December 19, 2025
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Last Updated: 12/19/2025 at 11:41 AM EST
Best New Articles
From A Buick 6 Part 9 (Final)
Untold Dylan / Tony Attwood
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In 2008, the Irish film Kisses featured Bob Dylan's From A Buick 6 in a raucous nighttime sequence set in Dublin.
John Wesley Harding: My Part In His
Robyn Hitchcock / Robyn Hitchcock
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On December 27 in Woodstock, New York, Robyn Hitchcock will perform Bob Dylan's album John Wesley Harding in full at Bearsville Theatre.
Tour Updates
Bob Dylan announced a spring 2026 US tour spanning 27 dates from Omaha, Nebraska, to Abilene, Texas.
Bob Dylan will perform at the University of Texas at Tyler Cowan Center in Tyler, Texas as part of the Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour.
Dylan Articles
Dylan's Through the Open Window, part of The Bootleg Series, is highlighted in Cult Following's 2025 top albums list.
In a Substack conversation centered in Los Angeles, Cameron Winter discusses first hearing Bob Dylan's 1960s recordings and their lasting influence on Winter's musical outlook.
Far Out Magazine traces how, in 1988, drummer Jim Keltner became Buster Sidebury, the Traveling Wilburys' drummer, during sessions at Dave Stewart's American home and George Harrison's Henley-on-Thames studio.
On December 18, 1972, Dylan began filming Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid; the movie was released in May 1973 and the soundtrack followed in July.
Dylan and Waylon Jennings are discussed in relation to Dylan song covers spanning the 1960s to 2000s in the United States, with references to Nashville and JD's.
Dave Stewart releases Dave Does Dylan, a Dylan cover album recorded in hotel rooms, the Bahamas and Nashville for vinyl release.
In 2016, Kripalu published an article analyzing Bob Dylan's lyric craft following his Nobel Prize in Literature announcement.
Scan Math identifies Duluth as Bob Dylan's Minnesota hometown in a crossword clue.
Dolly Parton and Bob Dylan are discussed in a Far Out Magazine feature about their contrasting personas and a 2005 cover offer that Dylan declined, in the UK.
Dylan Posts
John Wesley Harding: My Part In His
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On December 27 in Woodstock, New York, Robyn Hitchcock will perform Bob Dylan's album John Wesley Harding in full at Bearsville Theatre.
In a critical essay on Bob-Dylan.org.uk, Tony Attwood analyzes Bob Dylan's sparse 1971–1972 songwriting and the musical construction of Forever Young.
Larry Fyffe analyzes Bob Dylan's Tarantula and his cinematic influences in an undated post on bob-dylan.org.uk.
On 2025-12-14, Paul Walmsley emails R&BG to discuss Dylan's relationship with Allen Ginsberg in light of Ron Rosenbaum's biography.
Timothee Chalamet stars in Marty Supreme, opening in the United Kingdom on 26 December at Cineworld.
Releases & Reviews
In 2008, the Irish film Kisses featured Bob Dylan's From A Buick 6 in a raucous nighttime sequence set in Dublin.
On 2025-12-19, a review on Cult Following assessed Stealin', a classic Bob Dylan bootleg, as an influential compilation of rarities and alternate performances.
Bob Dylan wrote Only a Pawn in Their Game after Medgar Evers's June 12, 1963 assassination and performed it at Greenwood (July 6), Newport (July 26) and the March on Washington (August 28) before including it on The Times They Are A-Changin' (February 1964).
Who: Americana-UK Essentials; What: top ten digital live albums; When: 2025; Where: US and UK digital platforms; Why: to spotlight new live releases.
On 2025-10-31, Bob Dylan released The Bootleg Series Vol 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963, a box set featuring 48 previously unseen performances and a Carnegie Hall concert.
Non-English Articles
December DylanHour episode revisits the Rolling Thunder Revue with 1975 recordings and outtakes, and features songs from Dylan's 2025 North European tour.
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