Bob Dylan

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 […]

Book review: Clinton Heylin “The Double Life of Bob Dylan”

July 28, 2021 Jason McDonald 2

“With this being the year of Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday we have seen a number of very good books about Bob Dylan pass through the office, but this is something different again. Jason McDonald takes a […]