Bob Dylan

jazz Music Journalism 

The Singularity of Matthew Shipp on RogueArt

September 20, 2023 Steve Holtje 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Clifford Allen, ESP-DISK, Igor Stravinsky, John Coltrane, Matthew Shipp, Miles Davis, piano, RogueArt, Singularity Codex

A new book chronicles a key section of the renowned jazz pianist’s catalog

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Dylan Folk Rock 

Bob Dylan Readies The Complete Budokan 1978

September 7, 2023September 7, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1978, Bob Dylan, Box Set, Budokan, Legacy Recordings, The Complete Budokan

The new box set celebrates the 45th Anniversary of Bob’s first concerts in Japan

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Alternative Rock Pop Remembrance 

Universal Mother: Remembering Sinéad O’Connor

July 27, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Frank Sinatra, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, Ireland, Irish, Joe Pesci, Nothing Compares 2 U, Pope Francis, Pope John Paul II, Prince, RIP, Sinead O'Connor, The Lion and the Cobra

The powerful Irish singer passed away at 56

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Country and/or Western Dylan Films Folk Rock 

It’s Getting Dark: Bob Dylan’s Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid at 50

July 13, 2023July 13, 2023 Kathy Fennessy 2 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Bob Dylan, Booker T. Jones, David Bowie, film, James Coburn, Jim Keltner, Kris Kristofferson, Mick Jagger, Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid, Rita Coolidge, Sam Peckinpah, Slim Pickens

Looking back on the classic soundtrack to Sam Peckinpah’s bleak cult western

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Dylan Folk Records Rock 

Inside the Music of Bob Dylan’s Shadow Kingdom

June 9, 2023June 9, 2023 Tim Sommer 2 Comments Bob Dylan, Columbia Records, Fallen Angels, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Legacy Recordings, Queen Jane Approximately, Rough and Rowdy Ways, Shadow Kingdom, Tombstone Blues, Triplicate

On this brilliant soundtrack, the Bard broadcasts on Radio Right Now 

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Folk 

High Concept Phantasm: Mary Lee Kortes Revitalizes Lost Artist That Never Was 

May 17, 2023May 17, 2023 Chris Parker 0 Comments 2023, Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan, Eric Ambel, Lakeside Lounge Records, Mary Lee Kortes, Mary Lee's Corvette, Will Anybody Know I Was Here?: The Songs of Beulah Rowley

A conversation with the acclaimed New York singer-songwriter

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Folk Remembrance 

Gordon Lightfoot Rode It Through

May 2, 2023May 2, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Canada, Gordon Lightfoot, If You Could Read My Mind, Joni Mitchell, RIP, Sundown, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Toronto Maple Leafs

Remembering the Canadian folk icon who had more than one brush with death

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Beatle Remembrance Rock 

Breath Away From Heaven: George Harrison at 80

February 25, 2023February 25, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 80th birthday, All Things Must Pass, Bob Dylan, Cloud Nine, Fab Four, George Harrison, Gone Troppo, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, The Beatles, Tom Petty, Traveling Wilburys

Honoring the career of the not-so-quiet Beatle

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Blues Dylan Folk Records Rock 

LISTEN: Bob Dylan Shares New Track From Forthcoming Bootleg Series

January 11, 2023January 11, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan Bootleg Series, Columbia Records, Daniel Lanois, Fragments - Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol.17, Legacy Recordings, Teatro, Tony Garnier, Tony Mangurian

Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997) comes out January 27th

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Bruce Rock 

Greetings Again From Asbury Park, N.J.

January 5, 2023January 5, 2023 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J., New Jersey, The New Dylan

Bruce Springsteen’s debut LP, 50 years later

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Country and/or Western 

When Willie Nelson Played Budokan

January 2, 2023 Henry Carrigan 0 Comments 1984, ABBA, Bob Dylan, Bobbie Nelson, Budokan, Frank Sinatra, Hoagy Carmichael, Japan, Kris Kristofferson, Legacy Recordings, Mickey Raphael, Willie Nelson

A new archival release chronicles a fascinating 1984 show at the famed Tokyo arena

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Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop Rock 

Ward White’s Ice Cream Chords: Movies That Melt in Your Ear

December 22, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Don't Look Now, Donald Sutherland, Ice Cream Chords, Julie Christie, Nashville, Nicholas Roeg, Robert Shaw, Three Days of the Condor, Ward White

The West Coast troubadour makes his elevator pitches

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Music Journalism 

Best Music Journalism of 2022

December 20, 2022December 20, 2022 Jason Gross 0 Comments Arhoolie Records, Ashanti Mutinta, Bob Dylan, Chris Strachwitz, Conde Nast, Consequence of Sound, Creem, David Letterman, Ed Sheeran, Entertainment Weekly, Motörhead, Music Journalism, Noisey, Sleng Teng, Taylor Swift, Uproxx, Vice, Warren Zevon

Looking back on the 24 best stories beyond our pages

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Dylan Music Journalism 

Bob Dylan’s Infinite Playlist

November 24, 2022November 23, 2022 Craig Peters 1 Comment Bob Dylan, Bobby Bare, Dean Martin, Elvis Costello, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash and Uncle Dave Macon, Judy Garland, Little Richard, Perry Como, Ray Charles, Rosemary Clooney, Santana and The Eagles, Stephen Foster, The Clash, The Fugs, The Philosophy of Modern Song, Vic Damone, Warren Zevon

Inside his new book The Philosophy of Modern Song

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Folk Music Journalism 

It Takes a Village: Richard Barone on Writing Music + Revolution: Greenwich Village in the 1960s

November 14, 2022November 14, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Fred Neil, John Sebastian, Maria Muldaur, Melanie, Music + Evolution: Greenwich Village in the 1960s, Phil Ochs, Richard Barone, The Bongos

A rocker captures the feel of the folk explosion in prose

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