Chrissie Hynde to release Bob Dylan covers album recorded “almost entirely by text message”

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.

Polo G has officially locked in a release date for ‘Hall of Fame’.His third album, Polo G – real name Taurus Tremani Bartlett – is set to release ‘Hall of Fame’ on June 11 through Columbia Records.

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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.

Hadestown and Girl From The North Country announced their Broadway returns today, with the Tony Award-winning musical Hadestown set to become the first production to resume performances on Broadway when its curtain rises on Thursday, Sept. 2.

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.

It’s hard to imagine a famous musician like Imelda May fangirling over anyone but it appears that there’s one experience that has always stayed with the Dublin singer.

Patti Smith has spoken of her forthcoming “special” concerts marking Bob Dylan‘s 80th birthday, while recalling the first time she met the legendary artist.As announced back in March, Smith will take to the stage at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park’s outdoor Spring Festival in Tivoli, New York for a pair of live performances on May 22/23 – two days before Dylan’s milestone birthday (on May 24).Appearing alongside her longtime bandmate Tony Shanahan, she will perform “original songs and poetry as well as

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.MOVIES— In “The Dry,” Eric Bana returns to his native country for a taut, tense thriller set against the parched landscape of drought-stricken Australia.

Pervis Staples was a co-founder of the legendary gospel and R&B group the Staple Singers, along with his father and sisters.The Staple Singers began performing in churches around Chicago in the early 1950s, when Staples and his sisters were still in their teens. They soon began recording their music and had early success with gospel songs including “Will the Circle Be Unbroken?” and “Uncloudy Day,” which Bob Dylan has cited as an influence on his career.

Bob Dylan museum is set to open in Oklahoma next year – get all the details below.The Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa will open its doors on May 10, 2022, almost exactly a year following its announcement today (May 12).An Instagram post announcing the new museum and sharing a photo of its exterior promised that fans would get the chance to “access and interact with more than 100,000 exclusive cultural treasures” from the legendary singer’s archive.The message added: “These include handwritten lyric

Chris Willman Music WriterThe Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma will open on May 10, 2022, representatives announced Wednesday, as they brought into clearer focus just what fans and students can expect when the facility opens in one year.Although a release avoids using the word “museum,” it’s clear the BDC is designed to stand as the ultimate repository of Dylan artifacts, with the promise of more than 100,000 “exclusive culture treasures” on view.

The largest collection of Bob Dylan’s artwork ever seen will go on display later this year in the U.S. "Retrospectrum" spans six decades of Dylan’s art, featuring more than 120 of the artist’s paintings, drawings and sculptures.

The largest collection of Bob Dylan’s artwork ever seen will go on display later this year in the U.S.“Retrospectum” spans six decades of Dylan’s art, featuring more than 120 of the artist’s paintings, drawings and sculptures.Building on the original “Retrospectum” exhibition that premiered in Shanghai, China, in 2019, the new version will include new, never-before-seen pieces and additional artworks from a brand-new series called “American Pastoral.”Debuting in Miami at the Patricia & Phillip

Steven Gaydos Executive VP of ContentJust as Jean Girard so memorably noted in “Talladega Nights,” “God needs the Devil. The Beatles needed the Rolling Stones, even Diane Sawyer needed Katie Couric,” one could add that “Bob Dylan needed Donovan.”It’s been 56 years since we saw Dylan and Donovan side by side during Dylan’s famous knockabout 1965 tour, chronicled in D.A.

BBC Radio 4 has announced a load of programming to mark the 80th birthday of Bob Dylan, including documentaries and a new radio play.“Earlier this year we brought listeners some brilliant programming on the life and legacy of David Bowie – an artist close to so many of our audience’s hearts”, says Radio 4 Controller Mohit Bakaya.