Music
Princeton University professor Sean Wilentz has never had any trouble seeing Bob Dylan as a crucial literary figure.
Oct. 13, 2016
The upcoming “Bootleg Series Vol. 15” features 47 unreleased tracks recorded for Bob Dylan’s Nashville albums, 25 of which feature Johnny Cash.
Sept. 19, 2019
Bob Dylan may have won this year’s Nobel Prize in literature for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition,” as the Swedish Academy said Thursday, but he’s always been known almost as much for his style as his compelling lyrics.
Entertainment & Arts
Martin Scorsese and Bob Dylan are making movie magic together for a second time.
Jan. 10, 2019
Books
Legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan will soon publish his first book since winning the Nobel Prize for literature in 2016. It’s due out in November.
March 8, 2022
Bob Dylan opened the doors of what was possible in popular music with his 1965 single “Like a Rolling Stone,” a 6-minute epic built on four poetically surrealistic verses linked by the emotionally liberating “How does it feel?”
A 36-CD box set featuring every known recording of Bob Dylan’s historic 1966 concert tour will be released Nov. 11, providing a companion piece to last year’s ambitious set documenting his studio recordings from 1965 and 1966.
Sept. 27, 2016
A once-secret trove of songwriting diaries, letters and other documents belonging to Bob Dylan, one of the most notoriously private figures in pop music history, has been acquired by a consortium of institutions in Oklahoma, where the new Bob Dylan Archive will reside near that of his musical idol and mentor, Woody Guthrie.
March 2, 2016
Editor’s note: In what was considered a “radical” choice, Bob Dylan was announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize in literature on Oct. 13, 2016.
May 18, 2016
In more than three decades as a reporter, I have been fortunate enough to witness more than my share of history, from elections to wars to most everything in between.