Stereogum — I hope Bob Dylan never stops putting out box sets. As long as there are diehard Dylan fans who will buy each and every anthology, I think they might as well be served with all the rarities, outtakes, and odds-and-ends that Columbia and Dylan can scra... more info

Stereogum — “Big Pink,” the West Saugerties house where Bob Dylan and the Band holed up and recorded most of the music that would eventually become the legendary Basement Tapes, can now be rented, as JamBase points out. The going rate for living amongst musi... more info

Reuters — (Reuters) - A draft of the lyrics for Bob Dylan's protest song "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" is going up for auction in London next month and is expected to fetch up to 200,000 pounds ($314,000 dollars), Sotheby's auction house said on Tuesday. more info

The Independent — The original type-written manuscript for one of Bob Dylan's best songs is going up for auction at Sotheby's in London. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Atlantic examined the unlikely resurgence in popularity of the works of H.P. Lovecraft. The A.V. Club reconsidered Bob Dylan's classic Blood on the Tracks album. Longreads features an excerpt from Summer Brennan's book The Oyster War. Iron and Wi... more info

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Reuters — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - Bob Johnston, who produced Bob Dylan's celebrated "Blonde on Blonde" album and Johnny Cash's live "At Folsom Prison" in a career spanning more than 50 years, has died at age 83. more info

The Independent — The producer Bob Johnston, one of the “quieter legends” of the music business who worked on some of the greatest albums of all time, has died at the age of 83. more info

Time — Mixed in with Al Green and Bob Dylan are artists, like Aoife O'Donovan and Lianne La Havas, for whom the playlists bring welcome exposure more info

Stereogum — It could be because I’m from Minnesota, but every time an artist’s voice croons like Bob Dylan’s, I’m hooked. Such is the case for the Brisbane quartet Blank Realm, whose track “River Of Longing” we raved about last month. Now, we’re tr... more info