Stereogum — This summer, Eaux Claires, the music festival that Bon Iver main man Justin Vernon co-founded with the National's Aaron Dessner, will make its grand return to Vernon's Eau Claire, Wisconsin hometown. It'll be the first Eaux Claires fest since 2018. E... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Bessie Smith. Lady sang the blues. Read Madeleine Peyroux in MAGNET on Smith, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and more: The post Happy Birthday Bessie Smith appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Stereogum — Tori Amos, a singer-songwriter with a lot of incredible music in her catalog, is busy right now. She’s currently on tour in the UK, and she recently covered Bob Dylan with the BBC Concert Orchestra and played her 2005 song “Witness” for only th... more info

Obscure Sound — “Oh Me Oh My” is a consuming track from Colorado-based artist Danny Django and his upcoming sixth studio album, titled The Peach Orchard Field. Written and recorded entirely in his basement studio following his brother-in-law’s funeral, the roc... more info

Magnet Magazine — 65 years ago today, Bob Dylan played his first show in New York City, at Gerde’s Folk City. They wanted folksingers there. Watch our MAGNET television episode with Robyn Hitchcock, Steve Earle, Ben Lee, Ryan Miller (Guster), Steve Wynn (Dream Syndi... more info

Stereogum — Dorian Electra, the electro-pop artist who featured on Charli XCX’s Pop 2 tape and has since lent official remixes to 100 gecs and Lady Gaga, has shared a couple of covers over the past couple of weeks. First came a rendition of Bob Dylan’s 1965 ... more info

Stereogum — It appears that Bob Dylan, who's still out here on tour, is now pursuing a new side hustle. Today the folk legend shared a link to his Instagram Stories and an accompanying promo graphic for his new Patreon series, Lectures From The Grave, which feat... more info

Stereogum — The latest chapter of Bob Dylan's open-ended Rough And Rowdy Ways Tour, an outing theoretically in support of an album that came out way back in 2020, kicked off Saturday in Omaha. At the Orpheum Theater, Dylan played keyboard rather than his usual p... more info

Stereogum — Willie Nelson simply does not stop. After sharing a new collab with Lawnmower Man actor Jeff Fahey back in January, today the 92-year-old country music icon announced his 156th album, Dream Chaser, and shared its title track. But there's another song... more info

Obscure Sound — A throwback, swinging rock sound delights on “Bolt of Lightning,” a bustling success from London-based Chris Marksberry and his upcoming album, The Perry Vale Sessions. Representing the first single from that sophomore full-length, “Bolt of Lig... more info