The Clean – 10 of the best The Dunedin band had an indelible influence on acts such as Pavement and Guided by Voices. A new oral history by Richard Langston is out now The Guardian - AU · Apr 20
“Bob let him play one overdub, then cut him off. George said to me, ‘Don’t let him do that again’”: The time Bob Dylan and a Beatle were at odds over a guitar solo Don Was had to steer both through the studio session when it came to the recording of Under the Red Sky Guitar World · Apr 10
Monica Barbaro: ‘Yesterday I went home thinking I’m a terrible actor and they’re finding out’ The California star may have earned an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Joan Baez in Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, but as she prepares for her stage debut in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, she says impostor syndrome is still a big problem The Guardian - UK · Apr 5
God on their side, the bill on ours: Counting the real cost of the war in West Asia for India With guns in their hands and God on their side – Bob Dylan John Mearsheimer writes in The Tragedy of Great Power Politics: “States rarely go to war unless they think that rapid success is likely.”It has been more than a month since Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump started the… Newslaundry · Apr 4
Legendary musician’s handwritten lyrics inside book up for auction IN FULL The Independent UK · Apr 2
Bob Dylan draft lyrics found inside book expected to sell for up to £40,000 The type written draft lyrics for Dylan’s I’m Not There were found inside a first edition poetry book by Allen Ginsberg. Evening Standard · Apr 2
Rare Bob Dylan draft lyrics found inside Allen Ginsberg book The type written draft lyrics for Dylan’s I’m Not There were found inside a first edition poetry book The Independent UK · Apr 2
Thursday news quiz: daring dogs, delinquent capybaras and far too many bananas Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare? The Guardian - UK · Apr 2
Grounds for doubts over Henry’s coffee Brief letters: Nero: caffeine fiend? | French roast for Henry | Bogus Bob? | San Serriffe The Guardian - UK · Apr 1
Early draft of Bob Dylan lyrics discovered inside Allen Ginsberg book Page apparently fell out of the book that once belonged to Dylan’s close friend, Sally Grossman The Independent UK · Apr 1
Random Musing: Trumpery – the Middle English word that eerily predicted the era of Donald Trump The notion lives on in a post-colonial society where English – and who has access to it – is a marker of civility and civilisation. The Higgins-Macaulay Complex continues to haunt post-colonial societies, but there are times when the English language can be oddly prescient. The Times of India · Mar 31
“Guaranteed to zig when you think he’ll zag every single time”: Bob Dylan has joined Patreon and is selling his short stories for $5 a month Meanwhile his typed lyrics to I’m Not There could fetch $40,000 MusicRadar · Mar 31
First Thing: Kuwaiti tanker hit by Iranian drone attack in Dubai port The attack came hours after Trump threatened to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s energy plants and oil wells unless it opened the strait of Hormuz. Plus, Israel to give death penalty to Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks The Guardian - UK · Mar 31
The Guardian - AU · Mar 31 ‘Extremely rare’ Bob Dylan draft lyrics discovered inside Allen Ginsberg book A torn page bearing Dylan’s lyrics for the 1967 song I’m Not There is set to go under the hammer in April when it could fetch £40,000
The Guardian - UK · Mar 30 AI lectures, Old West folk heroes and Mark Twain: what is Bob Dylan up to joining Patreon? By far the biggest musician to have joined the membership-based platform, Dylan’s posts have so far been puzzling – and therefore entirely in character
Digital Camera World · Mar 27 The photographer who shot 500 album covers for the likes of Bob Dylan and Barbra Streisand died at 41, then his legendary work vanished for decades. Don Bronstein's astonishing lost images make me ponder: what happens to our work when we're gone? He shot 500 album covers and won a Grammy, but after he died, his work quietly disappeared
MusicRadar · Mar 21 “I said, 'tomorrow I’m going to go into the studio, find some place, make up a tune and make this record'. So I said to Jeff ‘do you want to help?’": The story of the Travelling Wilburys, the star-studded supergroup that made it all look fun Their first single was recorded in Bob Dylan’s garage
Evening Standard · Mar 21 Jack Savoretti: ‘I make music for love — there's no other reason' He’s one of the most acclaimed singer-songwriters of his generation but having reconnected with his Italian heritage, he is on a new creative roll and set for the biggest gigs of his life
The Guardian - US · Mar 18 ‘Absolutely transformative’: Willem de Kooning exhibition uncovers raw intensity of early work A Princeton University Art Museum show captures the urgent power of the iconic abstract expressionist’s 1945-50 breakthrough years
Bored Panda · Mar 16 Ex-Adult Entertainer Speaks Out On Alleged Romance With Timothée Chalamet Before Kylie Jenner “I see these things about him dating Kylie Jenner, and I was very confused about that,” Sarah Tena said.
Guitar World · Mar 14 “One of the coolest things we saw at Fender’s invite-only NAMM event”: All the guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including the answer to all your modeler tone woes Fresh new drops from Taylor, Fender, Gibson, Eastwood and more...
MusicRadar · Mar 12 “The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band”: Why this cult classic was hailed as one of the most influential albums of all time “A savage series of atonal thrusts and electronic feedback”
The Guardian - UK · Mar 12 The unbelievable life of Leo Sayer! The songs, the sex, being swindled – and a spooky phone call from Elvis He lit up the 1970s with a string of hits, before falling out of the public eye. But was any man ever more connected? He discusses extraordinary encounters with Muhammad Ali and Keith Moon – and why he stormed out of Celebrity Big Brother
Guitar World · Mar 9 “One of the great troublemakers in guitar history”: Eastwood bravely recreates Mike Bloomfield’s mangled Bob Dylan Telecaster – the guitar that killed folk Bloomfield famously used the Telecaster before its brutal cutaway mod when Bob Dylan went electric at the Newport Folk Festival – and now it’s been remade in all its grisly glory