January 12, 2026
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Last Updated: 1/12/2026 at 9:04 PM EST
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Dylan News
Bob Weir died on Saturday January 10 from underlying lung issues, prompting tributes from Mickey Hart, Bruce Hornsby, and Tom Constanten.
Dylan Articles
An article on Far Out Magazine analyzes Bob Dylan's Visions of Johanna (1966), arguing the song refers to Joan Baez and reflects Dylan's romantic absence in New York.
Dylan performed onstage with the Grateful Dead in San Rafael, California, during the 1980s.
Pitchblack Playback announces January 2026 global events celebrating Dylan's Desire, following last year's Blood on the Tracks anniversary.
Dylan released Murder Most Foul in 2020, a 17-minute song about John F. Kennedy, which topped the Rock Digital Sales chart and appeared on Rough and Rowdy Ways.
The One Singer Dylan Called The Heart And Soul Of America: "What The Land And Country Is All About"
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Bob Dylan is analyzed as a representative of American culture in the 1960s during the Vietnam War era in this article.
Dylan Posts
On bob-dylan.org.uk the article analyzes why Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? has few successful covers since the mid 1960s.
Releases & Reviews
On 2026-01-12, At The Barrier published a review of Ace Records' Highway Of Diamonds compilation of black American Bob Dylan covers.
On 2026-01-12, Cult Following published a review of Slow Coming Home, a bootleg album documenting Bob Dylan's 2022 Rough and Rowdy Ways tour performances.
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Pitchblack Playback announces January 2026 global events celebrating Dylan's Desire, following last year's Blood on the Tracks anniversary.
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Dylan performed onstage with the Grateful Dead in San Rafael, California, during the 1980s.
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An article on Far Out Magazine analyzes Bob Dylan's Visions of Johanna (1966), arguing the song refers to Joan Baez and reflects Dylan's romantic absence in New York.
Added: 3 hrs ago
On bob-dylan.org.uk the article analyzes why Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? has few successful covers since the mid 1960s.
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A Substack post analyzes Dylan's painting News of the World, based on a Hammett frame from the 1982 film, published online.
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Dylan released Murder Most Foul in 2020, a 17-minute song about John F. Kennedy, which topped the Rock Digital Sales chart and appeared on Rough and Rowdy Ways.
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On 2026-01-12, At The Barrier published a review of Ace Records' Highway Of Diamonds compilation of black American Bob Dylan covers.
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On 2026-01-12, Cult Following published a review of Slow Coming Home, a bootleg album documenting Bob Dylan's 2022 Rough and Rowdy Ways tour performances.
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Graham Nash promotes A Life in Focus in 2021 through an Ultimate Classic Rock interview.
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Don Was discusses his career, the Pan-Detroit Ensemble, and 2026 touring plans in a Guitar World interview.
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Bob Weir died in July 2025 from underlying lung issues, and Dylan posted a tribute on X with a photo from the 1987 Dylan The Dead tour.
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Three American artists, Bob Dylan, Madonna, and Johnny Cash, recovered from career-ending releases with subsequent albums released between 1970 and 1998.
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On 2026-01-11, Bob Dylan led tributes to Bob Weir after Weir's death, posting a Dylan The Dead tour photo on X.
Added: 36 hrs ago
On 2025-01-10, Grateful Dead co founder Bob Weir died after battling cancer and lung issues; Bob Dylan issued a tribute.
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Best Of The Last 10 Days
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In a 50th-anniversary retrospective, Glide Magazine reviews Bob Dylan's 1976 album Desire in the context of the Rolling Thunder Revue era.
In 1964, Bob Dylan released 'The Times They Are A-Changin'' in the United States as a consciously crafted civil rights anthem.
The article documents backstage conversations at Cain's Ballroom with Mikael Jorgensen and Ethan Miller about performing Bob Dylan songs for the Dylan Center's Going Electric concerts.
A Forward culture article reinterprets Bob Dylan's 1983 album Infidels, connecting its ironic political lyrics to Stephen Miller's Greenland-related strongman rhetoric.
Dylan's 1962 debut album is analyzed in Greenwich Village, noting its March 1962 release and later Bootleg Series outtakes.
In this undated online article from Bob-Dylan.org.uk, Tony Attwood analyzes Bob Dylan's 1973 song Hazel from the album Planet Waves.
On the Untold Dylan website, Jochen analyzes Bob Dylan’s mid-1960s single Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? in relation to contemporary pop culture and eyewitness biographical testimonies.
On 2026-01-06, Cult Following in the UK published a retrospective review of Bob Dylan's 1976 album Desire.
In a 2026 article for DylanRevisited, the writer reviews Bob Dylan’s Live 1962-66 – Rare Performances from the Copyright Collections, focusing on concerts in the USA, UK, and Australia.
Bob Dylan released the album Desire in 1976 on Columbia Records in the United States.
MOJO reports on Dylan's Desire and the Rolling Thunder Revue, detailing 1975 New York sessions and the January 1976 release.
Bob Dylan's 1976 album Desire is revisited in a Paste Magazine feature examining its collaborative recording sessions and Rolling Thunder Revue-era performances in mid-1970s America.
On 2026-01-05, Noise11 published a retrospective article on Bob Dylan's 1976 album Desire, exploring its creation, reception, and legacy.
Chris Gregory analyzes Bob Dylan's Series of Dreams from the 1989 Oh Mercy sessions, focusing on its production, lyrical themes, and later release and performances.
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