Its Getting Boring By The Sea — It’s a common held theory that you can’t criticise a charity record. The phrase ‘but it’s for a good cause’ is often used as a defence against a half thought out album compiled with little care for the listener and l... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Insights abound in a book on Dylan and boxed sets for Buddy Holly and Bob Wills. Can you imagine attending a Bob Dylan concert and hearing "Old MacDonald Had a... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Insights abound in a book on Dylan and boxed sets for Buddy Holly and Bob Wills. Can you imagine attending a Bob Dylan concert and hearing "Old MacDonald Had a... more info

Guardian Music — Komedia, BrightonAs unpromising between-song announcements at rock gigs go, "I'm now going to lecture on a topic I haven't lectured on for a while" certainly takes some beating. If nothing else, you have to admire the will of an artist who dismisses ... more info

Guardian Music — The influence of Bob Dylan has been writ large across rock music for over 40 years, and never more apparent than in the vocals of his followers. It's that unmistakable switch between bark and drawl – a long, fluctuating, nasal note suddenly de... more info

JamBase — By: Charley Borneman Jeff Tweedy :: 02.13.09 :: The Vic Theatre :: Chicago, IL Jeff Tweedy This was the first of two shows for Jeff Tweedy at The Vic Theatre. The solo acoustic benefit show was a medley of comedy, folk and rock music. Initial... more info

Perez Hilton — After covering Bob Dylan's Desolation Row for the upcoming Watchman film, My Chemical Romance are thinking about scoring films on the side - but not the Twilight sequel! "We're very choosy… There were a few films that we didn't do the song for bec... more info

JamBase — By: Dennis Cook Louris & Olson "The look on your face when you start to remember…" You'd be hard pressed to find two better songwriters than Mark Olson and Gary Louris. As the central force in The Jayhawks for a decade (1985-1995), the... more info

Stereogum — In the UK at least. Because nobody would recognize her here. Still, though Estelle uses Crystal Lite in all her recipes and will.i.am is down with Bob Dylan and Pepsi, best use of a Broadway tune popularized by Sammy Davis Jr. in a drink ad goes t... more info

Pitchfork — Photos by Kathryn Yu After leaving a Buddhist monastery, where he spent the better part of five years, Leonard Cohen wasted little time getting back to work. He quickly released two albums of new material, and wrote and produced another for his acoly... more info