January 24, 2026
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Art to What End? Dylan and Jacques Maritain on Artistic Integrity
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At Renovatio, an essay analyzes Bob Dylan's Every Grain of Sand and artistic influences through Jacques Maritain's aesthetic theory of creative intuition.
Dylan's Defiant Voice In Heartbroken America
State of Sound / David Rea
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In a retrospective review, State of Sound Magazine examines Bob Dylan's 1964 Columbia album The Times They Are A-Changin' and its politically charged songs.
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Bob Dylan delivered a surprise tribute video at a Martin Carthy tribute concert after Carthy was diagnosed with late-onset Alzheimer's Disease.
Dylan Articles
Dylan performs at Tramps in New York with Elvis Costello during a late 1990s tour.
In 1988, Bob Dylan contributed 'Congratulations' as the only solo-written song to the Traveling Wilburys' debut album and its 'End of the Line' B-side.
In 1976, Dylan's Desire topped the Billboard 200 for five weeks as 11 albums reached No 1 on the charts that year.
In 1987–1988, George Harrison convened Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty in a garage studio to create Handle With Care and launch Traveling Wilburys Volume 1.
David Bowie released Song for Bob Dylan in 1971 on Hunky Dory in the UK, and the article notes Dylan's Woodstock life and a 1976 Playboy interview.
The Dylan documentary Don't Look Back by D. A. Pennebaker airs on TCM on Saturday January 24, 2026.
Dylan performed at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, drawing boos from the audience.
On January 24, 1976, Dylan's Desire topped the US album charts for five weeks, and on January 24, 2025, a 50th anniversary Dylan concert was held in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Timothee Chalamet hosted and performed on Saturday Night Live on January 25, 2025, at Studio 8H.
Far Out Magazine published online an article about Bob Dylan's influences, citing Elvis Presley and Hank Williams.
On 2025-03-14, The Daily's Arts section listened to Bob Dylan's discography for 24 hours, with mixed results.
Joan Osborne performs the Songs of Bob Dylan at Newtown Theatre in Newtown, Pennsylvania; date not specified.
Dylan Posts
On January 17 and 18, Bob Dylan used Instagram to share vintage performance videos, fan artwork, and the essay The Academy with a global audience.
Walter Martin's Substack Episode 63 on the harmonica and Bob Dylan announces a subscriber only ten-song playlist to be released on Sunday.
Positively Porco on Substack reveals a forthcoming documentary about Gerde's Folk City and Mike Porco in New York around 1961.
Releases & Reviews
On 2026-01-23, a review discussed Should I Break It All Down, an unofficial compilation of Bob Dylan's 2024 Rough and Rowdy Ways tour recordings from US and Europe.
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Im Jahr 2026 setzt die Darmstaedter Americana-Reihe fort, Dylan bleibt dabei ein Fixpunkt, mit Konzerten in Darmstadt, Pfungstadt und Bensheim von Januar bis Maerz.
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Dylan's 1965 Newport Folk Festival appearance made music history
The Muddy River Band celebrate the music of songwriters including Dylan, Neil Young and Van Morrison in an intimate unplugged acoustic set.
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Dylan performed at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island, drawing boos from the audience.
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In 1976, Dylan's Desire topped the Billboard 200 for five weeks as 11 albums reached No 1 on the charts that year.
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In 1987–1988, George Harrison convened Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty in a garage studio to create Handle With Care and launch Traveling Wilburys Volume 1.
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On January 24, 1976, Dylan's Desire topped the US album charts for five weeks, and on January 24, 2025, a 50th anniversary Dylan concert was held in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Timothee Chalamet hosted and performed on Saturday Night Live on January 25, 2025, at Studio 8H.
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In 1988, Bob Dylan contributed 'Congratulations' as the only solo-written song to the Traveling Wilburys' debut album and its 'End of the Line' B-side.
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Dylan performs at Tramps in New York with Elvis Costello during a late 1990s tour.
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On January 17 and 18, Bob Dylan used Instagram to share vintage performance videos, fan artwork, and the essay The Academy with a global audience.
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Walter Martin's Substack Episode 63 on the harmonica and Bob Dylan announces a subscriber only ten-song playlist to be released on Sunday.
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Bob Dylan delivered a surprise tribute video at a Martin Carthy tribute concert after Carthy was diagnosed with late-onset Alzheimer's Disease.
Added: 24 hrs ago
Far Out Magazine published online an article about Bob Dylan's influences, citing Elvis Presley and Hank Williams.
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Positively Porco on Substack reveals a forthcoming documentary about Gerde's Folk City and Mike Porco in New York around 1961.
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David Bowie released Song for Bob Dylan in 1971 on Hunky Dory in the UK, and the article notes Dylan's Woodstock life and a 1976 Playboy interview.
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Bob Dylan displayed an Oscar on stage during the Spring 2001 Australia tour and kept it there until 2019.
At Renovatio, an essay analyzes Bob Dylan's Every Grain of Sand and artistic influences through Jacques Maritain's aesthetic theory of creative intuition.
In this Substack article, John Nogowski revisits Bob Dylan's 1967 Basement Tapes sessions with The Band at Big Pink in Saugerties, New York.
On 1975-03-23, Bob Dylan joined Neil Young and guests at San Francisco’s SNACK Benefit Concert at Kezar Stadium to support local school programs.
Fred Bals, on Medium in the 2020s, analyzes Bob Dylan's Instagram stories.
Dylan's John Wesley Harding (1967) is described as a restrained inward turn after the electric controversy, emphasizing language over spectacle.
In a retrospective review, State of Sound Magazine examines Bob Dylan's 1964 Columbia album The Times They Are A-Changin' and its politically charged songs.
Mitch Bogen Blog / Mitch Bogen / Blog Post - 1/16/2026
In January 2026, Mitch Bogen published a blog post discussing Bob Dylan's countercultural influences and outsider themes via Blood on the Tracks.
On 3 November 2024 in Liverpool, Bob Dylan said he wrote "Key West (Philosopher Pirate)" at Hemingway’s house, while the article analyzes the song’s mythic setting.
Bob Dylan Yearly Chronicle 2025, led by Olof Bjorner and Daniel Mackay, was released in 2025 on the bobserve blog in PDF and web formats.
In a Far Out Magazine article, a critic reassesses Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde, arguing in an online piece that its legendary reputation is overstated.
In an article on Flagging Down, the author surveys Bob Dylan's 1975–1978 live performances of "One More Cup of Coffee," including Rolling Thunder and 1978 tour versions.
In a Dylan Revisited blog post, the author analyzes Bob Dylan's 1961-62 Gaslight Cafe performances in New York's Greenwich Village and their 2005 partial Starbucks release.
Dylan performed a fourteen-night gospel residency at the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco during 1979-1980, highlighting songs from Slow Train Coming and Saved.
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Dylan told Spin he resented Neil Young's 'Heart of Gold' and thought, 'If it sounds like me, it should as well be me,' and that this envy helped spark his emergence from early-70s obscurity.
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Larry Campbell said: 'No, it was not' the real Oscar and that the crew guys found a toy-store Oscar which became part of the stage set-up.
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John Nogowski: Dylan visited Big Pink regularly in the summer of 1967 and played with Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko and Robbie Robertson (Levon Helm absent).
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John Nogowski: Dylan famously told Robbie Robertson they ought to burn the Basement Tapes, and the songs 'weren’t ever supposed to be heard.'
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Dylan refused to change 'Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues' and ultimately decided not to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show.
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'Every Grain of Sand' contains an allusion to William Blake's 'To see the world in a grain of sand' and to Matthew 10:30.
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Guitarist Larry Campbell said the Oscar onstage was not the real Academy Award but a toy-store/plastic replica found by the crew.
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