Stereogum — This past weekend’s Newport Folk Festival opened with Beck covering Bob Dylan in a surprise set, and it ended with Conan O’Brien playing music with his friends. O’Brien is having a great year, with a new HBO travel show and a a viral Hot One... more info

Stereogum — This year’s Newport Folk Festival is currently in the midst in Rhode Island. The lineup has Hozier, Elle King, Gillian Welch, Brittany Howard, Orville Peck, and more. And Beck gave a surprise covers-heavy performance on Friday. more info

Stereogum — How does it feel? Glimpses of director James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown — for which Dylan personally annotated the script, and for which star Timothée Chalamet did his own singing in character as Dylan — have been trickli... more info

Stereogum — The new reunion-era Blur documentary To The End is out today in theaters across the UK and Ireland, with the live album Live At Wembley Stadium to follow next Friday, and Damon Albarn is making the press rounds to promote them both. Speaking to ... more info

Antimusic Rock — Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release The 1974 Live Recordings more info

Stereogum — Even as an octogenarian, Bob Dylan is a mainstay of the road, so it’s wild to think there was a time he ceased touring altogether. After his motorcycle accident in 1966, Dylan essentially retired from the road. But eight years later, he made his... more info

Antimusic Rock — Legendary roots music guitarist and singer Rory Block relives her Greenwich Village days on her new Bob Dylan salute more info

Stereogum — On Friday, Bob Dylan took the stage at the opening night of the Outlaw Music Festival tour. At the Ameris Bank Amphitheater in Alpharetta, Georgia, the legendary musician surprised the audience with a new lineup and an unpredictable setlist. more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Spooner Oldham (Neil Young, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Cat Power, Drive-By Truckers, Frank Black, et al). Merchant of ivory The post Happy Birthday Spooner Oldham (Neil Young, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Cat Power, Drive-By Truckers, ... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Mick Ronson (David Bowie, Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, Morrissey, Mott The Hoople). Moonage daydreamer. Read the Jigsaw Seen in MAGNET on Mick: The post Happy Birthday Mick Ronson (David Bowie, Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, Morrissey, Mott The Hoople) ... more info