A taxi-written mystery track became the unexpected closer of Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited, adding legend and intrigue to ...
A few years ago, Sam Sussman wrote a personal essay about his mother, Fran, who as a young woman in early ‘70s New York, took a painting class at Carnegie Hall led by the artist Norman Raeben. As it ...
Bob Dylan's legendary anthem Blowin' in the Wind nearly missed the album that made it famous. This eye-opening article ...
It was only a matter of time before Bob Dylan's long-running Bootleg Series would get around to covering the earliest part of his career. Plus, with the Oscar-nominated A Complete Unknown biopic still ...
While Bob Dylan is, of course, an indisputably talented writer (he was the first musician to ever win the Nobel Prize in Literature), he's also a famously avid reader. But one of his favorite books of ...
Don’t think twice, it’s all right. Bob Dylan’s earliest New York recordings are finally getting their due. “The Bootleg ...
The musical biopic has become big business in Hollywood, and these 10 examples represent the highest-grossing entries in the genre.
Wilentz wrote the 125-page liner notes for the recently released The Bootleg Series Volume 18: Through the Open Window, ...
Seasoned American singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega is very popular around these parts, having performed at the Cambridge Corn Exchange “more times than I can even remember” and at the Cambridge Folk ...
When a teenage Bob Dylan first heard Elvis Presley, he said it felt like “busting out of jail.” “The highlight of my career,” added Dylan. “That’s easy: Elvis recording one of my songs.” Presley ended ...
On Nov. 12, Neil Young’s 80th birthday will be celebrated at Toronto’s Massey Hall. He is not expected to attend, but ...