The Telegraph — From Bob Dylan and Bob Marley to Ewan MacColl. Ivan Hewett choses the best politically-inspired songs more info

Stereogum — Former Rolling Stone Managing Editor Robert Love interviewed Bob Dylan for AARP (where Love now serves as Editor In Chief) about Dylan’s forthcoming record, Shadows In The Night. It’s Dylan’s first interview in three years. This doesn’t reall... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Like many great artists, Bob Dylan has made a career and reputation out of playing with ambiguities. After all, we are talking about a man who told an entire generation that the answers to many of life's vexing questions were blowing in the wind but ... more info

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Stereogum — A new Bob Dylan album in 2015 could’ve gone any number of directions, but the one he ended up going with is still a surprise. In a couple of weeks, Dylan will release his new LP Shadows In The Night, and it’s a collection of songs that Frank Sina... more info

Stereogum — We already reported that the National Academy Of Recording Arts And Sciences was planning to present Bob Dylan with its MusiCares Person Of The Year Award at a February gala, and that Beck, Jack White, the Black Keys, and many others would perform. B... more info

The Independent — It's good news for the next budding Bob Dylan. Song lyrics are becoming the most effective medium for conveying social messages to young people, with more than a billion web searches each month seeking musical words of wisdom. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Ploughshares recommended new literary magazines. Stream Bettye LaVette's cover of Bob Dylan's "Unforgettable," from her new album Worthy. 48 online "best books of 2014" lists were added to the master aggregation at Largehearted Boy Wednesday (bringin... more info

Stereogum — Last month, we found out that Bob Dylan had played a show in Philadelphia for just one person as part of the Swedish film series Experiment Ensam, which sets people up in situations alone that they would normally experience with a crowd. The lucky at... more info

Stereogum — WHY? frontman Yoni Wolf is about to launch a short southern US tour, and he’s marking the occasion with a limited edition covers tape called Snowjams. The project will be limited to 300 copies, and it contains Wolf’s characteristically quirky ren... more info