Brooklyn Vegan — John Carpenter, Bob Dylan, Jessy Lanza, SISU, Kayo Dot, Inter Arma, The Acheron's second-to-last show, and more NYC options for your Friday night. Continue reading… more info

MSN Music — Rock ‘n’ roll will never die. Today’s most listened to radio stations are dominated by songs made on computers with vocal tracks touched up by autotune. But throughout history, rock ‘n’ roll has been a constant, chronicling the country’s ... more info

Rolling Stone — After going through an extremely public conversion to evangelical Christianity, touring incessantly for four years and going through a very un-public and gradual conversation out of evangelical Christianity, Bob Dylan was burned out and unsure of ... more info

NME — A 20-year-old Dylan said ‘I’ll never be famous’ more info

Rolling Stone — Bob Dylan discussed his early musical life – and a spell where he worked for a carnival – in an interview conducted when he was 20 that PBS has since animated as part of its Blank on Blank series. The interview originally aired on New Y... more info

Guardian Music — Bluegrass musician with an ‘old-time mountain voice’ who found new audiences when his work featured in the film O Brother, Where Art Thou?Following the death of Bill Monroe in 1996, Ralph Stanley became the leading name in bluegrass, emb... more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — In 1964, Frank Sinatra was basking in the glow of the big-screen adaptation of “The Manchurian Candidate,” the release of “It Might as well be Swing,” with the legendary Count Basie and his Orchestra, and the kitschy singles “Three Coins in... more info

New York Times — Rick Kelly hunts for discarded wood from famous New York establishments to fashion into instruments for the likes of Bob Dylan and Lou Reed. more info

Guardian Music — The bluegrass pioneer has died at 89, after inspiring Bob Dylan, mentoring a generation of musicians and making a comeback in O Brother, Where Art Thou?Ralph Stanley, the last of the first-generation of bluegrass bandleaders, died on Tuesday of skin ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — When singer/songwriter k.d. lang had a notion to form a supergroup, her inspiration was the Traveling Wilburys, an act that counted the likes of Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, George Harrison and Jeff Lynne as members.  So she shot emails t... more info