Bob Dylan

The Song Remains: Robbie Robertson (1943 – 2023)

August 11, 2023 Rick Bayles 0

The eclectic songwriter behind the musical mastery of The Band. Robbie Robertson, one of the most important musicians of his generation, died on August 9th, at his home in Los Angeles, following a lengthy illness. Robertson […]

Christian Parker “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” – pack up that money, pick up that tent

July 3, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Christian Parker is a brave man, of that we can be certain, because it’s either a brave or a foolhardy man that decides to pay homage to The Byrds’ version of Dylan’s song – and that […]

Book Review: Bruce Pollock “The Bleeker Street Tapes: Echoes of Greenwich Village”

June 21, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

Essentially a compendium of articles, interviews with, and profiles of artists pertaining to the folk boom of the early 60s in Greenwich Village and its influence on the following decades, ‘The Bleeker Street Tapes’ roams much […]

Bob Dylan “Shadow Kingdom”

May 22, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Dylan travels in time and space to an imagined European jazz club – reinvention ensues. The Bootleg series aside, where the occasional historic or archive recording has featured, Bob Dylan is not famed for the number […]

Classic Americana Albums: Doug Sahm “Doug Sahm And Band”

May 17, 2023 Paul Kerr 2

By the time the 70s arrived, Doug Sahm already had several careers behind him. The original Texas cosmic cowboy, Sahm was a child prodigy (allegedly appearing on stage with Hank Williams aged just 11, back in […]