Rock Me
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There are many ways to tell the story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, but all angles converge on
There's Your Trouble
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How Bob Dylan hinted at the rise of Trump back in 2012
Five years ago, Bob Dylan warned of the dangers of ignoring racism in America
Happy birthday to Bob Dylan, who was born on May 24, 1941, and once said in an interview, “When I was a boy, Harry Truman was president. Who’d want to be Harry Truman?”
During Dylan’
ALBUM REVIEW: Expressive Original Songs Steeped In the Dirt & Reality of the Dust Bowl-Depression Era
Every now and then a CD comes across my listening station that is so steeped in reality you can feel the dirt, smell the hobo soup steaming, feel the rain in the air and sense the struggle as it ripens in a man or woman’s face.
Grant Maloy Smith
Boy from the North Country
I’m North Dakota-Minnesota Midwestern. I’m that color. I speak that way. I’m from someplace called the Iron Range. My brains and feelings have come from there.
— Bob Dylan, Playboy, 1966
Born in St. Mary’s Hospital in Duluth, Minnesota, on May 24, 1941, Robert Allen Zimmerman
I Got a Song - A History of the Newport Folk Festival
A new book on the history of the Newport Folk Festival is a treasure trove for music fans. Former Providence Journal reporter Rick Massimo has written the first complete account of the legendary festival, describing its many successes and occasional blunders. Massimo interviewed many of the major organizers the festival,