IN PROGRESS: European Tour: June 2 – 30 (25 Shows)

• This Week: San Sebastian (2x), Longrono, Barcelona (2x) (Setlists)
• Next Week: Carcassonne FR, Aix-En-Provence FR, Lyon FR (2x)

Last Week Highlights (YouTube Audio)

• Stella Blue – Barcelona (June 23, 2023) YouTube Video/Audio
• Stella Blue – Barcelona (June 23, 2023) YouTube Audio Only
• Full Concert – Barcelona (June 23, 2023) YouTube Audio Only
• I’ve Made Up My Mind – Longrono (June 21, 2023) – YouTube Video/Audio
• Every Grain of Sand – San Sabastian (June 15, 2023) YouTube Video/Audio

• Dylan Grateful Dead Streak Continues with Stella Blue (Rolling Stone)
  • “PRIOR TO A couple of months ago, Bob Dylan had only played covered four Grateful Dead songs (“Friend of the Devil,” “West L.A. Fadeaway,” “Alabama Getaway,” “Black Muddy River”) throughout his entire career as a live performer.”
• Forever Young and Daily Growing (Johnny Borgan)
  • “The vocals of “Black Rider” gives both me and my friend goosebumps, and then the new arrangement of “My Own Version of You” tonight really shows its full potential, Dylan delivering his impressive percussive rap in an exceptional effective way – he is almost dancing by the piano, attacking the microphone with the moves of a snake that bites.”
• Just Like Nina Simone’s Blues (Shadowchasing)
  • “Simone paid Dylan the highest compliment one musician can give another by performing several of his songs, and doing so with profound sensitivity. Late in life, her esteem for Dylan was unequivocal. Please tell my public that there aren’t many of us geniuses still living. Hardly any of us left at all. It’s down to Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, and Frank Sinatra, except Frank’s already dead””
• Shadow Kingdom: A Ghostly Narrative for Our Post-Pandemic World (Air Mail)
  • “Where does the magic come from? Dylan said, “It’s not me, it’s the songs. I’m just the postman. I deliver the songs.” Under lockdown, in the sanctuary of the studio, Dylan hid with his masked band and conjured this wonderfully spooky music and delivered it to us. Turn the lights down, play it end to end, and when a word or phrase or line hits you with the thrill of unexpected recognition, wonder how could he know, once again, that this is exactly what you needed to hear right now.”
• Dylan’s New ‘Deep Focus’ Art Series Released (Castle Galleries)
  • “Referring to a cinematic technique that communicates narrative through the foreground, middle, and background, rather than focusing on one visual plane over another, Deep Focus captures four remarkable scenes; available individually or as a portfolio set of four.”
• Cover A Day: Seven Days (Untold Dylan)
  • “Do try Born 53’s version of the song, if for nothing else, then for the fact that they’ve changed the beat and so changed the meaning of the entire song.  Suddenly it’s bouncy and a fun celebration of what is going to happen.  It really does work.”

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  • Down The Highway (Annie Burkhart)
  • Shadow Kingdom (Allison Rapp)
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• The Dylantantes
  • WOBD2023 Session: The Philosophy of Modern Song
• New Books In Music
  • Michael Gray: Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan (Host: Bradley Morgan))
• The Bob Lefetz Podcast
  • Bebe Buell (With Some Dylan and Grossman Stories)

• June 17 (NYC) – Dylan’s PoMS with André De Shields
• July 4 (Online) – Omega Showcase Auction
• July 4 (Copenhagen DK) – Kind of Dylan @ Jazz Festival
• July 19-21-22 (Ontario CAN) – Daniel Lanois Live
• This is a partial list of the most significant events. See link below for more.

Complete List of Worldwide: Bob Dylan Events Calendar

• Paintings: Deep Focus (Bob Dylan)
  • Castle Fine Art
• Vinyl: Shadow Kingdom (Bob Dylan)
  • Amazon
• CD: Shadow Kingdom (Bob Dylan)
  • Amazon
• Book: Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan (50th Anniversary) Vol. 1
  • Amazon (Paperback) – Amazon (Kindle)
• Book: Pledging My Time: Conversations w/Bob Dylan’s Band Members
  • Amazon
• Book: Mixing Up The Medicine (The Bob Dylan Center)
  • Amazon
• Book: Retrospectrum – Dylan’s Painting, Drawing Sculpture
  • Amazon
• NEW: The Bleecker Street Tapes (Bruce Pollock)
  • Amazon
  • About The Book  (With Cool Video inside Gaslight 1962)
• Book: 12 Rounds with Dylan The Pugilist Poet (Richard Westlein)
  • Amazon
• Book: Biography of The Greatest Songwriter (Amanda Geraldine)
  • Amazon
• SALE: Folk Music (Greil Marcus)
  • Amazon (47% Off)
• SALE: Samuel Becket and Bob Dylan (Kerry Atkinson)
  • Amazon (72% off)