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Six covers of Bob Dylan songs that were better than the originals

He may never have strayed far from the minds of many music fans, but with his biopic A Complete Unknown hitting UK cinemas on January 17 and heartthrob Timothée Chalamet in the lead role, Bob Dylan may be about to gain an entirely new audience.

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“I called Gene Simmons. He said: ‘How the hell did you get this number?!’ That was when I got the idea that we weren’t going to be best buddies”: Dee Snider’s wild tales of Robert Plant, Frank Zappa, Freddy Krueger and Kiss

From Johnny Cash and John Denver to Manowar and Henry Kissinger, former Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider has mixed with them all

Louder

Unmasking the "contrarian" Bob Dylan

Filmmaker James Mangold spoke with Salon about the musician's not-so-oblique songwriting and the women in his life

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Bob Dylan and the creative leap that transformed modern music

The Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown,” starring Timothée Chalamet, focuses on Dylan’s early 1960s transition from idiosyncratic singer of folk songs to internationally renowned singer-songwriter.

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“I just loved mushrooms. My dad thought it was hysterical, so he had the freaking guitar made with a mushroom on it”: Rosanne Cash on learning the ‘Carter scratch’ technique, her most valued guitar gear –and recreating Johnny Cash’s iconic SJ-200

As the country icon is celebrated with a new exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame – she discusses her playing lineage, the two new Gibson signatures and sewing Johnny's Air Force patch to her strap

Guitar World

“Dick Boak called him and said Martin wanted to do a signature guitar for him. He paused and said, ‘I’ve been waiting for this phone call my whole life’”: The emotional moment Johnny Cash was offered his one-of-a-kind signature acoustic

Cash was a strong proponent of Martin guitars, playing a whole host of models – but his all-black D-42 signature model is the most iconic

Guitar World

A Complete Unknown review: Timothée Chalamet's Bob Dylan biopic perfectly suits its subject

Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown offers a look into iconic musician Bob Dylan’s rise that rarely strikes a false chord.

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A Complete Unknown review – Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan is an electric revelation

James Mangold’s biopic follows the rise of the era-defining star with Chalamet brilliantly embodying his shapeshifting allure

The Guardian - UK

Timothée Chalamet tries his best in A Complete Unknown, a Bob Dylan biopic that plays too safe

3/5 There’s something a touch too uncrumpled about the ‘Dune’ star here, in a movie that lacks the required bite

The Independent UK

If you ever wanted to hear a whiskey-voiced Gene Simmons crooning a jazz standard, now's your chance

Gene Simmons' sultry cover of Stormy Weather comes from the soundtrack of the Dennis Quaid movie Reagan

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Mark Steel joins Lauren Laverne for first Desert Island Discs since August

Steel picked The Clash’s Janie Jones, Into My Arms by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, and San Quentin by Johnny Cash among his records.

Evening Standard

25 Celebrity Secrets Exposed By Their Current And Former Employees

From Ryan Gosling walking on all fours to Alfred Hitchcock’s stalker tendencies, here are celebrity secrets that were spilled by their own staff. The post 25 Celebrity Secrets Exposed By Their Current And Former Employees first appeared on Bored Panda.

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From Madonna to Beyoncé, we uncover the most iconic songs that are actually remakes

Sometimes a cover song becomes so iconic people don't even realise it is a cover to begin with - and these examples are proof

Woman & Home

"I played him the song first, and Johnny just looked at me like I was insane." How Rick Rubin convinced Johnny Cash to record his iconic cover of Nine Inch Nails' Hurt, and why Trent Reznor originally considered Cash's interpretation 'invasive"

Johnny Cash took some persuading before agreeing to Rick Rubin's idea that he should cover a Nine Inch Nails classic

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"He sings like a man possessed, his expression undiminished by the ravages of time": Peter Perrett returns with what might just be his best-ever album

Only Ones singer Peter Perrett follows 2017's I Wanna Go With Dignity with an album of helpless romance and everyday reality

The Conversation

What is necro-branding? And what’s it got to do with Elvis, Princess Diana and Taylor Swift?

Do you own any memorabilia depicting Elvis, Princess Diana, David Bowie, Prince or Michael Jackson? Perhaps a beloved t-shirt, a favourite mug, a special keyring or a novelty plate? You might not know it, but you are participating in something known as “necro-branding”.

The Independent UK

Vinyl thrives at United Record Pressing as the nation's oldest record maker plays a familiar tune

In its 75 years in operation, United Record Pressing in Nashville has survived 8-tracks, cassettes, CDs, Napster, iPods and streaming services

The Guardian - UK

Kris Kristofferson: 10 of his greatest songs

From his most enduring hit inspired by Sinatra to the song that enabled him to stop working for a living, we pick some highlights from the late singer’s long career

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Reactions to Kristofferson's passing

The multihyphenate talent, whose career stretched back to the late '60s, died Saturday at his home in Maui, Hawaii

The Independent UK

Kris Kristofferson was 'a walking contradiction,' a renegade and pilgrim surrounded by friends

Kris Kristofferson led a remarkable life that might sound implausible if it appeared in fiction

The Guardian - UK

Kris Kristofferson: the soldier turned star made a tough life into tender poetry

No other musician could have landed a helicopter in Johnny Cash’s yard to deliver a new tune, or renounced a debut in praise of the Vietnam war with decades of activist songs

The Guardian - UK

Kris Kristofferson obituary

Songwriter, singer and actor known for such classic hits as For the Good Times and Me and Bobby McGee

The Independent UK

Kris Kristofferson: 5 songs you might not have realised were his

Legendary country singer, actor and songwriter has died 88, prompting a wave of tributes from his many admirers

Guitar World

“You can look at Nashville pre-Kris and post-Kris, because he changed everything”: Kris Kristofferson dies aged 88

The actor, songwriter and country giant was lauded by Bob Dylan, had his material covered by Johnny Cash and Janis Joplin, and joined a supergroup with some of country music's biggest names

Louder

"I thought it was my responsibility to tell the truth as I see it": Kris Kristofferson on Janis Joplin, Johnny Cash and country music

An interview with the late Kris Kristofferson: singer, songwriter, actor and legend

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