Bob Dylan

Take Cover: Bad Lucy Covers Bob Dylan

"Lay Lady Lay" is a classic Bob Dylan tune, even if it doesn't sound like classic Dylan. 'Ole Bobby D. claims his voice sounded different on Nashville Skyline because he quit smoking before recording. Magnet and Gemma Hayes' soft, orchestral take on the song appeared on the Mr. & Mrs. Smith soundtra ... More >>

Tumblr of the Week: The Kitten Covers

​It's tough to hate kittens. It's even tougher to hate kittens that rock out to David Bowie. Just admit it: they're irresistable.Denying the cuteness of the cats isn't an option when those little critters are standing in on some major artists' album covers. This week we're bringing you The Ki ... More >>

Christmas Songs That Don't Suck: Part I

​You know the drill. Halloween wraps up, holidays come around, you step into a store and KAPOW. Whapped in the face and knocked about the ears by a whole mess of lousy sounds. You've just been assaulted by "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" for what you hope is (but you know isn't) the last time ... More >>

Five Songs To Christmas Light Your House To

By this time you should be out of your turkey coma, foraging through your garage for that shabby box labeled: Christmas Lights. All that talk about department stores jumping the gun after Halloween is behind us, because it's time to show your Christmas cheer and light the night skies with those fam ... More >>

Serge Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life and Seven More Music Flicks That Don't Suck

A scene from A Heroic Life​I didn't make it out to the French pop spectacular at FilmBar on Saturday night, but the pics posted on Facebook got me super-pumped to catch Serge Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life. Non-documentary or concert films are tough to pull off (those are, too) but when a movie ... More >>

Bob Dylan at Comerica Theatre, 7-18-11

​ To put it bluntly, I didn't know what to expect walking into Comerica Theatre last night.I'm a Bob Dylan fan, but let's face facts: He's 70. His most recent album, 2006's Modern Times and 2008's Together Through Life, have both been phenomenal efforts, but sounding good in the studio is ver ... More >>

Bob Dylan Comes to God in an Arizona Hotel Room

Bob Dylan Scheduled to Perform at Comerica Theatre in July

William Claxton​Good news for fans who are still miffed at Bob Dylan for canceling his appearance here in 2009: he's scheduled to play Comerica Theatre on July 18, and the stage is indoors and air-conditioned. Back in 2009, Mr. Dylan and co. canceled a stop at Camelback Park in Glendale due to fea ... More >>

Happy 70th Birthday Bob Dylan: The Seven Best "New Dylans"

​ Bob Dylan turns 70 today. The man who gave us "The Times They Are A-Changin'," the man who wrote "Like a Rolling Stone," "Mr. Tambourine Man," and "With God On Our Side." Over the years, he's influenced and remained busy. He inspired Sam Cook to write "A Change is Gonna Come," and even gave his ... More >>

Julie Taymor Steps Down As Director in 'Spider-Man' Musical

​Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark director Julie Taymor has finally had enough of the Broadway show's complications and has chosen to step down from her position, according to Rolling Stone.For the time being, Taymor will still be the director and co-writer of the show, but she will no longer be pres ... More >>

Obama Believes Bob Dylan to be Skeptical About White House Gig

​President Obama said Bob Dylan was skeptical about a recent performance at the White House, according to NME.Dylan did not ask for a meet and greet with Obama, nor did he ask to take a picture with the President or even rehearse at the White House before his show. Artists who are invited to perfo ... More >>

Bob Dylan Torture Test Puts Teenagers on 72-Hour Dylan Binge

​The hits, they keep-a-comin'. Seattle's The Stranger recently conducted a brilliant field test, if you will, which forced four 17-18 year olds to listen to nothing but Bob Dylan for 3 days. Specifically, the youngsters had to listen to Dylan's exhaustive three disc set Biograph while they pa ... More >>

Bob Dylan's Ticketless Warfield Show Finds Underwhelming Support

​America's favorite old man/recording artist Bob Dylan tried to stick it to the man this past Wednesday night at San Francisco's Warfield Theater.The 69-year-old folk legend decided he was going to rebel against Ticketmaster and surplus ticket charges and nix issuing tickets to his show altogether ... More >>

Kisses: Happily Ever After Not Included

Is Bob Dylan a 'Fake?' Joni Mitchell Sure Thinks So

Bob Dylan's fake? Them's fightin' words, Joni Mitchell​In an interview with the LA Times, noted folk singer Joni Mitchell called out Bob Dylan, telling the interviewer she thought the celebrated musician was  "not authentic at all."The two folk artists are no strangers, having spent plenty of ... More >>

Bob Dylan Opens White House Concert Series

​Last night began the "In Performance at the White House" concert series, and focused on music from the civil rights era. Both Bob Dylan and Joan Baez performed, though not in fact together. (Initial buzz had specualted that they would be singing a duet.) Smokey Robinson, Yolanda Adams, the Blind ... More >>

Nick Jonas Says Bob Dylan Can't Sing

"Oh brother" is more like it for passionate Bob Dylan fans​Last Wednesday night, Nick Jonas went on Jimmy Kimmel Live to plug his brand-new album -- Nick Jonas and the Administration's Who I Am -- and shoot the shit with Kimmel. During the latter part of Jonas' segment, his recent role in the new ... More >>

A.V. Club's "Least Essential Albums of 2009" Right on the Money

Yes, that is Billy Bob Thornton's band. No, we didn't need to hear their latest album.​Sometimes an actor feels necessary to spread out their talent to other venues outside of cinema. They remember playing guitar in high school and deem themselves worthy musicians, unleashing album after album of ... More >>

The Vandals

Chris O'Dell

Bob Dylan: Secret Wingnut? Book Says So.

​We get a lot of weird books and CDs in the mail, but the 600 page RightWing Bob: What The Liberal Media Doesn't Want You To Know about Bob Dylan is near the top of the list. The book, by Bob-obsessed blogger A.J. Weberman, makes the case.Weberman appears to be a certifiable loon: A self-proclaim ... More >>

What about Bob?

Folk rock legend finally gives Phoenix a show

New Release Tuesday: Bob Dylan's Christmas Album

Bob Dylan's mystifying new Christmas music album is a confusing concept that makes for a disjointed, bizarre album​Do you hear what I hear? Yes, that is Bob Dylan singing "Little Drummer Boy." October 13 is finally upon us, and that means Christmas has come early for...Christmas music. Bob Dy ... More >>

The Bob Dylan That Stole Christmas

Behold: the cover of Bob Dylan's new Christmas album. The times they are a-changin', indeed​Let me preface this by saying that the fact Dylan is donating all of the U.S. royalties from his upcoming album to the charity Feeding America is a very noble move, and one that deserves respect. He obvious ... More >>

Bob Dylan, American Idols, and Throwback Acts Dominate 2009 State Fair Concert Line-up

​ If you were one of the jilted music fans who got burned when Bob Dylan wimped out of his scheduled outdoor performance a couple weeks back, the folk rock legend has a way to make it up to you: He's putting on a free show...sorta. Dylan is set to perform at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum during ... More >>

Bob Dylan in His Wife’s Hometown

Dylan In His Wife’s Hometown

Dylan Brings Minor League Ballpark Tour To Glendale

Come one, come all to The Bob Dylan Show! Be in town early! Kids rock for free!Bob Dylan, ever the people's musician, has announced he will take on a summer tour of America's prestigious minor league baseball stadiums to Glendale's brand new Camelback Ranch Ballpark on August 11. He has also employ ... More >>

Rolling Stone: Still Blowing Bob Dylan

Rolling Stone, that music magazine that felt it necessary to feature the ladies from MTV's The Hills on the cover of its May issue, just released its list of top 50 albums of 2008. Wouldn't you know it; they put Bob Dylan at number two. Why not number one, Rolling Stone? Maybe because they realize ... More >>

“Rock the Vine” at Kokopelli Winery Pays Homage to ‘70s Without the Hustle

Like a Complete Unknown

The changing face of Bob Dylan on film

One of Us Must Know

The elusive Dylan, masterfully considered

So Close, and Yet So Far

The intimate pleasures and necessary detachments of Toronto 2007

Dakota & The Black River Bandit

The real deal

Clay's the Thing

Pass It On

Your personal soundtrack = the perfect holiday gift

New releases available this week

Bob Dylan

No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (The Bootleg Series Vol. 7)
(Columbia/Legacy)

Bob Dylan and Various Artists

Music From the Motion Picture Masked and Anonymous (Columbia)

Bob Dylan

Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Review (Sony/Legacy)

The Band

The Last Waltz (WB/Rhino)

Paperback Writers

Latest music books struggle to demystify pop culture's greatest enigmas

Bob Dylan

Love and Theft (Columbian Records)

Forever Young?

Bob Dylan's old enough to live in Sun City, let alone play there

Desolation Row

Bob Dylan's career has only begun to recover from a slump that started 22 years ago in Tempe

Oh Mercy

The Bob-Man cometh; the Bash on Ash gets Hotter Than Hell; DJ Z-Trip bids farewell to the Valley

Look Ahead

D.A. Pennebaker doesn't make history, but he's captured so much of it

Obsessions, Passions, Perversions 2000

Music critics reveal their deepest, darkest record-buying secrets in New Times' annual poll

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