Guardian Music — In a year of major social conflicts, Bob Dylan retreats from fame to become a stay-at-home dad in bucolic WoodstockFor America, 1968 was a convulsive year: riots, assassinations, Vietnam and the election in November of Richard Nixon. For Bob Dylan, 1... more info

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NME — Smashing Pumpkins frontman performed the acoustic covers at his tea house more info

New York Times — Hear the tracks that caught our pop critics’ attention, from the first new music from Stone Roses in 21 years to Grimes’s new take on “California.” more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Lydia Davis talked translation with the Los Angeles Review of Books. NPR Music is streaming Bob Dylan's new covers album Fallen Angels. May is Largehearted Boy's first fundraising month. All donations will go toward creating new features, crafting a ... more info

NME — Mick Jagger also calls Desert Trip festival 'Coachella for old people' more info

USA Today Music — One of rock's most esteemed singer/songwriters returns to pre-rock classics on a new album.             more info

Guardian Music — The alternative country star has a new psychedelic jam band, Hard Working Americans – and he’s still retained the respect of Nashville’s old guardLong before Jack White and the Black Keys hit Nashville, Todd Snider was a one-man ... more info

Consequence of Sound — In which the legendary songwriter again takes on songs made popular by Frank Sinatra. more info

Stereogum — If Bob Dylan’s entire set at this fall’s Desert Trip festival turns out to be one extended Frank Sinatra tribute, it’ll be a world-historical act of large-scale trolling. It’s on the table! It could happen! Dylan is, after all, about to relea... more info