December 9 - 15, 2024
The Week in Bob Dylan
Tour Details
The Latest on Bob's Live Concerts
No tour information is currently available.
Top News & Links
Our favorite Dylan-related stories and links
- Shelter from the Storm - Blood On The Tracks 50th Event (Bob Dylan Center) [8]
- “The Bob Dylan Center’s event celebrates Dylan’s influence on contemporary music and culture.”
- After Bob Dylan 'Blowin’ In The Wind' recording sold for $1.7m (Music Business Worldwide) [5]
- "Julien’s Auctions has announced an exclusive partnership with Grammy and Oscar Award-winning producer T Bone Burnett to bring his “Ionic Original” discs to the auction market."
- James Austin Johnson Interview on Bob Dylan Impressions (Uproxx) [10]
- "Discusses Johnson’s inspirations and techniques for his acclaimed Bob Dylan impression on SNL."
- Positively Bob's Tweets (GQ) [5]
- "Dylan’s posts have only grown more Dylanesque, from replies to Bitcoin enthusiasts to shaggy-dog stories about publishing conventions."
- As Dylan Fever Rises: My First Night Seeing Bob Dylan (Greg Mitchell) [8]
- "On it: a change of harmonica, a glass of water and some pills that he’d swallow from time to time. He’d already been associated with “drugs,” whatever that meant, and I wondered if he was getting high in public for “kicks” or just fighting a cold."
Special Announcement
This week belongs to 'A Complete Unknown' which held endless preview and premiere showings, and 150 or so reviews (professional and not) came out along with endless media coverage. So much that we've left it out of this Seven Days and will issue a special 'ACU' edition later today.
New Articles
Stories from the press
- Bob Dylan's Townhouse in Turtle Bay Gardens Hits the Market (Robb Report) [5]
- "The five-story townhouse boasts two points of entry, both on the garden level and the parlor level."
- Bob Dylan's former New York home on market for $7.25 million (Fox Business) [5]
- "Dylan purchased the home in 1990, before selling in 2005."
- A Peek Inside Bob Dylan's Iconic Turtle Bay Townhouse (stupidDOPE) [3]
- "Bob Dylan’s legacy is etched into the fabric of music history, but his influence extends beyond the stage and recording studio."
- Blood on the Tracks Anniversary Concert: Elvis Costello's Shelter from the Storm (Paste Magazine) [5]
- "Elvis Costello delivered a stirring rendition of 'Shelter from the Storm' during the anniversary concert."
- Blood on the Tracks 50th Anniversary Concert (Stereogum) [5]
- "Celebrates the lasting legacy of Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks with star-studded performances."
- Paul Shaffer’s Book Excerpt About Bob Dylan (Vanity Fair) [8]
- "Paul Shaffer recounts his humorous yet awe-inspiring encounter with Bob Dylan."
- Dylan’s Holy Trinity of Mystical, Magical Mid-60s albums (Classic Rock) [5]
- "One habit he got from Hibbing was his profound secretiveness, elusiveness and outright lying. He was a double outsider, a Jew from an obscure mining town, both of which he would deny and replace with his own handmade mythology..."
- How Bob Dylan Changed the Course of Music (History.com) [3]
- "Dylan challenged what a popular song could communicate… with socially conscious lyrics and rock stylings."
- Bob Dylan: The Artist of the Everchanging Times (Venice Oarsman) [1]
- "Dylan’s work captures the zeitgeist of the 1960s, showcasing his adaptability and innovation in music."
- The Many Faces of Bob Dylan (CultureSonar) [5]
- "Bob Dylan's chameleon-like ability to reinvent himself has kept his music relevant across generations."
- Joy Harjo: Oklahoma's trailblazing Native American poet laureate (The Oklahoman) [3]
- "Joy Harjo has been a powerful voice in American literature, breaking barriers as the first Native American U.S. Poet Laureate."
- Bob Dylan's Enduring Influence On Music And Style (The Pinnacle Gazette) [3]
- "These aesthetics mirrored the broader revolutions happening socially and politically, as young people began to define both their style and ideals outside traditional boundaries."
New Blog Posts
New from fans and other writers
- Dylan in Cincinnati 2021 and 2023 (Shadow Chasing) [8]
- "But those figures are misleading. They fail to account for all the ghosts in the room in 2021."
- The Most Random Setlist Dylan Ever Played (Flagging Down The Double E's) [8]
- "Three of its fifteen songs are ones Bob has played less than ten times ever: Shot of Love deep cut 'Trouble' to open, then two rare covers..."
- Like A Rolling Stone Pt.3 (Untold Dylan) [8]
- "The musical foundation of the legendary chorus is, of course, not the epicentre of the earthquake. The magnitude of 'Like A Rolling Stone' is first and foremost the sum of urbane poetry plus the mercurial sound plus the perfect evocation of viciousness generated by the symbiosis of music and lyrics in the verse."
- Introducing Bob Dylan’s Vol. 3 (Substack) [5]
- "The Bootleg Series Vol. 3 showcases rare and insightful works from Dylan’s expansive catalog."
- Rocks & Gravel Performed Three Times (Untold Dylan) [5]
- "It is a 12-bar blues with its own variants as it works its way through the song. Some of the lyrics were used again later as you might recognise…"
- The Covers We Missed: Blowing in the Wind Pt.3 (Untold Dylan) [5]
- "The song is miles away from their usual repertoire; if they’re going to do Dylan, you’d expect them to choose a different song. But here it is."
- The Double Life Book 2 Pt 10 (Untold Dylan) [5]
- "Rather he takes it that his own personal views of justice etc. are universal. He thus presents himself as the speaker for the whole of western society."
- Dylan & Us: Beyond America Pt.2 (Untold Dylan) [5]
- "Hentoff’s interpretation is interesting, as it would mean that the I-character never actually intended to leave his ‘farewell letter’ behind for the woman in question."
- On Bob Dylan (Cass Sunstein) [5]
- "Turn in this light to Desolation Row, and in particular to the last stanza, which is the big reveal, the clue to all that comes before. Dylan refers to a letter he received yesterday, “about the time the door knob broke.”
- Bob Dylan's Turn to Darkness (Nick DeRiso) [5]
- "Inevitably hailed as a “comeback,” Oh Mercy can now be seen as the leverage point for Dylan’s next act. The album would only go gold, and certainly didn’t have the generation-turning impact of his ’60s output."
New Releases & Reviews
News about new music or reviews
- See the new Must Be Santa Cover in Videos Below.
New Podcasts
The latest episodes focusing on Bob Dylan
- Never Ending Stories
- Budokan + Charlotte
- Live 11/6/91 (TEASER)
- The Female Bob Dylan
- Sleezoids
- Bob Dylan: A Cinematic Odyssey
- Nothing Is Revealed
- Reel Politik
New on YouTube
The Best New Videos
- Must Be Santa (New Cover/Video) Kurt Vile
- Dave Letterman Remembers Dylan at 10th Anniversary Show
Upcoming Events
From our complete Dylan Events Calendar
- Dec 17 (Tulsa OK) A Complete Unknown Advance Screening
- Dec 20 (Hibbing MN) Guy From The North Country
- Dec 22 (Tulsa OK) Stepping Into The Unknown
- Dec 25 (United States) A Complete Unknown Movie Opening
- Dec 27 (Essex VT) Dylan and The Dead
- Dec 29 (Williamsburg VA) Don't Look Back
- Dec 30 (New York) His Back Pages Vol.2
- Jan 24 (Tulsa OK) Blood On The Tracks 50th Concert
- Jan 25 (Kent UK) Dylan's Greatest Rejected w/Michael Gray
- Jan 21 (New York) Mary Lee's Corvette - BOTT
- Feb 28 (CALL FOR PAPERS) The World of Bob Dylan 2025
- April 11 (Tysons VA) Mr. Tambourine Man: Symphonic Electric
- May 11 (Liverpool UK) Tangled Up In Dylan
- July 24-27, 2025 (Tulsa OK) The World of Bob Dylan
Multi-Date Events
- Sept '24 - June'25 - Bob Dylan in London Walking Tour
- Chrome Horse - Tribute Shows - Regular Dates in US
- Simply Dylan - Tribute Shows - Regular Dates in UK
- Mar 3 - 13, 2025: Cat Power Australia 2025 Tour
Complete List of Worldwide: Bob Dylan Events Calendar
The Past
