L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The background: When Bob Dylan toured for the first time in eight years in 1974 following his near-fatal 1966 motorcycle accident, he was backed by The Band for a triumphant tour dubbed Before the Flood that touched down in sports arenas and other la... more info

Stereogum — In 1975, around the same time as he released the Desire album, Bob Dylan had an impractical idea and saw it through to its resolution. Dylan toured across America with a thrown-together all-star band full of tremendous personalities, including Joan B... more info

Consequence of Sound — The film features the great bard's first on-screen interview in over a decade. Martin Scorsese’s Bob Dylan documentary Rolling Thunder Revue gets a first trailer: Watch Ming Lee Newcomb more info

Stereogum — Getting an audience to be fully present and engaged at a concert is exceedingly difficult in the age of Instagram and compulsive photo documentation. Bob Dylan upholds a strict "no photos" policy at his shows. But other musicians take more dramatic m... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Leon Redbone, the acclaimed singer and guitarist who performed jazz, ragtime and Tin Pan Alley-style songs, died Thursday, according to a statement released by his family. No details about his death were provided. Redbone's career got a boost in the ... more info

USA Today Music — Leon Redbone, the acclaimed singer and guitarist who performed jazz and ragtime died Thursday. Bob Dylan was among his admirers.             more info

JamBase — Listen to a 10-track sampler of Bob Dylan’s upcoming archival release, ‘The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings’ via NPR Music’s First Listen series. more info

JamBase — Watch Bob Dylan perform at Madison Square Garden on November 1, 1998 to celebrate the singer-songwriter’s 78th birthday. more info

Consequence of Sound — The Smiths singer takes on Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Roy Orbison, and more. more info

JamBase — Legendary guitarist Eric Clapton dusted off a long-lost Bob Dylan cover on Wednesday night at Royal Albert Hall in London. more info