Guardian Music — From acknowledged masterpieces to eccentric picks – as chosen by a fan who first saw Dylan live in 1965Obviously Bob Dylan isn't going to spend his 70th birthday listening to his own recordings. So I'll do it for him, while rejoicing that he is sti... more info

Guardian Music — Unreported World | Eddie Stobart: Trucks & Trailers | Invaders: Feral Pig Plague | Dirk Gently | Arena: No Direction Home – Bob Dylan | When Aliens AttackUnreported World7.30pm, Channel 4The documentary strand takes us to Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, on... more info

Guardian Music — (Fullfill)"Should one attempt to reinterpret a 40-year-old, somewhat legendary piece of work? Probably not," writes English folkie Thea Gilmore. Nonetheless, as Bob Dylan's 70th birthday approaches, she has covered his album John Wesley Harding in it... more info

Guardian Music — The general consensus is that Bob Dylan reached his peak in 1975, and it's been a slow, frustrating decline ever since. But there are gems to be found even in his most-maligned releasesBob Dylan is 70 on Tuesday. If like me you are a Dylan fan, you w... more info

Guardian Music — What's it all about, Arthur? A lucky drip of critical perspectives, finds our Lamb. Elsewhere in the music press, there's a meeting of minds and a creative spark at NMEIt should be a strange and rather sad feeling to stumble on the last rites of a mu... more info

NME.COM - Reviews Blog — One of the most cutting Little Britain sketches has to be their send up of actor Dennis Waterman. For those of you unfamiliar with the 80s heartthrob's work, he was a UK television star who had the habit of recording the theme music for the series he... more info

Guardian Music — The Borderline, LondonEd Sheeran is one of a new breed of singer-songwriters who have accrued a large following from aggressive social networking and relentless gigging. The atmosphere tonight isn't what you might expect from a sensitive troubadour s... more info

Scotsman.com — SEVENTY years ago this month in small-town Minnesota, Robert Allen Zimmerman was born into a family of Jewish immigrants from Russia and Eastern Europe. more info

Guardian Music — My older sister, who will be 70 on 22 May and in London for her birthday, is almost exactly the same age as Bob Dylan (Report, 14 May). When she was a student at the University of Minnesota she became friends with a wannabe folk singer from Hibbing, ... more info

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