“Dylan Goes Electric:” Read the Bob Dylan audiobook before the biopic

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new bob dylan biopic, Completely unknownIt won’t be released in theaters until Christmas, but the hype surrounding the new film has pushed an audiobook about the singer back into the charts for seven years.

Dylan goes electric! Originally released in 2017, but with the release of the upcoming movie, the audiobook has returned to the top of the Audible music charts.

Written by music historian and journalist Elijah Wald (narrated by Sean Runnette), Dylan goes electric Dylan caused a stir after performing on stage at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, and received electric band, rather than his usual acoustic set-up. Dylan opened the show with an amplified version of “Maggie’s Farm” before roaring into his rock hit “Like a Rolling Stone,” much to the chagrin of what the book describes as “folk purists and political activists cheering” .

Dylan Goles Electrical traces the origins of that performance and traces its aftermath, described as “a mixture of shock, boos and scattered cheers”. Since that night, the singer has not returned to the Newport Festival for 37 years. Does Dylan thank the folk world for making him a star? Or is the artist free to explore his musical independence and forge a bold new path?

As Wald writes in the book, “This was the sound heard around the world—Dylan’s announcement of musical independence, the end of the folk revival, and the birth of rock and roll as the voice of a generation—and a defining moment of the 20th century. moment one.

Meanwhile, the publisher notes, “Wold explores the cultural, political, and historical context of this seminal event that embodied the transformative decade of the Sixties,” and “delivers into the folk revival, the rise of rock music, and the tensions “The connections between traditional and groundbreaking music provide new insights into Dylan’s artistic evolution. “

Dylan goes electric The audiobook is available now through Amazon for $15. But as part of a new Audible offer, you can listen to the book for just $0.99, and get three months of access for just $3. The offer ends on December 31st, so we recommend signing up while the Audible sale is still ongoing. See full details here.

this Dylan goes electric The duration of the audiobook is 11 hours and 56 minutes. Led by Timothee Chalamet Completely unknownMeanwhile, the film will be released on December 25.