One of the music world's pre-eminent critics takes a fresh and much-needed look at the day Dylan 'went electric' at the Newport Folk Festival, timed to coincide with the event's fiftieth anniversary. Elijah Wald explores the cultural, political and historical context of this seminal event that embodies the transformative decade that was the sixties

Introduction -- The house that Pete built -- North Country blues -- New York town -- Blowin' in the wind -- Newport -- Times a-changin' -- Jingle-jangle morning -- Electricity in the air -- Younger than that now -- Like a rolling stone -- Aftermath