Jan 2023
Nov 28, 2022: The Guardian: It ain’t me babe: Bob Dylan apologises for using a machine to autograph books
Bob Dylan has issued a rare public statement to apologise for his “error in judgment”, amid controversy over his use of a machine to autograph special copies of his new book that had been advertised as “hand-signed”.
Bob Dylan has issued a rare public statement to apologise for his “error in judgment”, amid controversy over his use of a machine to autograph special copies of his new book that had been advertised as “hand-signed”.
Nov 22, 2022: Corvallis Gazette-Times: Bob Dylan publisher offers refunds for fake 'hand signed' books
Simon & Schuster, the publisher of Bob Dylan’s book 'The Philosophy of Modern Song', is refunding those who bought the limited edition version.
Simon & Schuster, the publisher of Bob Dylan’s book 'The Philosophy of Modern Song', is refunding those who bought the limited edition version.
March 2, 2019: Manchester Evening News: Viewers react as Sir Tom Jones sends his friend Lonnie Donegan's son home on The Voice
The Battle Rounds on The Voice are always tough as the coaches pit their own acts against each other - but tonight Sir Tom Jones had an especially difficult decision to make.
The music legend chose Team Tom members Peter Donegan and Deana Walmsley to sing a duet on the Bob Dylan ballad Make You Feel My Love on the ITV singing show.
The Battle Rounds on The Voice are always tough as the coaches pit their own acts against each other - but tonight Sir Tom Jones had an especially difficult decision to make.
The music legend chose Team Tom members Peter Donegan and Deana Walmsley to sing a duet on the Bob Dylan ballad Make You Feel My Love on the ITV singing show.
Oct 4, 2011: Goldmine: Gallagher reissues give taste of blues and rock with metal
Gallagher’s only Top 10 album in the U.K., “Live In Europe,” has too many highlights to list. But we must spare a thought for “I Could Have Had Religion,” a song that Gallagher based around four anonymously-written lines he found in a book of Irish poetry. He wrote the tune and further words, but still co-credited the song to the ubiquitous Trad Arr. So, when Bob Dylan rang him up one day, wanting to cover the song himself and hoping for further light on its origins, he was staggered to discover just how “un-trad” it really was. His own next album was intended to be an all folk covers affair, spotlighting his own rearrangement abilities.
Gallagher’s only Top 10 album in the U.K., “Live In Europe,” has too many highlights to list. But we must spare a thought for “I Could Have Had Religion,” a song that Gallagher based around four anonymously-written lines he found in a book of Irish poetry. He wrote the tune and further words, but still co-credited the song to the ubiquitous Trad Arr. So, when Bob Dylan rang him up one day, wanting to cover the song himself and hoping for further light on its origins, he was staggered to discover just how “un-trad” it really was. His own next album was intended to be an all folk covers affair, spotlighting his own rearrangement abilities.
Sept 20, 2013: The Boot: Darius Rucker Hopes to Sing With Bob Dylan at CMA Awards
Jan 10, 2013: CNN Money: Sony Music's Bob Dylan copyright disaster
Mar 19, 2012: CNN: 50 years ago today: Bob Dylan released his debut album
When Bob Dylan’s self-titled debut LP hit shelves on March 19, 1962, it didn’t sound anything like the popular music of the time.
It was the height of “The Twist” dance craze, and 11 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart had the word “twist” in the title, including “Dear Lady Twist” by Gary U.S. Bonds, “Twistin’ The Night Away” by Sam Cooke, “Hey, Let’s Twist” by Joey Dee and the Starlighters,” “Twistin’ Postman” by the Marvelettes and “Alvin Twist” by the Chipmunks. (A new California group called the Beach Boys reached a new high of Number 77 that week with their first single, “Surfin.’”)
When Bob Dylan’s self-titled debut LP hit shelves on March 19, 1962, it didn’t sound anything like the popular music of the time.
It was the height of “The Twist” dance craze, and 11 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart had the word “twist” in the title, including “Dear Lady Twist” by Gary U.S. Bonds, “Twistin’ The Night Away” by Sam Cooke, “Hey, Let’s Twist” by Joey Dee and the Starlighters,” “Twistin’ Postman” by the Marvelettes and “Alvin Twist” by the Chipmunks. (A new California group called the Beach Boys reached a new high of Number 77 that week with their first single, “Surfin.’”)
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Bob Dylan: Prophet Mystic Poet
ISBN: 9781416559160 Author: Seth Rogovoy Bob Dylan and his artistic accomplishments have been explored, examined, and dissected year in and year out for decades, and through almost every lens. Yet rarely has anyone delved extensively into Dylan's Jewish heritage and the influence of Judaism in his work. In Bob Dylan: Prophet, Mystic, Poet, Seth Rogovoy, an award-winning critic and expert on Jewish music, rectifies that oversight, presenting a fascinating new look at one of the most celebrated musicians of all time. Rogovoy unearths the various strands of Judaism that appear throughout Bob Dylan's songs, revealing the ways in which Dylan walks in the footsteps of the Jewish Prophets. Rogovoy explains the profound depth of Jewish content -- drawn from the Bible, the Talmud, and the Kabbalah -- at the heart of Dylan's music, and demonstrates how his songs can only be fully appreciated in light of Dylan's relationship to Judaism and the Jewish themes that inform them. From his childhood growing up the son of Abe and Beatty Zimmerman, who were at the center of the small Jewish community in his hometown of Hibbing, Minnesota, to his frequent visits to Israel and involvement with the Orthodox Jewish outreach movement Chabad, Judaism has permeated Dylan's everyday life and work. Early songs like "Blowin' in the Wind" derive central imagery from passages in the books of Ezekiel and Isaiah; mid-career numbers like "Forever Young" are infused with themes from the Bible, Jewish liturgy, and Kabbalah; while late-period efforts have revealed a mind shaped by Jewish concepts of Creation and redemption. In this context, even Dylan's so-called born-again period is seen as a logical, almost inevitable development in his growth as a man and artist wrestling with the burden and inheritance of the Jewish prophetic tradition. Bob Dylan: Prophet, Mystic, Poet is a fresh and illuminating look at one of America's most renowned -- and one of its most enigmatic -- talents.
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