Bob Dylan

Interview: Billy Bragg on a million things including accountability and empathy

November 4, 2021 Martin Johnson 4

How the power of music works and activism for the 21st Century. Billy Bragg is someone who needs no introduction to readers of American UK and those who are familiar with his work will recognise that […]

Book Review – Chris Gregory “Determined to Stand-The Reinvention of Bob Dylan”

November 4, 2021 Lyndon Bolton 0

“I consider myself a poet first and a musician second, I live like a poet and I’ll die like a poet…” said Bob Dylan in 1978. It is Chris Gregory’s first quote and a line to […]

Book Review – Larry Starr “Listening to Bob Dylan”

October 12, 2021 Rick Bayles 0

My first reaction to this book was that it seemed a bit of a high-handed approach to Dylan and his music. Why would I need someone to tell me how to listen to Dylan?! Then I […]

Norman Blake “Day By Day”

October 8, 2021 Martin Johnson 0

Timeless versions of classic old-time tunes by a master interpreter and instrumentalist. This is a special record, and it is all the more special because Norman Blake is now 83. If you think you have heard […]

Bob Dylan “Springtime In New York The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 (1980 – 1985)”

September 13, 2021 Jonathan Aird 5

New confidence in a new decade. With the sixteenth entry into the Bootleg series we arrive, finally, at the 1980s. It’s a decade that left many established musicians somewhat non-plussed, searching around for a way to […]