Magnet Magazine — 50 years ago today, Bob Dylan released Desire. Jacques rock. Watch our MAGNET television episode with Robyn Hitchcock, Steve Earle, Ben Lee, Ryan Miller (Guster), Steve Wynn (Dream Syndicate), Joan As Police Woman, Matt Quinn (Mt. Joy) and Pokey LaFa... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Chet Baker. You did it the hard way. Read Madeleine Peyroux in MAGNET on Chet, Bob Dylan, Billie Holiday, Willie Nelson, Joni Mitchell and more: The post Happy Birthday Chet Baker appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Stereogum — Willie Nelson is the subject of a new profile in The New Yorker today. Writer Alex Abramovich followed Nelson, 92, on tour this year, to get a window into this final phase of his legendary life. There's a lot of noteworthy info in the story. For in... more info

Stereogum — A few days before her debut as a featured player on this 51st season of Saturday Night Live, Veronika Slowikowska was over on TikTok doing a Cameron Winter parody. Last night, to cap off a breakthrough year for the Geese frontman, the show unveiled i... more info

Antimusic Rock — The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Queen, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin among the most collected artists on vinyl for 2025 more info

Stereogum — Allow me to pull the curtain back on the way that this particular website operates during the holidays. Once we finalize all our year-end lists, things tend to get way slower around here, and Scott lets us take most of late December off. But someone ... more info

Stereogum — Bob Dylan cannot and will not stay off the road. Dylan played dozens of gigs in 2025. He joined Willie Nelson's Outlaw Music Festival tour. He made surprising cover choices — the Pogues, Ricky Nelson, an obscure recent Van Morrison song. Next year,... more info

Stereogum — Bob Dylan and Van Morrison go way back. The two legendary contemporaries have covered one another tons of times over the years. They've performed together on multiple occasions -- including, as Rolling Stone points out, a 1988 co-headlining tour. Th... more info

Stereogum — Last year Daniel Hildebrand started Daily Dylan, a series of social media accounts devoted to Bob Dylan fandom. The account has more than 55,000 followers on Instagram and 48,000 on Facebook; there's also a Daily Dylan presence on Twitter, Bluesky, a... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Kinky Friedman. The last of the Jewish cowboys. Read the Kinkster in MAGNET on Willie Nelson, Tom Waits, Merle Haggard, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Warren Zevon and more: The post Happy Birthday Kinky Friedman appeared first on Magnet Maga... more info