In the summer of 2003, Bob Dylan starred in an extremely bizarre film called 'Masked and Anonymous', set in a post-apocalyptic USA and stuffed with countless cameos.
'Rolling Thunder Revue' is Scorsese's second doc about Dylan and there are all sorts of elements that make it a must for anyone who's an obsessive fan of Dylan, of the counterculture, or of mid-'70s culture in general.
Oftentimes music documentaries are aimed squarely at their respective fandoms, but there’s quite a few that should be viewed from a much wider cultural perspective. Here's a list of some that should be essential viewing.
Bob Dylan’s “Theme Time Radio Hour” will be back on the airwaves, or should we say, online, and the first show will be based around one of Dylan’s recently favorite themes - whiskey.
After the University of Tulsa became the location of the Bob Dylan Archives, which includes over 100,000 items, the University’s Gilcrease Museum will host an exhibition of Dylan’s artwork and handwritten song lyrics.
Bob Dylan has secretly released outtakes from the 1973 Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid soundtrack, thanks to European copyright law.
Titled 'The Philosophy Of Modern Song’, Bob Dylan began writing the collection of over 60 essays in 2010 as a master class on the art and craft of songwriting.
In these days of culture wars, it appears that the definition of the word "censorship" has been defined down considerably. With the latest example involving the removal of… a single Bob Dylan song from YouTube.
It was big news when Bob Dylan announced his whiskey brand Heaven's Door, now its distillery is set to open its doors in Kentucky later this year.
Coinciding with her tribute album, Cat Power will hold a special Bob Dylan tribute concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall, on Valentine’s Day 2024.
Fans and collectors will soon have a chance to get his handwritten notes for "The Times They Are A-Changin'," "Lay Lady Lay," and "Subterranean Homesick Blues." And if they reach their estimated prices, they could go for over $4 million.
In addition to a number of other big ticket music memorabilia items from Bob Dylan and Neil Peart, and they're all expected to haul in massive sums.
'Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid' was a troubled revisionist Western that featured a stellar cast and infamous supporting performance from one Bob Dylan.
In an introduction to his recently released Dylan biography titled 'A Restless Hungry Feeling', author Clinton Heylin had some harsh things to say about a previous best-seller by Howard Sounes.
The amount of good films about rock and its culture is quite vast, but here's a list of some essential ones concentrating ‘mostly’ on the music first and foremost.
A set of early Bob Dylan tapes from the recording of his debut album, will be auctioned off in December 2023
The record, titled 'Fragments - Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997),' compiles unreleased recordings including studio outtakes and alternate versions, as well as live versions recorded between 1997 and 2001.
The massive sale came as quite a surprise and has led to much speculation about the reasons for the sale. David Crosby announced he's planning on following suit.
The album version of Bob Dylan's 2021 film 'Shadow Kingdom' will be released on n streaming platforms and as a CD and double-LP. With the film itself becoming available for rental and download for the first time.
Lyrics to Bob Dylan's "Desolation Row" are reportedly the only existing handwritten version of the words to this 1965 song.
Cat Power, known for doing some incredible covers, is preparing a a full recreation of Bob Dylan’s 'electric' 1966 concert at the Royal Albert Hall.
The revolutionary medium, entitled "Ionic Originals," seeks to provide a sound that vanquishes the limitations seen in vinyl, CDs, and digital streaming.
There is a new Bob Dylan biopic coming, directed by James Mangold and with Timothée Chalamet in the main role.
Tom Wilson produced both Bob Dylan and Velvet Underground, among other big names, but remained relatively unknown... until now.