Paul Brady’s songs of conflict
The Northern Irish songwriter – Bob Dylan’s “secret hero” – on making morally complex music in the time of the…
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The Bob Dylan mystery machine
In A Complete Unknown, director James Mangold and actor Timothée Chalamet present Dylan as an enigma – a mythology favoured…
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Bob Dylan at the Royal Albert Hall: the best he’s been in years
This Rough and Rowdy Ways tour, more theatre piece than rock concert, is marked by a new polish.
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Joan Baez haunted by heartbreak
Poring over the lyrics to Taylor Swift’s new album, I’m reminded of another tortured muse.
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Robbie Robertson’s sounds of America
In the Sixties, the Canadian musician defined Americana. On his score for Killers of the Flower Moon, he blew it…
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Bob Dylan’s problem with women
In The Philosophy of Modern Song, 62 of the 66 featured songs are performed by men. Is the 81-year-old songwriter…
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The battle of the Dylanologists
As Bob Dylan tours the UK, his work is being embraced and interrogated by younger critics impatient with the “white…
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New Statesman contributors reflect on the many facets of his character and career.
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An inspired ode to Bob Dylan, Girl from the North Country turns pop into a work of art
Playwright and director Conor McPherson is always dancing with Dylan but never stepping on his toes.
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Bob Dylan and his vengeful, conservative God
The surprising thing about Dylan’s evangelical Christian period? It isn’t all bad.
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