Chris Willman Music WriterThe answer, our friend, is streaming on the web.
30.05.2021 - 06:35 / variety.com
Variety selected 80 of the best or most undervalued interpretations of Dylan’s work ever recorded. Was that sufficient covers coverage? The answer is clear, if you at all appreciate the catalog of the man often revered as rock ‘n’ roll’s greatest songwriter: 80 is not enough, any more than eight would be.That’s why, to cap off Dylan’s birthday week, we’ve come up with 50 more must-hear tracks from among the untold thousands that exist to be mined.
Chris Willman Music WriterThe answer, our friend, is streaming on the web.
Bob Dylan has announced details of a special live-streamed concert next month called Shadow Kingdom.The event, set to take place on July 18, will be the legend’s first live appearance since the release of his lauded 2020 album ‘Rough And Rowdy Ways’.Per a statement from the show’s organisers, Shadow Kingdom will see the legendary singer and songwriter “in an intimate setting as he presents renditions of songs from his extensive and renowned body of work created especially for this event.”Tickets
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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIt is remarkable how few people know that the same person produced Bob Dylan’s three defining early albums (as well as “Like a Rolling Stone”), the first two Velvet Underground albums, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention’s debut “Freak Out” and pivotal music by jazz legends Sun Ra and Cecil Taylor (including tracks with John Coltrane), among many others.It was Tom Wilson, a visionary music producer who died in 1978 at the age of 47.He was even the man who in
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more than 4,000 recordings (a number that’s hardly inclusive of everything that’s out there).At Variety, we went the more economical route and came up with a playlist of a mere 80 great Dylan covers… one for every year of his existence, now that May 24 finds him officially becoming an octogenarian.
Gallery: Little Mix make BRITS-tory! 10 female musicians who changed the music industry (BANG Showbiz)Elsewhere, in New York - where Dylan moved to in 1961 to pursue his dream of becoming a music star - the WFUV radio station at the Bronx’s Fordham University is playing 80 Dylan songs throughout the day. And in Dublin, Ireland - where Dylan has frequented over the years - Other Voices is hosting a live-stream from the US Embassy titled 'Dignity’ after his 1994 song.
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