bob dylan Archive
15 Apr 2026
30 Days Out, April 2026 #2: Toadies, Bob Dylan, Karla Bonoff, The Nude Party
This time around we spotlight four nationally-touring acts. It’s April, so Asheville’s coming out of its quiet season; and the concert calendar only get busier from here on out. Artist: […]
01 Mar 2024
30 Days Out, March 2024 #1: Sub-Radio, Hermanos Gutiérrez, Bob Dylan, Dervish
Indie pop, cinematic instrumental music, stirring and traditional Irish tunes, and the musical bard of the 20th century: those are the highlights in live music for Asheville in the coming […]
20 Dec 2022
Best Classic Bands: Essays and Interviews
Most publications — online and/or in print — assert a kind of temporary ownership of commissioned pieces; after that embargo, the non-exclusive rights to those works revert to the author. […]
19 Oct 2020
Book Review: That Thin Wild Mercury Sound: Dylan, Nashville, and the Making of Blonde on Blonde
One of the most confounding and inscrutable of all artists, Bob Dylan and his body of work defy simple descriptions. Of course that hasn’t stopped journalists, academics and critics from […]
02 Apr 2018
A Look Back at Bob Dylan’s “Blood on the Tracks”
This feature originally appeared on BestClassicBands. By the time of 1975’s Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan had moved through a succession of distinct musical personae. Beginning his career as […]
11 Jul 2016
Album Review: The Traveling Wilburys Collection
I’m not at all certain when the term supergroup first entered popular usage. I do know that it’s been badly misused more often than not: I recall seeing it used […]
26 Jun 2014
Book Review: Bob Dylan, American Troubadour
Allow me to begin with some relevant disclosure: I’m much more a “music guy” than a “lyrics guy.” I can know the words to a song – sing along with […]
24 May 2013
Bob by Others
Today’s Bob Dylan‘s birthday. I spent part of yesterday afternoon listening to my The Times They Are A-Changin’ LP, and I’m reminded yet again that the man is (or at […]