The year is 1961. Amidst a backdrop of energetic and tumultuous musical and cultural change, a mysterious 19-year-old from Minnesota named Bob Dylan arrives in New York City with his guitar and revolutionary talent to change the course of American music forever. Based in lower Manhattan's Greenwich Village neighborhood and forming close ties with local music icons, the young man quickly rises to prominence, and his groundbreaking and controversial performance of electronic rock and roll at the 1965 Newport Music Festival is heard around the world and is still considered one of the most transformative musical moments of the XNUMXth century.