THE STORY OF A SONG: Bob Dylan - "Blowin’ in the Wind"

With a melody rooted in the slavery-era spiritual No More Auction Block (which he’d learned from Odetta) and lyrics that he’d just complete...

THE STORY OF A SONG: Bob Dylan - Blowin’ in the Wind (1963)

Recorded on July 9, 1962 - Issued as a single on Aug. 13, 1963 With a melody rooted in the slavery-era spiritual No More Auction Block (whi...

Όταν ο Bob Dylan συνάντησε τον John Wayne

Δεν είναι περίεργο που ο Bob Dylan , ένας από τους διασημότερους μουσικούς των τελευταίων 100 χρόνων, είχε  συναντήσει  στη διάρκεια της ζω...

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - "All Along The Watchtower" : not just a cover

All AlongThe Watchtower is really special, even though, funnily enough, it’s not one of Hendrix’s songs. The arrangement is so striking and...

ΤΡΑΓΟΥΔΙΑ ΔΙΑΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΑΣ: «Too Many Martyrs» με τον Phil Ochs

...και άλλα τραγούδια που γράφτηκαν για τη δολοφονία του ακτιβιστή Medgar Evers Τα τραγούδια διαμαρτυρίας, συνήθως, δεν ήταν γενικού περιεχο...

ESSENTIAL ALBUMS: (#14) : The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)

When leader Jim (later Roger) McGuinn's vocals - pitched halfway between John Lennon and Bob Dylan - combined with Gene Clark and David ...

"Ballad of Easy Rider": The Byrds' album

There was certainly no shortage of end-of- decade angst when Easy Rider arrived in July ’69, and the shadows were about to get darker. Short...

Bob Dylan: "Rough and Rowdy Ways"

Ça fait 20 ans que Dylan a une formule pour ses albums : un mélange des genres et styles musicaux qu'il entendait à la radio dans les an...

Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues

Album: Bringing It All Back Home (1965) With the release of “It Ain’t Me, Babe” in 1964, Dylan bade farewell to folk music. The following ye...

Standing In The Doorway: Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan

CHRISSIE HYNDE has never been shy about singing other people’s songs. Over the years she’s snuck all sorts of covers into setlists or onto a...

How Bob Dylan upset Paul Simon

Though Bob Dylan and Paul Simon would eventually forge a warm, respectful relationship and even tour together, there was an early, underlyi...

Who is Bob Dylan's Mr Tambourine Man?

In the liner notes to his Biograph box set, Dylan said, “‘Mr Tambourine Man’ was inspired by Bruce Langhorne. Bruce was playing guitar w...