Bob Dylan has sold the rights to his masters to Sony Music Entertainment, the company announced on Monday, marking yet another blockbuster deal for artists cashing in on their music copyrights amid the ongoing catalog boom. This is Dylan’s second major rights deal; he sold his publishing rights to Universal …
Read More »20 Overlooked Bob Dylan Classics
“You’re No Good” (Bob Dylan, 1962) From his oft-overlooked folkie debut, a prophetic blast of rockabilly. Even in this early stage, hustling to make his name in the folk scene, Dylan’s got rock & roll in his bones. “Going, Going, Gone” (Planet Waves, 1974) One of his last great studio …
Read More »Bob Dylan's Artwork to Be Exhibited for the First Time in U.S.
Florida International University has announced that it’ll be hosting the first-ever exhibit of Bob Dylan‘s visual artwork in the U.S. this fall. Bob Dylan: Retrospectrum, opening November 30th at the university’s Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, will feature more than 120 of Dylan’s paintings, drawings, and sculptures spanning six …
Read More »Hear Greg Dulli, Mark Lanegan Cover Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash Duet 'Girl From the North Country'
Greg Dulli has reunited with his Gutter Twins collaborator Mark Lanegan for a cover of Bob Dylan’s “The Girl From the North Country,” a duet that will appear on the B-side of Dulli’s upcoming Record Store Day exclusive single. On the cover, premiering here at Rolling Stone, Dulli and Lanegan …
Read More »Flashback: Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash Sing 'Girl From the North Country' in 1969
Johnny Cash wanted to make a big impression when his ABC music variety show The Johnny Cash Show debuted on June 6th, 1969. The back-to-back success of his recent live albums At Folsom Prison and At San Quentin re-introduced him to a mainstream audience outside of the country community, and …
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