In 1993, Bob Dylan released World Gone Wrong, an album of cover versions of what might be called pre-modern songs by some of the early blues and folk performers that he revered. Dylan’s sleeve notes for the album are a thing of wonder in themselves: short, sometimes surreal riffs on the timeless quality of stark and mysterious songs that sound old as the hills but, as his writing pointed out, […]
Bob Dylan has sold his entire catalog of recorded music to Sony Music. The recording company described the deal for 60 years worth of music as a "landmark agreement" in a statement. The deal was concluded in July last year, but announced Monday. The deal includes "the entirety of Bob Dylan's recorded body of work since 1962," according to Sony Music, beginning with his self-titled debut album and continuing through […]
There aren’t many people that have avoided the influence of the freewheelin’ troubadour, Bob Dylan. The singer-songwriter is such a behemoth of culture that to forget his contribution to pop music is to ignore his decades-long impact willfully. Any songwriter worth their salt would point to the “voice of his generation” as a talent to be revered and studied. As such, the idea that David Byrne may cite one of his […]
Bob Dylan always had a special place in his heart for The Rolling Stones. Having seen their meteoric rise to prominence alongside his own, the two artists share a special bond. Given their supreme impact on contemporary music, comparisons and debates around Dylan and the Rolling Stones have rolled on for decades. However, despite having worked up a healthy chart competition over the decades, both have remained complimentary of their […]
Searchlight Pictures has closed a deal with Ford v Ferrari helmer James Mangold to direct Timothée Chalamet as the young Bob Dylan, during the period when he was poised to become folk music’s most seminal figure. When Dylan instead embraced rock ‘n’ roll and traded his acoustic guitar for an amp and an electric guitar, it created a huge outcry. And it cemented the status of rock music. Jeff Rosen, his longtime manager, is working […]
1. Bob Dylan’s Never Ending Tour has been running for 30 years now. The music industry will celebrate an anniversary of just about anything — there was a 20th anniversary edition of Joan Osborne’s Relish — and the compliant music press will help push a little product to mark the occasion. As what has come to be known as Bob Dylan’s Never Ending Tour has proceeded year in and year out, one […]
Just one night after busting out “Moon River” in Savannah, Bob Dylan had another surprise in store for fans. Dylan led his band through a debut cover of James Brown’s “It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World” at Bell Auditorium in Augusta on Wednesday night. Augusta was James Brown’s longtime home, so the city was fitting place for Bob’s first ever cover of the King Of Soul. Dylan’s rendition of “It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s […]
The actor, whose artwork was sold at amFAR's Cinema Against AIDS auction in Cannes this summer, is planning an exhibition, likely in Paris. “I was gobsmacked.” That’s how Pierce Brosnan describes the feeling of watching his original painting of Bob Dylan fetch $1.4 million during the auction at amfAR’s 25th annual Cinema Against AIDS event in Cannes earlier this summer. The buyer? Ukranian billionaire Marina Acton. “My wife [Keely Shaye […]
"I've been able to try some of the best spirits that the world of whiskey has to offer. This is great whiskey," singer says of Angel's Envy offshoot Bob Dylan revealed that he has launched his own signature line of whiskeys called Heaven's Door. The legendary singer-songwriter teamed with bourbon makers Angel's Envy to create a trio of small batch whiskeys: A straight rye, a double barrel whiskey and a Tennessee bourbon. […]
