Starpulse — Happy Birthday to: Legendary singer/songwriter Bob Dylan (1941) Country singer Billy Gilman (1988) Rapper Heavy D (1967) "Boogie Nights" star John C. Reilly (1965) "The English Patient" ac... more info

Guardian Music — R&B star Alicia Keys talks about Aids, Africa and inspiration – and her love for Kasabian…Strange that Alicia Keys came to notice as far as some were concerned only through her guest appearance on Jay-Z's hit "Empire State of Mind", on which she... more info

Guardian Music — There's more to great songwriting than being Dylan – she wittily sketches situations and sets the lyrics to irresistible melodiesLily Allen's winning three Ivor Novello awards – the gong most coveted by musicians because it recognises songwriting... more info

Pitchfork — Beck, M. Ward and Lucinda Williams with Elvis Costello all contribute brand new vampire sex jams to True Blood: Music From the HBO Original Series Volume II, due May 25 from Elektra. The album also features jams from people like Bob Dylan, the 13th F... more info

Starpulse — Bob Dylan's 1965 hit Like A Rolling Stone has topped a new list of the Greatest Songs of All Time. Rolling Stone magazine editors and contributors have spent months piecing together the ultimate ... more info

Guardian Music — Can extremism be defeated by rock music? Maybe not, but Salman Ahmad's message of tolerance deserves to be heardYou can tell he's a celeb the minute he enters the room. His hat, which he keeps on all the time, might easily be Bob Dylan's cast-off fro... more info

ContactMusic — BOB DYLAN's 1965 hit LIKE A ROLLING STONE has topped a new list of the Greatest Songs of All Time.Rolling Stone magazine editors and contributors have spent months... more info

Guardian Music — What do you get if you mix AE Housman with Elgar, a little bit of music hall and a dash of Whitney Houston?I'm a big fan of this paper's Readers Recommend column, about the best election songs, or songs about the moon, or fighting. But it frustrates ... more info

DrownedInSound — We know as well as you do that Tom Jones is not among our standard fare of coverage but, we do try and be quite broad minded about these things. We were unsure ourselves until we actually heard the track in question. It's a cover of a Bob Dylan song,... more info

NME — 'Praise And Blame' set for July release more info