September 9, 2025

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What Dylan Played On Third Outlaw Music Festival Show Of September 2

Cult Following (SEP 08, 2025)

Dylan and his band performed a seventeen-song set at the Xfinity Centre in Mansfield, Massachusetts last night (September 7).

Dylan Articles

General Coverage From Newspapers, Magazines, or Websites

Your Home Is Not Your Castle 5

Halifax Examiner (SEP 08, 2025)

Sam Sussman’s interview revisits his mother’s relationship with Dylan and the lingering question of whether Dylan could be his biological father.

How Patti Smith’s Favourite Dylan Song Defines Her Artistry: "I Related Completely To Him" 5

Far Out Magazine (SEP 08, 2025)

So Smith’s love for Dylan has always been beyond the music, but at the same time, it all spans from those songs that the young punk-poet heard and fell in love with, especially ‘It’s Alright, Ma’.

Interview With Harvey Brooks: Bass Gear, Dylan, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix 3

Bass Musician Magazine (SEP 08, 2025)

Harvey Brooks played bass on Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited and later worked with The Doors, jammed with Jimi Hendrix, and released the album Elegant Geezer in 2021.

Recorded Live At Analog Season Two Debuts On PBS 2

MusicRow (SEP 08, 2025)

The season premiere featured Dave Stewart honoring Dylan, playing songs from his album Dave Does Dylan and sharing anecdotes from their 40 years of friendship.

Why Do Some Artists Only Gain Appeal By Releasing Albums And Not Singles? 2

Far Out Magazine (SEP 08, 2025)

Dylan still often remains as mysteriously elusive as he ever was, cultivating a certain starry curiosity in his wake.

Polarizing Albums 1

Classical Music (SEP 08, 2025)

Self Portrait bewildered critics and fans on release, widely panned but later reassessed as a sly, self-aware deconstruction of the Dylan persona.

Dylan Blogs

Ideas and Opinions From Blogs or Personal Feeds

When Dylan Said "No" 5

John's Substack (SEP 08, 2025)

There was a frustration in Bob Dylan's voice that echoed across Studio A in New York City on a Tuesday afternoon, November 30, 1965.

Releases & Reviews

Announcements or Analysis of Creative Work

Battle Of The Band: Which Album Was Their Very Best? 3

American Songwriter (SEP 08, 2025)

Moving ballads ("Tears Of Rage" and "I Shall Be Released") that they brewed with Bob Dylan bookended the album.

Dylan – Vintage Collection Review 3

Cult Following (SEP 08, 2025)

Those who are well-versed in the pile-up of low-effort playlists on the Dylan YouTube channel will be well-versed in what features.

Pre-Release Items

Upcoming Music, Books, Films, Etc.

SEP 15, 2025 | Boy from the North Country: A Novel

A son returns home to his dying mother to discover the astonishing truth of his origins and the secrets of a woman whose life and wisdom he is only beginning to understand

OCT 15, 2025 | The Poetry of Bob Dylan: Thirty Essays on Thirty Songs

Examining how Dylan's lyrics shape or get shaped by vocalization, performance, instrumentation, film, recording technologies, and the forces of history unfolding around him, this collection models a range of ways to understand the songs as poetical phenomena by answering questions like: How can we read and understand Dylan's lyrics as poetry?

OCT 16, 2025 | What Did You Hear?: The Music of Bob Dylan

Discover a new side of the songs of Bob Dylan by exploring the virtues of rough sounds, peculiar intonation, and a raspy voice.

OCT 20, 2025 | Bob Dylan: Things Have Changed

In the wake of the recent hit biopic A Complete Unknown, this probing appreciation asks: Do the lyrics of Bob Dylan tell the true story of the ever-changing, ever-radical life and career of the Nobel Prize-winning songwriter?

NOV 17, 2025 | Point Blank (Bob Dylan's Quick Studies)

This publication of his art features nearly 100 black-and-white drawings that were completed between 2021 and 2022 and served as the basis for his latest exhibition—also titled _Point Blank_—at London’s Halcyon Gallery in early 2025.

JAN 26, 2026 | After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan's Memory Palace

Blending biography and archival history, After the Flood asks of Bob Dylan, “If your dreams are fulfilled at twenty, what do you do with the rest of your life?”

Multi-Day Events

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Single-Day Events

NOV-26 • Seattle, WA

Dylan Tribute Night ft Wanderers by Trade

Tribute Band
DEC-11 • Charleston, SC

An Interpretation Of Dylan - Dylan Tribute

Concert
DEC-12 • Decatur, GA

An Interpretation of Dylan featuring Al & Vinnie from moe. in Decatur

Tribute Band
DEC-12 • Streaming

Toad's Place Documentary (RELEASE DAY)

Movie
DEC-12 • Freemantle, WA AU

Rolling Hurricane

Tribute Band

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