hammering away all night outside my hotel window in downtown Tulsa are gone by the morning, the fierce glare of ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Nearly half a century after Bob Dylan made history with his revolutionary electrified performance at the Newport Folk Festival, the debate goes on, like a rolling stone: Were the boos and catcalls from the audience directed at him for flaunting the... more info

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ContactMusic — The sunburst Fender Stratocaster guitar used by Bob Dylan in his controversial electrified set at the Newport Folk Festival may have been found in a New Jersey attic Dawn Peterson has been assured by a team of History Detectives researchers that the ... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Ola Benicassim! Xfm is back in Spain this weekend at the biggest European festival of the summer - Festival Internacional de Benicassim.Featuring headline sets from The Stone Roses, New Order, At The Drive-In and Bob Dylan, Xfm will be broadcasting L... more info