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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

Salon

“We were limited by venues, by the number of people in the band. We wanted to play louder. Everyone had been talking about going electric as Dylan had. None of us had the budget…” Maddy Prior’s history of Steeleye Span

From breaking out of local clubs to touring with Jethro Tull and attracting guest spots from David Bowie and Peter Sellers, the leading light of British folk looks back – and forward

Louder

“I’m making mistakes in the guitar a little bit but I went home and wept that night. It’s a song I’ve been living with for years and could relate to deeply”: Timothée Chalamet on playing guitar in the Bob Dylan biopic – and the song that made it all click

Chalamet discusses the nuances of Dylan’s guitar playing and the moment his portrayal of the legendary songwriter came together

Guitar World

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"I went home and I wept that night": Actor Timothée Chalamet on filming the emotional scene in which Bob Dylan visits the ailing Woody Guthrie in hospital and plays him a song

Timothée Chalamet stars in Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, due for release in the new year

Louder

The Deep Roots of Deportation

In a divided political climate, many now hold their breath, waiting to see if deportation rhetoric becomes reality.

Texas Observer

“The Yardbirds had no need to worry about Clapton’s departure – they had Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page onboard”: The history of the ’60s British blues boom –the movement that carried a tidal wave of guitar heroes across the Atlantic

With the death of John Mayall in July, we lost one of the architects of the '60s blues boom that transformed Britain’s music scene and restored America’s blues guitar pioneers to their rightful place. Here's how a grassroots scene changed the world

Guitar World

From Elton John at the piano to Stormzy at Glastonbury and Madonna snogging Britney: 41 era-defining music photos

Icons, rock stars – and divas behaving badly: these photographs of musicians struck a chord around the world

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“Billionaires are making record profits off the blood, sweat, and tears of the working class.” Dropkick Murphys share rousing new single Sirens calling out grifters making money from hatred and division

“The billionaire profits while the worker bleeds, 1% of the wealth hoards from millions in need”

Louder

13 Iconic Bob Dylan Life Moments That Deserve A Spot In His Biopic

Prepare yourself for the highly anticipated biopic with this list of the most iconic moments from the songwriter’s life. The post 13 Iconic Bob Dylan Life Moments That Deserve A Spot In His Biopic first appeared on Bored Panda.

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He taught John Lennon to fingerpick, shaping future Beatles classics, while the ’60s music press compared him to Bob Dylan – why Donovan is an under-appreciated acoustic guitar great

As legend tells it, he was the man who taught John Lennon to pick. And he sure could write a song. We pay tribute to the flying Scotsman of the Swinging Sixties, Donovan Phillips Leitch, with this lesson in his folk-informed style

Guitar World

Dropkick Murphys announce five UK shows for 2025

Boston's celt-punk godfathers Dropkick Murphys share UK tour plans for 2025

Louder

Americana is where country, blues, folk and bluegrass collide – and players like Steve Earle, Jason Isbell and Lucinda Williams are masters of the craft

Expand your fingerpicking skills and master the techniques used by Americana greats in this in-depth lesson

Guitar World

Billy Bragg: ‘There’s nothing like going out there singing your truth. That ain’t changed’

The activist singer-songwriter on fighting for trans rights, his 40 years in the music business and his forthcoming tour with his son

The Guardian - UK

Timothée Chalamet Channels Young Bob Dylan In New York City For “A Complete Unknown” Biopic

Timothée Chalamet was engrossed in his character of a young Bob Dylan, with a mop of curly hair and wearing a brown suede jacket. The post Timothée Chalamet Channels Young Bob Dylan In New York City For “A Complete Unknown” Biopic first appeared on Bored Panda.

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The Guardian - US

‘Life is about creating yourself’: on Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine

The Dylan Center in Tulsa offers a read as endlessly fascinating, as vital to the American story, as its subject himself

Louder

"Sometimes Jimi Hendrix's girlfriend would go and buy us breakfast because we had no money": what happened when Bryan Adams interviewed Rod Stewart

Sir Rod Stewart tells Bryan Adams about his music, being on tour, trying to get paid when he was in the Jeff Beck Group, his model-railway passion, being “one of the lucky ones”, and more

The Guardian - UK

Oliver Anthony’s divisive song claiming solidarity with workers only benefits the rich who exploit them

The YouTube singer’s US No 1 hit Rich Men North of Richmond rails against billionaires but punches down on the poor. So I decided to write a song in reply

The Independent UK

Billy Bragg rewrites lyrics to Oliver Anthony’s viral ‘right-wing anthem’

English singer and activist put a pro-union spin on country artist’s lyrics

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The Return of Country Protest Songs

Sincere concerns, twangy guitars.

The Guardian - UK

Billy Bragg releases pro-unionisation response song to viral country hit Rich Men North of Richmond

The British songwriter and labour rights advocate took aim at Oliver Anthony’s viral US country hit, urging people to join unions

The Guardian - UK

The protest song that’s taken America by storm hits too many false notes

Rich Men North of Richmond represents the poor but lets the wealthy off the hook

Guitar World

Tom Morello breaks out the Takamine and joins the Hollywood picket line as he plays Woody Guthrie for striking union members

The Rage Against The Machine guitarist dropped by earlier this week to play a short set to support striking WGA and SAG-AFTRA members

Guitar World

His underrated guitar playing influenced everyone from the Beatles to Nirvana – here's how Lead Belly used his 12-string skills to play his way out of prison

Huddie Ledbetter's magnetic musical talent got him an early release from a hellish Texas prison – yet his full impact on 20th century guitar playing is often overlooked

Guitar World

Marty Stuart: “It started with my Clarence White Telecaster. That old guitar is kinda like an invisible band member. It has a tone of its own”

The country legend on channeling the Byrds’ guitar tones, how YouTube helps him cope with the loss of Johnny Cash and finding the amp he’d been searching for all his life

The Conversation

'Mistaken, misread, misquoted, mislabeled, and mis-spoken' -- what Woody Guthrie wrote about the national debt debate in Congress during the Depression

The debt ceiling debate between the House GOP and President Joe Biden could, if not solved, lead to economic chaos and destruction – so it might seem strangely lighthearted to wonder what a Great Depression-era singer and activist would think about this particular political moment.

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