Festival Culture: Music in America Post-1965

Film-maker and author Robert Gordon (co-director of Newport and the Great Folk Dream), author and producer Joe Boyd (who was production manager at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival), and Ashley Capps, (founder of the Big Ears and Bonnaroo Festivals) discuss the legacy of Newport ’65 and the impact of festivals on American culture and music. From the charged atmosphere of the 1960s to the fractured and fertile present, the conversation ranges across history, memory, and what it means to keep adventurous music alive.