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Film Review: “A Complete Unknown”

March 25, 2025 Sebastian Reyes Turner 4

James Mangold and Timothée Chalamet bring Bob Dylan’s electric controversy to the big screen. Back in 2022, when I found out that Bob Dylan was playing in my home city in what promised to be a […]

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For The Sake Of The Song: Gordon Lightfoot “Early Morning Rain”

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If the measure of a song is how often it is covered, then ‘Early Morning Rain’ by Gordon Lightfoot would be high in the chart. Factor in the calibre of the musicians who have embraced the […]

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“Dave Does Dylan” for Record Store Day

February 11, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

Dave Stewart, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Songwriter Hall of Famer, Eurythmics co-founder, producer, and renowned songwriter — has announced the album “Dave Does Dylan“. Set as a limited-edition vinyl release for Record Store Day, […]

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Feature: “Folk City – The Greenwich Village Musical”

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With Greenwich Village firmly in the limelight, thanks to the new Dylan biopic, Liz Thomson casts an eye on an original Broadway production, “The Greenwich Village Musical” which played until Covid shut it down. It’s now […]

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Book Review: Todd Almond “Slow Train Coming: Bob Dylan’s Girl from the North Country and Broadway’s Rebirth”

January 16, 2025 Tim Martin 1

When he reviewed the London production of ‘Girl from the North Country’ in 2018 AUK’s Jonathan Aird said: “Did an all-singing all-dancing Bob Dylan show ever seem likely? Still no. Does Girl from the North Country […]

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