Jan 22 - 28, 2024
Seven Days in Bob Dylan
This is Seven Days, our weekly summary of the best Bob Dylan news and links plus new podcasts, events, and photo/video of the week.
The Week's Best News & Posts
- Remembering Jon Pankake: Folk scholar and Early Critic of Bob Dylan (Star Tribune) [8]
- “”Dylan is brilliantly funny or touching one moment, then floundering hopelessly in arid and embarrassing improvisation the next. His imagery falls short of Guthrie’s magic, and his wacky verses don’t quite have that flash of humanitarian genius that marked Woody’s as the work of a true folk poet.”
- My Letter From Bob Dylan’s Dad In 1966 (Deadline Detroit) [8]
- “Shaking with excitement, I opened it to find a hand-written letter from Dylan’s father, Abraham Zimmerman. It was penned with kindness and offered some sage advice.”
- Timothée Chalamet Makes Sweet Visit to Bob Dylan’s Hometown High School (People) [5]
- “In town researching all things Bob Dylan for an upcoming biopic, he asked his tour guide if he could meet with the drama students who were working on their competition one act.”
- ‘The Greatest Night in Pop’ Takes a Terrific Backstage Look at ‘We Are the World’ (Chicago Sun Times) [5]
- “Directed by Bao Nguyen, who expertly combines the multi-camera recordings from the night of the session with new interviews with Richie, Cyndi Lauper, Kenny Loggins, Huey Lewis, Smokey Robinson and Bruce Springsteen, as well as technicians who were there.”
- Meeting Bob Dylan at the Songwriters Hall of Fame (1982) (PSB) [8]
- “So finally I get up the courage go over to him offer my hand and say, “My brother Tony Brown, says hello.” He just looked at me and he’s got these piercing baby blue eyes that just peer right the fuck into you.”
- Tell Tale Signs Review (Cult Following) [5]
- “This Bootleg series entry is a vital piece of the long-running puzzle of shifting sands, of how Dylan got back to his grand form.”
New Bob Dylan Podcasts
- Watching The Covers Flow
- Empire Burlesque (New w/Host: Ray Padgett)
- Pod Dylan – 300th Episode
- The Dylantantes
- Ear Wax (Amoeba)
- Pacific Street Blues
- A Headful of Ideas
- Never Ending Stories
Upcoming Bob Dylan Events
- Through 2/10 (Sweden) Scarlet Rivera Tour
- Feb 1 (Eumunda AU) I Shall Be Released Tribute
- Feb 7 (Portland OR) An Evening With The Dylan Center
- Feb 10 (Kilkenny Ireland) Songs of Young, Dylan, Morrison
- Feb 12 – May 1 (Various) Cat Power Sings Dylan
- Feb 15 (Virtual) Ten Songs w/ Steven Jenkins
- Feb 22 (Tulsa OK) “How Many Roads” Member Sneak
- March 3 (Albany NY) Dylan and Dead at Ivy Room NEW
- April 6 (San Pedro CA) Jack of Hearts w/Scarlet Rivera
- Through Aug 18 (Various Cities) Girl From The North Country
Complete List of Worldwide: Bob Dylan Events Calendar
Featured Video
Dylan Stuff
- Mixing Up The Medicine (Mark Davidson/Parker Fishel)
- $50 (50% off) Amazon
- The Philosophy of Modern Song (Bob Dylan)
- $28.22 (37% off) Amazon
- Folk Music (Greil Marcus)
- $13.75 (50% off) Amazon
- Bootleg Series 16 Springtime (2LP Vinyl)
- $18.64 (59% off) Amazon
- Bootleg Series Vol 1-3 (Vinyl)
- $69.92 (30% off) Amazon
- Christmas In The Heart (Vinyl)
- $22.40 (17% off) Amazon
- The Joker and The Thief (Peter Stone Brown)
Upcoming
- Allen Ginsberg Material Wealth CD (With Dylan Content)
- $11.99 (Real Gone Music)
- These classic, yet rare, and some previously unreleased poems and songs are a bible of bop prosody from one of the Holy Trinity of the Beat Generation. Featuring musical accompaniment from Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Elvin Jones, Lenny Kaye, Philip Glass, David Mansfield, David Amram, Arthur Russell and more.
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