February 23, 2026
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Last Updated: 2/23/2026 at 6:05 PM EST
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Key West Part 8, Leaving You, Tahiti
Untold Dylan / Tony Attwood
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In this Untold Dylan article, Jochen analyzes Bob Dylan's song Key West (Philosopher Pirate) by relating it to Gauguin's hibiscus imagery and French chanson influences.
Dylan In Cincinnati
Shadowchasing / Graley Herren
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Dylan's Taft Theatre Cincinnati show on Oct 15, 2007 is reevaluated in a bonus Substack post promoting the forthcoming book Dylan in Cincinnati.
The 11-Minute Dylan Track He Called the “Best He Ever Wrote” That Confounded His Band in the Studio
American Songwriter / Melanie Davis
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Bob Dylan discusses Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands as his best song in a feature detailing the extended studio take.
Dylan News
Bob Dylan's Harlem townhouse at 265 W. 139th St in Manhattan found a buyer in February 2026 after a price cut.
Dylan Articles
Dylan's Taft Theatre Cincinnati show on Oct 15, 2007 is reevaluated in a bonus Substack post promoting the forthcoming book Dylan in Cincinnati.
In this review, cultfollowing.co.uk assesses Bob Dylan's bootleg Just Not the Same as It Was, documenting Rough and Rowdy Ways tour performances in Boise, Idaho, and Long Beach, California.
Benicio del Toro declined Dylan's film Masked and Anonymous, and later learned Dylan would appear opposite him in the project.
Bob Dylan released Lay Lady Lay in July 1969, and it peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.
Bob Dylan praises Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless as a formative influence and the article links their artistic connection and similar motorcycle accidents.
DA Pennebaker shot Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues sequence for Dont Look Back in the 1960s in London, choosing the Savoy alley for the final setup.
Bob Dylan is analyzed in a feature for American Songwriter about four heartbreak songs spanning decades.
The article discusses Life On Mars?, Tangled Up In Blue, and Let It Be, three 1970s songs whose creation spanned years.
Woody Guthrie wrote This Land Is Your Land in New York City on Feb 23, 1940, and Dylan performed it at Carnegie Hall in 1961.
Fans discuss hidden meanings in three Dylan songs, with Las Vegas and Elvis connections referenced in late 1960s interviews.
Five ultra rare items spanning Memphis and Liverpool are described with auction histories and one-copy production notes.
Bob Dylan's quote of the day highlights a moral tension in his career, spanning from Minnesota roots to New York's folk scene in the 1960s.
Dylan quote about moral tension is featured in the Economic Times article detailing his life and works.
Feb 21, 2026, LAFC hosted Inter Miami at the LA Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles to capitalize on Leo Messi's MLS arrival.
LAFC faced Inter Miami at the LA Memorial Coliseum on Feb 21, 2026 after moving the match from BMO Stadium to accommodate Messi.
Dylan's tour rider, reported by AOL, specifies seafood preferences on the Rough and Rowdy Ways tour from 2021 to 2026.
Bob Dylan's touring rider bans frozen fish and specifies fresh grilled seafood on the Rough and Rowdy Ways tour from 2021 to 2026.
Dylan's 1979 song Gotta Serve Somebody is analyzed in an online article published on samaritanheartgb.org.
Natalie Merchant performed at the Blonde On Blonde 60th anniversary tribute at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Classical-Music.com lists 25 tracks by iconic artists deemed missteps, including Dylan's Wiggle Wiggle, in a Rock section feature.
On Feb 21, 2026, LAFC defeated Inter Miami 3-0 at the LA Memorial Coliseum after moving the marquee game from BMO Stadium.
Dylan Posts
In this Untold Dylan article, Jochen analyzes Bob Dylan's song Key West (Philosopher Pirate) by relating it to Gauguin's hibiscus imagery and French chanson influences.
In an interview on Flagging Down the Double E’s, trumpeter Chris Botti describes Bob Dylan-related work on Hearts of Fire and late-1990s co-headlining tours.
Releases & Reviews
Bob Dylan's "Idiot Wind," recorded in New York and re-recorded in Minneapolis in 1974, appeared on the 1975 album Blood on the Tracks and provoked mixed critical reaction.
American Highways on Feb 22, 2026, in the United States, reviews Jimmie Rodgers anthology and the Cucumbers project.
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"Behind That Locked Door" is kind of his plea to Bob Dylan when he disappeared after his motorcycle accident.
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Benicio del Toro declined Dylan's film Masked and Anonymous, and later learned Dylan would appear opposite him in the project.
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The article discusses Life On Mars?, Tangled Up In Blue, and Let It Be, three 1970s songs whose creation spanned years.
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Bob Dylan's Harlem townhouse at 265 W. 139th St in Manhattan found a buyer in February 2026 after a price cut.
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Woody Guthrie wrote This Land Is Your Land in New York City on Feb 23, 1940, and Dylan performed it at Carnegie Hall in 1961.
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Joan Churchill and D A Pennebaker discuss Dont Look Back at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, highlighting its preservation by the National Film Registry.
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Bob Dylan released Lay Lady Lay in July 1969, and it peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.
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Bob Dylan's "Idiot Wind," recorded in New York and re-recorded in Minneapolis in 1974, appeared on the 1975 album Blood on the Tracks and provoked mixed critical reaction.
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In this Untold Dylan article, Jochen analyzes Bob Dylan's song Key West (Philosopher Pirate) by relating it to Gauguin's hibiscus imagery and French chanson influences.
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On Feb 21, 2026, LAFC defeated Inter Miami 3-0 at the LA Memorial Coliseum after moving the marquee game from BMO Stadium.
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Feb 21, 2026, LAFC hosted Inter Miami at the LA Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles to capitalize on Leo Messi's MLS arrival.
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Dylan's Taft Theatre Cincinnati show on Oct 15, 2007 is reevaluated in a bonus Substack post promoting the forthcoming book Dylan in Cincinnati.
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In this Untold Dylan article, Jochen analyzes Bob Dylan's song Key West (Philosopher Pirate) by relating it to Gauguin's hibiscus imagery and French chanson influences.
In this review, cultfollowing.co.uk assesses Bob Dylan's bootleg Just Not the Same as It Was, documenting Rough and Rowdy Ways tour performances in Boise, Idaho, and Long Beach, California.
Dylan's Taft Theatre Cincinnati show on Oct 15, 2007 is reevaluated in a bonus Substack post promoting the forthcoming book Dylan in Cincinnati.
The article explores Bob Dylan's creation of Blood on the Tracks in 1975, relating the album to personal and professional upheaval in the USA.
Bob Dylan discusses Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands as his best song in a feature detailing the extended studio take.
On Jul 25, 1965, Bob Dylan performed an electric set at the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, provoking controversy that reshaped American folk and rock.
American Songwriter analyzes Simple Twist Of Fate from Blood On The Tracks, a 1975 album, detailing Dylan's perspective shifts.
Chris Gregory's Minstrel Boy review analyzes Dylan's work from 1967 to the early 1990s in a scholarly volume.
In this Common Chords column, SaportaReport surveys Bob Dylan's album Highway 61 Revisited and its legacy while previewing Rough and Rowdy Ways tour stops near Macon, Georgia.
In this review, a critic examines Robert Polito's book 'After the Flood' about Bob Dylan's 1991-2024 creative output.
Bob Dylan praised Gordon Lightfoot as never having written a bad song, presenting Lightfoot at a Canadian Music Hall of Fame ceremony in Canada earlier this year.
Flagging Down publishes a blog post ranking ten notable performances from Bob Dylan and Tom Petty’s True Confessions tour winter leg in Australia.
A review at Cult Following examines Bob Dylan's live bootleg Here to Bring Vengeance, documenting Rough and Rowdy Ways tour performances including a Mother of Muses rendition from Phoenix, Arizona.
In this online essay, Jochen examines Bob Dylan's Key West lyrics through Roman history, Gladiator, and Patrick Kavanagh's Raglan Road.
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