February 17, 2026
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Last Updated: 2/17/2026 at 6:02 AM EST
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In this review, a critic examines Robert Polito's book 'After the Flood' about Bob Dylan's 1991-2024 creative output.
Key West Part 7
Untold Dylan / Tony Attwood
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In this online essay, Jochen examines Bob Dylan's Key West lyrics through Roman history, Gladiator, and Patrick Kavanagh's Raglan Road.
The Bootleg Series Vol. 1 (1962-63)
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Dylan Revisited reviews Bob Dylan's The Bootleg Series Vol. 1, focusing on 1962–63 studio outtakes, demos, and live recordings from North American and UK venues.
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In this review, a critic examines Robert Polito's book 'After the Flood' about Bob Dylan's 1991-2024 creative output.
Bob Dylan spoke at length during the 1986 True Confessions tour in Australia, with shows in Sydney and Melbourne, dedicating a song to Challenger victims.
Dylan comments on cover versions in a Far Out Magazine feature about 1960s reactions to his songs.
Jerry Schatzberg, in New York and Paris, is profiled for his Dylan portraits and an exhibition at Paris Cinema Club running through Feb 28, 2026.
Bob Dylan toured Australia in 1986 with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on the True Confessions Tour.
Feb 16, 1974, Bob Dylan's Planet Waves topped the Billboard 200 for four weeks with The Band backing him, after recording in West Los Angeles.
George Harrison left the Beatles during the 1969 Get Back sessions and recorded Dylan's song during that period, with the track surfacing publicly in 2012.
On a February day, Dylan's Planet Waves topped the US Billboard 200, Led Zeppelin began an Australian tour in Perth, and The Faces reunited at the Brit Awards.
Sam Grisman Project performed a nine song acrostic tribute to Bobby Weir at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chest, NY on Feb 14, 2026.
Bonhams lists a signed George Kalinsky photograph of Dylan at Madison Square Garden from the 1974 Tour in a 2025 auction.
Bob Dylan's Planet Waves topped the US Billboard 200 on Feb 16, 1974, marking his first US No. 1 album.
Bob Dylan's influence on peers is explored through Leonard Cohen, Bruce Springsteen, and Robert Plant, with discussion of the 2020 Rough And Ready album and the track I Contain Multitudes.
Jerry Schatzberg profile highlights Dylan portraits and a Paris exhibition on view until Feb 28, 2026.
Bono discusses cool in a recent Far Out Magazine feature, citing Miles Davis and The Clash.
David Bowie’s Song for Bob Dylan and John Lennon’s God are discussed in Collider's article about Dylan's cultural impact, focusing on late 1960s to early 1970s contexts.
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Jerry Schatzberg, in New York and Paris, is profiled for his Dylan portraits and an exhibition at Paris Cinema Club running through Feb 28, 2026.
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Bob Dylan's Planet Waves topped the US Billboard 200 on Feb 16, 1974, marking his first US No. 1 album.
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Bob Dylan's influence on peers is explored through Leonard Cohen, Bruce Springsteen, and Robert Plant, with discussion of the 2020 Rough And Ready album and the track I Contain Multitudes.
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Bob Dylan toured Australia in 1986 with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on the True Confessions Tour.
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Bono discusses cool in a recent Far Out Magazine feature, citing Miles Davis and The Clash.
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Dylan's quote about beauty and pain is highlighted in an article noting his 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Jerry Schatzberg profile highlights Dylan portraits and a Paris exhibition on view until Feb 28, 2026.
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Bob Dylan spoke at length during the 1986 True Confessions tour in Australia, with shows in Sydney and Melbourne, dedicating a song to Challenger victims.
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David Bowie’s Song for Bob Dylan and John Lennon’s God are discussed in Collider's article about Dylan's cultural impact, focusing on late 1960s to early 1970s contexts.
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George Harrison left the Beatles during the 1969 Get Back sessions and recorded Dylan's song during that period, with the track surfacing publicly in 2012.
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Feb 16, 1974, Bob Dylan's Planet Waves topped the Billboard 200 for four weeks with The Band backing him, after recording in West Los Angeles.
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Dylan comments on cover versions in a Far Out Magazine feature about 1960s reactions to his songs.
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In this review, a critic examines Robert Polito's book 'After the Flood' about Bob Dylan's 1991-2024 creative output.
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On a February day, Dylan's Planet Waves topped the US Billboard 200, Led Zeppelin began an Australian tour in Perth, and The Faces reunited at the Brit Awards.
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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.
The article discusses how Bob Dylan, writing in 1974, crafted If You See Her, Say Hello and Call Letter Blues in studio settings to explore romantic loss.
Dylan Revisited reviews Bob Dylan's The Bootleg Series Vol. 1, focusing on 1962–63 studio outtakes, demos, and live recordings from North American and UK venues.
On Feb 11, 2026, m100group.com published a feature essay analyzing Bob Dylan songs as a sustained diagnosis of stable societal collapse.
The article explores how Bob Dylan inspired Minutemen's Mike Watt to write the hardcore punk song Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs in the early 1980s.
The article reviews Robert Polito's book After the Flood, which reexamines Bob Dylan's 1991–2024 late-career work as a vital creative period.
In this Mumbai Mirror review, the writer evaluates Robert Polito's After the Flood, a study of Bob Dylan's 1991–2024 work.
In 2026, Bob Dylan undertakes an ongoing small-theater tour across the US and Europe, presenting continually reworked songs from multiple career eras.
On Feb 10, 2026, the Daily Herald published a review of Robert Polito's book After the Flood about Bob Dylan's late career.
In a Substack blog post written decades after first hearing it in the 1980s, Adam Cifu reflects on Bob Dylan's album Infidels from a New York concert origin.
In a blog post on Untold Dylan, Jochen analyzes Bob Dylan's Key West verse and its connections to outsider icons and Kafka-inspired Instagram writing.
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