Jan 13 - 19, 2025
The Week in Bob Dylan
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The Latest on Bob's Live Concerts
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Top News & Links
Our favorite Dylan-related stories and links
- Mixing Up The Medicine Compilations hits Billboard #25
- "The set marks Dylan’s milestone fortieth appearance on the Americana/Folk Albums tally, which ranks the most popular and most-consumed projects in those styles across the U.S."
- Jingle jangle: Draft lyrics to 'Mr. Tambourine Man' sell for $508K at US auction (CNN)
- "Draft lyrics to Bob Dylan's song 'Mr. Tambourine Man' went for over a half-million dollars as part of a weekend sale of dozens of items related to the iconic American singer-songwriter."
- Bob Dylan Joins TikTok, Bringing His Music to a New Generation (The New York Times)
- "The move aims to introduce Dylan's extensive catalog to younger audiences more likely to discover music through social media."
- Blackstone Seeks $3 Billion in Sale of Bob Dylan, Adele Song Rights (Yahoo!)
- "Blackstone Inc. has hired financial advisers to explore the sale of song rights, including music from Bob Dylan, Adele and Ariana Grande."
- Bob Dylan on Tour by Angela Carter (The London Magazine) [10]
- "Performing, he’s nothing but a shadow to look at, thin and black-clad and linear, a Beardsley hobgoblin."
- An excellent 1966 concert review
Special Announcement
Blood On The Tracks was Released 50 Years Ago - Jan 20, 1975
- Blood On My Tracks (The Deeper Heart) [10]
- "We were ready just in time. I could feel the burn of creation from the other side of the glass. Dylan. Songs were bursting out of him like lava spewing from a volcano."
- Bob Dylan’s ‘Blood On The Tracks’ Turns 50 (Albumism)
- "Happy 50th Anniversary to Bob Dylan’s fifteenth studio album Blood On The Tracks, originally released January 20, 1975."
- Genius of Bob Dylan's 'Blood on the Tracks' still felt 50 years later (Audiophhix)
- "Blood on the Tracks was the most mature collection of personal songs any pop artist had ever released to that point."
- Album #1: Bob Dylan, ‘Blood on the Tracks’ (Dan Kennedy)
- "My favorite song on the album, and a contender for my favorite Dylan song ever, is 'Idiot Wind,' nearly eight minutes of vitriol."
- 50 Years of Blood On The Tracks (Exeter Phoenix)
- "Tobias ben Jacob continues his Icons & Influences series offering an acoustic performance with string section celebrating 50 years of Bob Dylan’s best selling album."
- 50 Years Ago: Bob Dylan Gets Personal With 'Blood on the Tracks' (UltimateClassicRock.com)
- "Blood on the Tracks, released on Jan. 17, 1975, is one of the most personal albums ever made by anyone."
- 50 Years of Blood On The Tracks (Avon Park Theater)
- "Travis Prinzi returns to the Park with a Bob Dylan Extravaganza to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Blood On The Tracks."
- Kevin Odegard reflects on recording 'Tangled Up in Blue' in Minneapolis with Bob Dylan (The Current)
- "Kevin Odegard joins Bill DeVille on United States of Americana to share some of his memories of that recording session."
- A Mandolin Player’s Journey Took Him From Dylan to Bona’s (Tap. Into)
- "In February 1975, two months after he played the mandolin on one of Bob Dylan’s most acclaimed albums, Peter Ostroushko performed at St. Bonaventure University."
- Photographer Paull Till Tells the Story Behind BOTT Cover
- "Today, 50 years later, Till shares on an in-depth look at how that photograph and album cover came about, and tells me about some other photos he’s taken of Dylan in concert over the years."
- An anniversary concert is being held by The Bob Dylan Center at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa this Friday evening.
New Articles
Stories from the press
- Bob Dylan Charts A Brand New Album In America (Forbes)
- "Bob Dylan earns his fortieth career hit on Billboard's Americana/Folk Albums chart as Mixing Up The Medicine / A Retrospective debuts."
- Al Aronowitz’s back pages: Bob Dylan artifacts owned by legendary rock journalist are up for auction (NJ Arts)
- "Those sheets of paper saved from the wastebasket — with Dylan’s typewritten lyrics to 'Mr. Tambourine Man,' and hand-written notes — still exist, and will be part of an auction."
- Jingle jangle: Draft lyrics to 'Mr. Tambourine Man' sell for $508K at US auction (AP News)
- "Draft lyrics to Bob Dylan's song 'Mr. Tambourine Man' went for over a half-million dollars as part of a weekend sale of dozens of items related to the iconic American singer ... ."
- Pay a song for me: ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’ lyrics among Bob Dylan song drafts, artworks and photos to go on sale (Yahoo!)
- "A spectacular haul of Bob Dylan memorabilia, including early drafts of the singer and songwriter’s number 1 hit 'Mr. Tambourine Man' and an original oil painting, will soon go under the hammer."
- The Mercurial Bob Dylan (First Things)
- "There's a version of Bob Dylan for everyone: small-town boy, scrappy folk troubadour, electric rock poet."
- Bob Dylan’s Cold War (Legal Insurrection)
- "Dylan should be credited with exerting American soft power to end the USSR more than any other cultural figure."
- Bob Dylan’s unexpected links to Burns Night, the Highlands and St Andrews (Scottish Daily)
- "Dylan said Robert Burns’ 1794 poem 'A Red, Red Rose' has had the biggest impact on his life out of anything he’s read."
- It's like watching Michelangelo work': Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson and more on what Bob Dylan is really like (The Big Issue)
- "Joan Baez reflected on those days: 'When I was with Bob, we were very young. We were very involved in doing music and hearing the music...'"
- The complex Jewish past of Bob Dylan (The JC)
- "Born Robert Allen Zimmerman, in Minnesota, Dylan has the Hebrew name Shabtai Zisl ben Avraham."
- What David Brooks and Bob Dylan Teach Jews About Heresy (Heritage FL)
- "Dylan's 'conversion' felt personal to those fans, who saw him as both a role model and a delegate to the non-Jewish world."
- Hughes admits ‘Bob’ (Dylan) got the last laugh (The News Leaders)
- "He got up on that stage, stood by the baby-grand piano and just pounded and pounded on the keys."
- Bob Dylan's New York: A Musical Tour of the City's Folk Scene (The Telegraph)
- "From the Gaslight Café to the Chelsea Hotel, retrace Dylan's footsteps and discover the haunts that shaped his early career."
- A Map to Maggie's Farm and More (Village Preservation)
- "Explore the Greenwich Village sites associated with Bob Dylan's music and legacy, including the inspiration for 'Maggie's Farm.'"
- How Hank Williams Inspired a Young Bob Dylan to Follow His Passion for Music (Wide Open Country)
- "Hank Williams' heartfelt songwriting and emotive performances resonated with a young Dylan, igniting his pursuit of a musical career."
- Six Covers of Bob Dylan Songs That Were Better Than The Originals (Mind Food)
- "The Byrds' version, released in the same year, isn't better than the brilliant original (how could it be?) but it is brilliantly different."
New Blog Posts
New from fans and other writers
- The Crucial Basement Tape Song That Wasn't One (Nick Deriso) [5]
- "But “Yazoo Street Scandal” wasn’t recorded in West Saugerties, with Dylan or even in the summer of 1967."
- A Curiously Arresting Mumbling (Flagging Down The Double E's)
- "As part of his report about the concert, Shelton wrote, “Among the newer promising talents deserving mention are a 20-year-old latter-day Guthrie disciple named Bob Dylan, with a curiously arresting mumbling, country-steeped manner.”
- Bob Dylan at Indian Neck 1961 (Flagging Down The Double E's)
- "Judy Collins, for one, was unimpressed. “Dylan bored the hell out of me,” she said. “He was singing old Woody Guthrie songs — I thought, badly.”
New Releases & Reviews
News about new music or reviews
- Book Review: Todd Almond “Slow Train Coming: Bob Dylan’s Girl from the North Country and Broadway’s Rebirth” (Americana UK)
- "Almond claims a record for a play, of 1 off Broadway opening and 3 on Broadway."
- The Making Of Bob Dylan’s Dont Look Back: “There was a story there, I could feel it in my bones…” (Mojo)
- "I didn’t know much about Dylan at the time, but there was a story there – I could feel it in my bones."
- Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid (Film Authority)
- "It’s hard to beat an exchange like 'Who are you looking for?' – 'Somebody else' – 'I am somebody else'."
- Reel Streaming: Tangled Up in Dylan and His Movies (The Insider)
- "Dylan’s films are as enigmatic and compelling as his music, offering a window into his restless creativity."
- Review: Heaven's Door $500 Bootleg Volume VI Echoes Bob Dylan's Experimental Streak (Tasting Table)
- "Heaven's Door, Bob Dylan's whiskey company, releases Bootleg Volume VI, a wheated bourbon featuring aged expressions at 12-, 13-, and 14-years."
- Springsteen Archives at Monmouth University will present Dylan talk by Sean Wilentz (NJ Arts)
- "Dylan expert Sean Wilentz will speak at Monmouth University’s Pollak Theatre on the subject of 'I Don’t Write Protest Songs': Bob Dylan, 1963."
- Morrison Hotel Gallery presents exclusive Bob Dylan retrospective (The Music Universe)
- "Morrison Hotel Gallery presents an exclusive fine art photography exhibit of the life, and many lives of Bob Dylan as shot by 17 culture-defining photographers."
New Podcasts
The latest episodes focusing on Bob Dylan
A Complete Unknown Interviews and More
- The Empire Film Podcast
- Kermode & Mayo Take
- Soundtracking With Edith Bowman
- The Love Of Cinema
- Go Creative Show
- Radio 1 Screen Time
- Blamo
- Songwriters & Tour Riders
- The Music Show
- DylanFM
- Headful of Ideas
Non-Movie New Dylan Podcasts
- It's A Sign: Art of Alignment
- Slate Hit Parade
- Despite Impossible
- The Full Spin Club
- Time Travelin' Top 40
- The Fake Show
- The Rocker Morning Show
- Never Ending Stories
- I'm Not There (Teaser)
- James Austin Johnson (Teaser)
- Songs of Experience
- Don't Think Twice (Omar Uddin)
- No Such Thing As A Fish
- Rock Therapy With Rob Silber
- Pod Gave You Rock & Roll
- No Small Endeavor
- No Small Endeavor
- This Seats Taken
- Paper Sandwiches
- The Colin McEntroe Show
A Complete Unknown Reviews & Commentary
- Entertainment: Inside the Industry
- The Atlantic Magazine
- Bob Dylan's Carnival
- Rhythms Magazine
- The Actor and Engineer Podcast
- Rock N Roll Archeology
- ACU Gets Dylan Right Even When It's Wrong
- Mac & Gu Movie Club
- Aaaction Podcast
- The Hard Shoulder
- Truth & Movies: Little White Lies
- Guelph Politicast
- Pheonix Film
- ACU
- The First Run
- Town Crier Wire
- ACU
- Front Row
- Catholic Film Club
- Mean Girls, Interrupted
- In The Stew
- Chasing Chalamet
- Izzy and Murtada Picture Show
- Streamed & Screened
- Taking It Down
- Sister's & The Stars
- Historical Drama with the Boston Sisters
- Scenes & Sonics
- The Jay Jay French Connection
- Mudville
- That One Movie Podcast
- First In Line
- The Rizzuto Show
- Modern Mindfulness
- This is Reviewable
- Jason and the Movienauts
- Heartbreak Feels Good
- Junk Filter
- Oregon Music News
- Any Man With A Microphone
- The Rewind
- Movies That Don't Suck
- The Sheletta Show
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