Some video nuggets that might be of interest to you folky types, courtesy of the Beeb:
1) Festival!: A Film by Murray Lerner
cinematic synthesis of four Newport Folk Festivals of the 1960s in which the art of folk music is pictured in transition during its most crucial years. The festivals were hugely influential and the film records the pivotal moment when Bob Dylan 'went electric'. Other artists performing include Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Peter, Paul, and Mary, Donovan and Pete Seeger. The film was originally released in cinemas in 1967 and has been restored under the supervision of director Murray Lerner.
Broadcast on:BBC Four, 8:10pm Friday 13th February 2009 Duration: 80 minutes Available until: 9:39pm Friday 20th February 2009
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...Murray_Lerner/
2) (this is great, Cohen's performance is amazing) Sounds of the Sixties - The Folk Revival
Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen feature in this folk tinged episode of 60s archive.
Broadcast on:BBC Four, 8:00pm Friday 13th February 2009 Duration: 10 minutes Available until: 8:09pm Friday 20th February 2009 Categories:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode..._Folk_Revival/