LargeHeartedBoy — A Nod to Bob 2: An Artists Tribute to Bob Dylan on his 70th Birthday collects cover songs by Lucy Kaplansky, Pieta Brown, Eliza Gilkyson, and others. Girls in Trouble's Half You Half Me is one of the year's... more info

Guardian Music — Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonMartin Carthy may have influenced Bob Dylan and Paul Simon and become a British folk legend, but he has always been an easy-going, modest performer, and that wasn't going to change just because he is about to turn 70. He s... more info

The Independent — The voice of a generation isn’t easily silenced. Not according to Bob Dylan, who has issued a rare public statement denying speculation that he gave in to government censors by agreeing not to perform 60s-era protest songs during his recent tour o... more info

Guardian Music — Greil Marcus's collection of pieces on Dylan is both poetic and testy"What is this shit?" opened Greil Marcus's Rolling Stone review of Bob Dylan's 1970 double album Self Portrait. According to Dylan, the depths of whose perversity can seem, on occ... more info

Guardian Music — Randy Newman might be one of the pre-eminent songwriters of his generation, but that hasn't stopped many of his best-known songs from being misunderstoodRandy Newman sits at the piano in the London showroom of Steinway & Sons and absent-mindedly tink... more info

ContactMusic — Bob Dylan has blasted accusations that he gave in to censorship during a recent series of concerts in China. According to BBC News, Bob Dylan had agreed to give authorities set lists before performances in Shanghai and Beijing. The 69-year-old.... more info

Guardian Music — Ten years ago, John Harris was within seconds of a meeting Bob Dylan – until Eric Clapton stole him away. Now he talks to those who have been granted an audience with rock's greatest enigmaImagine this: since you were 11 years old, you have been c... more info

The Independent — Rock legend Bob Dylan took to his website yesterday to dispute accusations he bowed to censorship for his first ever concerts in China last month. more info

Mercury News, California — With the 100th anniversary of bluesman Johnson's birth celebrated May 8, and folk-rock singer/songwriter Dylan's 70th birthday coming May 24, it's time to take a fresh look at the outsized accomplishments of both. more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rock legend Bob Dylan took to his website on Friday to dispute accusations he bowed to censorship for his first ever concerts in China last month. more info