Friday, April 23, 2010 10:19AM - By Travis Woods
Yesterday, in an interview with the L.A. Times, Joni Mitchell dropped a bomb (well, for classic rock/ folk fans it was bomb, to everyone else it’s probably more like distant thunder or that noise your new MGMT record makes when you turn it down super-low out of embarrassment when people pass by your car) in insisting that Bob Dylan—you know, that guy who wrote some of the greatest rock songs and lyrics in the American canon—is nothing but a liar and a fake.
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Monday, April 5, 2010 11:58AM - By Travis Woods
The more times a-change, the more they stay the same—though Bob Dylan has moved beyond the protest movement that he really only involved himself in from ’62-’63, apparently China still views the rock ‘n roll bard as something of a mind-altering threat. Therefore they don’t want him or his “crazy” music entering their country.
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Friday, March 26, 2010 12:15PM - By Travis Woods
As more and more summer music festivals announce their lineups (and Lollapalooza? Please, please, please don’t make Green Day and Lada Gaga headliners), Kent, England’s three-year-old “No sponsorship/ No branding” Hop Farms festival just snagged a Major—NME reports that none other than rock ‘n roll bard Bob Dylan will headline the Saturday, July 3rd event. And while some may carp that Dylan’s a little too far on the other side of fifty to be the tentpole act of a rock festival, c’mon—this is the guy who wrote “Like a Rolling Stone”!
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Thursday, February 25, 2010 2:55PM - By Seraphina L.
LL Cool J otherwise known as Ladies Love Cool James is mostly known as an emcee who has rippling muscles, pouty lips, and riské hip-hop music videos, but he’s also served as a pioneer in the rap genre for starting out as a teen and sustaining a career for over two decades. Back when LL Cool J was still putting out raw material like “I Need Love” (which Amanda Blank has recently sampled), one of his biggest hits was “Mama Said Knock You Out.” However, have you ever imagined what it would sound like if Bob Dylan spit the lyrics from that song?
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010 5:40PM - By Seraphina L.
Michelle Obama is doing all she can to promote the arts from the White House and we applaud her efforts. Earlier in the year, she emphasized how important music education was with her night of classical music held in the White House. However, with February coming up and having Black History Month hitting more at home with her family, next month will feature musical artists from all genres singing songs about civil rights.
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Thursday, November 19, 2009 12:18PM - By Seraphina L.
We previously commended Bob Dylan for making a Christmas album which will have proceeds go to charities that provide hunger relief. However, Dylan just doesn’t seem to be himself these days.
Or perhaps, he’s just cracking out of that bubble where all music fiends, like us, glorify him for his magnificent songwriting during his Blonde on Blonde days. Don’t get us wrong, he’s still one of the greats but after appearing in a Victoria’s Secret commercial, teaming up with CitiBank, and now releasing this video for “Must Be Santa,” it seems like he’s just getting a bit silly.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009 8:25PM - By Seraphina L.
If Bob Dylan is all right with looking like a creeper in the shadows of a Victoria’s Secret commercial, then we can assume he’s up for any kind of mind-blowing industry deal.
The renowned singer-songwriter will be releasing a Christmas album titled Christmas In The Heart on October 13 via Columbia Records. We commend the musician because it’s always exciting to get new material from him but mostly because all the proceeds from this upcoming album will be going toward charities that feed the needy.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009 12:45PM - By Seraphina L.
Bob Dylan has been an active painter since the 60’s and it’s not a secret when one of his songs is titled, “When I Paint My Masterpiece.”
According to Variety, the National Gallery of Denmark will be exhibiting 100 acrylics and watercolors done by the infamous musician. Works will include 30 canvases from Dylan’s “Brazil Series” along with numerous paintings from the “Drawn Blank Series” which was debuted in a German exhibit and published in book form in 2008.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009 5:46PM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
Bob Dylan returns to the road with his ‘never-ending’ tour October 5th in Seattle. That’s good news, but even better news for fans is that joining Dylan will be his old buddy and Arc Angels guitarist Charlie Sexton. That’s right, he has rejoined the group.
Check below to watch a great clip of Dylan and Sexton perform “Brown Sugar” by The Rolling Stones.
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