The Independent — Kendrick Lamar has set his ambitions sky-high by announcing his dream to be compared to Bob Dylan, The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Books in the films of Wes Anderson. Bob Dylan's lyrics are obsessed with weather. Read an excerpt from Will Chancellor's debut novel, A Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall, out in paperback today. The Quietus interviewed Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward.... more info

The Telegraph — Sky Crime Correspondent Martin Brunt takes his first tentative steps to fame, hoping to channel a young Bob Dylan with his limited repertoire on the streets of Dieppe more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — For the Bob Dylan fan who has everything, here's a gift that would make even Greil Marcus bolt out of bed soaked in cold jealous sweat. more info

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Stereogum — Last month, California’s famous record chain Amoeba Music acquired a large collection of vinyl from an “iconic industry family” located in New Jersey. One of the records in that collection turned out to be a test pressing of Bob Dylan’s 1975 ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The two new releases that I can recommend this week are Heartless Bastards' Restless Ones and Mates of State's You're Going To Make It. Other albums I am anticipating include Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash's Dylan, Cash, and The... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Watkins Family Hour is the Americana collective featuring Sean & Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek, plus Fiona Apple, Don Heffington, Sebastian Steinberg, Benmont Tench, Greg Leisz and other guests. We already knew they'd be performing Bob Dylan's Highway... more info

The Telegraph — Kentucky folksinger and dulcimer player Jean Ritchie, who influenced Bob Dylan, dies at 92 more info

Stereogum — Before she broke through as an airy R&B star, Tinashe was a child actress. Quite recently, in fact, she was playing the kid’s girlfriend on Two And A Half Men. And as it turns out, one of her early roles offered some indication of the singer she’... more info