February 7, 2026
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Last Updated: 2/7/2026 at 12:04 PM EST
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Do You Hear What I Hear? About "What Did You Hear?" by Steven Rings, 2025
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In a recent blog review, Johnny Borgan evaluates Steven Rings’s book What Do You Hear?, which analyzes Bob Dylan’s performances and sound.
After The Flood: Inside Dylan’s Memory Palace
The Wall Street Journal / Wesley Stace
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Robert Polito's book 'After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan's Memory Palace' is reviewed as a major study of Dylan's post-1990 creative resurgence.
Don’t Drop Your Ashes on the Feliciano
Medium / Fred Bals
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On Jan 26, 1966, Bob Dylan joined Bob Fass on WBAI's Radio Unnameable in New York for a contentious late-night call-in broadcast.
Dylan Articles
In a recent blog review, Johnny Borgan evaluates Steven Rings’s book What Do You Hear?, which analyzes Bob Dylan’s performances and sound.
On Jan 26, 1966, Bob Dylan joined Bob Fass on WBAI's Radio Unnameable in New York for a contentious late-night call-in broadcast.
A reviewer covers a Bob Dylan concert on the Love and Theft tour at an ice arena, emphasizing its solemn tone and politically resonant setlist.
Bob Dylan's 2008 compilation Tell Tale Signs collects rare recordings from 1989–2006, highlighted by four obscure soundtrack and outtake songs.
Dylan's heroism quote is analyzed across his life from Minnesota roots to New York and Nobel Prize recognition.
Bob Dylan joined the Grateful Dead on tour in the late 1980s and recorded the live album Dylan & The Dead capturing collaborative jam performances.
Don Henley praises Randy Newman as a national treasure in a recent Far Out Magazine feature about Bob Dylan and Newman's influence.
Bruce Springsteen released Streets of Minneapolis on Jan 28, 2026, in the United States, in response to the deaths of Minneapolis residents Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Who: various artists; What: muses behind famous rock love songs; When: 1960s to 1990s; Where: in rock history.
CapitalCityTickets.com lists Bob Dylan's Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour 2026 dates from Mar 21, 2026 to May 1, 2026 at mid-sized venues across the United States.
Feb 06, 2026: Actor's Express released photos documenting its 2026 production of Girl From The North Country at the King Plow Arts Center in Atlanta.
American Songwriter discusses three rock songs that prove simplicity beats virtuosity on americansongwriter.com.
The waltermartin Substack post revisits The Bob Dylan Goosechase and discusses a newly discovered Dylan rarity this season at waltermartin.substack.com.
Dylan Posts
After a Wellington tour stop on the True Confessions tour, Dylan and guests staged a late night hotel jam at the Park Royal Hotel in Wellington.
An analytical essay on bob-dylan.org.uk examines Bob Dylan's 1974 songs Tangled Up in Blue, Youre a Big Girl Now, and Shelter from the Storm.
Releases & Reviews
Robert Polito's book 'After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan's Memory Palace' is reviewed as a major study of Dylan's post-1990 creative resurgence.
Bob Dylan’s bootleg compilation Evergreens / Roll, Roll, Roll, highlighting piano-led live performances and covers, is reviewed Feb 7, 2026 in a UK publication.
Bob Dylan released the song "Not Dark Yet" on the album Time Out of Mind in 1997, now read as both personal meditation and cultural emblem.
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CapitalCityTickets.com lists Bob Dylan's Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour 2026 dates from Mar 21, 2026 to May 1, 2026 at mid-sized venues across the United States.
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Feb 06, 2026: Actor's Express released photos documenting its 2026 production of Girl From The North Country at the King Plow Arts Center in Atlanta.
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Dylan's heroism quote is analyzed across his life from Minnesota roots to New York and Nobel Prize recognition.
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Bob Dylan's 2008 compilation Tell Tale Signs collects rare recordings from 1989–2006, highlighted by four obscure soundtrack and outtake songs.
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Bob Dylan’s bootleg compilation Evergreens / Roll, Roll, Roll, highlighting piano-led live performances and covers, is reviewed Feb 7, 2026 in a UK publication.
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In a recent blog review, Johnny Borgan evaluates Steven Rings’s book What Do You Hear?, which analyzes Bob Dylan’s performances and sound.
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After a Wellington tour stop on the True Confessions tour, Dylan and guests staged a late night hotel jam at the Park Royal Hotel in Wellington.
Added: 9 hrs ago
An analytical essay on bob-dylan.org.uk examines Bob Dylan's 1974 songs Tangled Up in Blue, Youre a Big Girl Now, and Shelter from the Storm.
Added: 9 hrs ago
On Jan 26, 1966, Bob Dylan joined Bob Fass on WBAI's Radio Unnameable in New York for a contentious late-night call-in broadcast.
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A reviewer covers a Bob Dylan concert on the Love and Theft tour at an ice arena, emphasizing its solemn tone and politically resonant setlist.
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Don Henley praises Randy Newman as a national treasure in a recent Far Out Magazine feature about Bob Dylan and Newman's influence.
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American Songwriter discusses three rock songs that prove simplicity beats virtuosity on americansongwriter.com.
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Bruce Springsteen released Streets of Minneapolis on Jan 28, 2026, in the United States, in response to the deaths of Minneapolis residents Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
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After The Flood: Inside Dylan’s Memory Palace
The Wall Street Journal / Wesley Stace
Robert Polito's book 'After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan's Memory Palace' is reviewed as a major study of Dylan's post-1990 creative resurgence.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
A reviewer covers a Bob Dylan concert on the Love and Theft tour at an ice arena, emphasizing its solemn tone and politically resonant setlist.
The article revisits Bob Dylan's True Confessions tour opener with Tom Petty at Athletic Park in Wellington, New Zealand, assessing its troubled preparations and mixed reception.
This article reviews Robert Polito's book After the Flood, assessing its portrait of Bob Dylan's late-career creativity and methods.
In this article, Bob Dylan's 1967 song I Shall Be Released is analyzed through its recording history, critical reception, and live performances across multiple decades.
Bob Dylan and collaborators discuss Self Portrait sessions in Nashville and the Isle of Wight in a 2013 Uncut feature.
In a Substack article, Bob Dylan's Instagram post The Articles of Faith is analyzed as commentary on faith, cults, and contemporary politics.
In a review for Mojo, the article evaluates Robert Polito's After the Flood and its interpretation of Bob Dylan's late career.
Dylan wrote and recorded Dark Eyes after midnight at the Plaza Hotel in New York, under producer Arthur Baker's guidance, as the closing track for Empire Burlesque.
LyricLab publishes a blog post analyzing Bob Dylan's Blowin' in the Wind on its website, connecting the song's folk roots to songwriting techniques.
In an online review, Cult Following examines Bob Dylan's live compilation As Good as New, documenting performances from the 2006 Modern Times tour.
On Jan 31, 2026, Cult Following published a review of Bob Dylan’s 2006 tour compilation As Good as New.
Eleven Manchester connected artists and their Dylan covers are surveyed, spanning 1963 to 2019 in the United Kingdom.
In an Untold Dylan article, Jochen analyzes Bob Dylan's Key West (Philosopher Pirate) by comparing its prosody and rhyme scheme with Nick Drake's songwriting.
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The post thematically revisits prophets and false prophets, echoing material and concerns from Rough and Rowdy Ways and the song “False Prophet,” and frames figures like Stafford Monk as a false prophet/demagogue.
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The post’s title, The Articles of Faith, explicitly alludes to Joseph Smith’s 1842 Articles of Faith and invokes creedal, Mormon-language framing.
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That Instagram post, titled The Articles of Faith (Excerpts from Chapter 5 — How Does it Look?), presents seven numbered statements/dialogues among Stafford Monk, Captain Carlsen, Wilkins, Doctor Farrell, and a Narrator.
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Robert Polito argues that Dylan’s album Rough and Rowdy Ways and the tour that followed function as his true Nobel lecture for the 2016 prize.
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