Bob Dylan Announces His First Streaming Special, ‘Shadow Kingdom,’ for July

Todd Haynes reinvented the music biopic not once but twice, first with the controversial glam rock epic Velvet Goldmine (1998), a pastiche of the life and times of David Bowie, and then with 2007’s I’m Not There, a dazzlingly surreal look at the many faces of folk poet Bob Dylan, sanctioned by the man himself.

It’s a loose riff on the Amanda Knox story, basically. A father travels from Oklahoma to France to help his estranged daughter, who is in prison for a murder she claims she didn’t commit.

Director Todd Haynes is no stranger to musically-inclined films.

Berliner Zeitung read: “Nico: Death of a Star from Berlin Reveals the Secret Love Drama of Alain Delon. ”‘I think she was ashamed her whole life’ – Nico pictured in 1965Even in death, Nico’s story was framed in the context of one of the many famous men who drifted through her life.

Bob Dylan has shared a brief insight of his forthcoming Shadow Kingdom livestream event, which is set to premiere on July 18.The 30-second, black-and-white clip, shared on Dylan’s Instagram account, shows him performing his 1971 song ‘Watching the River Flow’ onstage with an extensive backing band.The words “The Early Songs of Bob Dylan” appear onscreen, hinting that the digital concert may centre on the older material in the veteran singer-songwriter’s back catalogue.

Slumdog Millionaire actress Freida Pinto announced on Monday that she is set to welcome her first child with fiance Cory Tran. Freida made the announcement through her Instagram handle and shared pictures standing alongside Cory with a baby bump.

Johnny Cash live album that was recorded in 1968 is finally set to be released.Recorded by the late Owsley Stanley at the Carousel Ballroom in San Francisco on April 24, 1968, the 28-song set – which included a pair of Bob Dylan covers – saw Cash performing with his then-new wife June Carter Cash and his backing band The Tennessee Three.‘Bear’s Sonic Journals: Johnny Cash At The Carousel Ballroom, April 24 1968’ is now set for release on September 24 via the Owsley Stanley Foundation and Renew

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOn September 24, an previously unreleased 1968 live album by Johnny Cash that was recorded by Owsley “Bear” Stanley, the Grateful Dead’s legendary concert documentarian (and lysergic sherpa), will be issued by the Owsley Stanley Foundation and Renew Records/BMG.“Bear’s Sonic Journals: Johnny Cash, at the Carousel Ballroom, April 24 1968,” is a 28-song concert — featuring two Bob Dylan covers — recorded in San Francisco by “Bear,” the famously secretive sound

The Pretenders‘ Chrissie Hynde has announced a UK tour where she will sing songs from Bob Dylan’s extensive back catalogue, as well as some other favourites.The tour announcement comes weeks after Hynde released ‘Standing In The Doorway: Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan’, made up of nine covers of Dylan’s songs including ‘Murder Most Foul’ and ‘Every Grain of Sand’.“A few weeks into lockdown last year, [Pretenders bandmate James Walbourne] sent me the new Dylan track ‘Murder Most Foul’.

First off, many great music docs are built off the back of lesser music docs. For example, Martin Scorsese‘s “No Direction Home” borrows a lot of footage from Bob Dylan‘s self-made doc, “Eat The Document,” and Peter Jackson does the same with his new Beatles doc.

Diana Ross has announced her first new solo album in 15 years.The forthcoming record, which follows on from 2006’s ‘I Love You’, will also be the singer’s first new album of original material in 22 years, with the last being 1999’s ‘Every Day Is a New Day’.Ross’ new album, ‘Thank You’, was written during lockdown with the likes of Jack Antonoff, Jimmy Napes, Tayla Parx and Spike Stent, and is now set for release on September 10 via Decca.“This collection of songs is my gift to you with

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

Variety reports.Inspired by Sven Carlsson and Jonas Leijonhufvud’s book ‘Spotify Untold’, the series stars Vikings actor Edvin Endre as Ek, Ulf Stenberg as business partner Per Sundin and Gizem Erdogan as Petra Hansson.While the show’s exact plot is yet to be revealed, Carlsson and Leijonhufvud’s book told the tale of Spotify’s early challenges – including convincing major labels to sign up, feuds with Steve Jobs and widely publicised challenges from the likes of  Taylor Swift and Bob Dylan.The

Noel Gallagher has said that he is contemplating selling the rights to his back catalogue in 2025.A number of major artists have sold the rights to their music, either in part or in full, in recent times, including Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Neil Young.Gallagher was asked in a new interview with Apple Music Hits’ Matt Wilkinson – where he was promoting ‘Back The Way We Came: Vol 1 – 2011-2021’, a ‘Best Of’ album by his High Flying Birds project – if he would ever consider selling the rights to

The Kid Laroi has announced that he will release his next collection, titled F**k Love 3, next month. 

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