Undercover, Australia — Bob Dylan performed for the first time ever at the White House on Tuesday night along with John Mellencamp, Smokey Robinson and a few other famous friends. more info
Perez Hilton — Branching out, we see.
Bob Dylan's first ever art show will open this Saturday at the Halycon Gallery in London.
The paintings on canvas were based on drawings and sketches Bob made while on the road between 1989 and 1992. He says of his art, "I jus... more info
Guardian Music — The concert, to mark black history month, featured songs and readings by Bob Dylan, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Jennifer Hudson, Smokey Robinson, and Morgan Freeman
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Guardian Music — Barack Obama joins musicians on stage at end of White House bash celebrating music of civil rights eraBarack Obama last night hosted a celebration of the music of the civil rights era, describing it as "a movement with a soundtrack".The president ack... more info
Guardian Music — Uncompromising Scots singer-songwriter and founder of the folk-punk band Roaring JackAlistair Hulett, who has died of cancer aged 58, was an outspoken, staunchly leftwing singer and songwriter who built up a dedicated following in his native Scotland... more info
Rolling Stone — Joan Baez has been added to “In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement,” a PBS special airing this Thursday, February 11th. Baez joins a lineup that includes her partner at the 1963 March on Washingt... more info
Chicago Sun-Times, IL — A prolific home-studio musician in the tradition of the Magnetic Fields -- he claims to have written and recorded 300 songs to date -- Osvaldo Paese is an earnest young singer and songwriter with seemingly boundless ambition and a wildly diverse set ... more info
Guardian Music — In the 70s and 80s, Gil Scott-Heron's music was a mesmerising mix of wry poetry and politics and he became known as 'the godfather of rap' and 'the black Bob Dylan'. But then he got into drugs and, not so long ago, it looked like he was finished. Now... more info
Guardian Music — Boxing's long been a big-screen staple. But Ambling Alp by the Brooklyn hipsters puts them alongside Dylan, Nas and the Gallaghers in celebrating the sweet science"His units were removed one by one, malfunctions were showing ..." In The Fight â€... more info