Tag Archives: Bob Dylan
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The 22 concerts we missed most in 2020, starring Billie Eilish, BTS and Taylor Swift
Among the shows we most regret were canceled or postponed: BTS, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Nathaniel Rateliff, The Killers, Mew, Guns N’ Roses, Metallica, BottleRock Napa Valley, Bad Religion, Rage Against the Machine, My Chemical Romance, Bob Dylan, Outside Lands, Kraftwerk, Supergrass, Roger Waters, Tame Impala, The Airborne Toxic…
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Insert Foot: The holidays came early for Bob Dylan in 2020
Insert Foot vs. Bob Dylan haters and “The Rise of Skywalker.” Was there any better feeling this past week than knowing you’re in Bob Dylan’s will? OK, that’s cynical. Sorry. But, really … being on his Christmas list this year has to not really suck at all, either. Some…
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The 75 best albums of 2020: 40-31
The best albums of 2020 include (clockwise from top left): Bob Dylan, Aesop Rock, Allan Rayman, The Cribs, Beabadoobee, Taemin, Bring Me The Horizon, Greg Puciato, Steve Earle and a collaboration album by Cory Wong and Jon Batiste. Welcome to Part 4 of our super-sized Top 75 albums of…
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REVIEW: Bruce Springsteen rocks while looking back on hopeful ‘Letter to You’
There’s typically an inner dialogue happening when serious Bruce Springsteen fans hear a new record the first time, especially one on which he unleashes the power of the E Street Band and its version of the wall of sound. Letter To You Bruce Springsteen Columbia, Oct. 23 8/10 It…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Joan Osborne wanders the AM dial on ‘Trouble and Strife’
Joan Osborne burst onto the scene 25 years ago singing “One of Us,” a song penned by The Hooters’ Eric Bazilian. The song’s theological speculation about God’s smelly bus ride transubstantiated itself into a chart-topping hit and a bunch of Grammys as the first single from Osborne’s debut album,…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Bob Dylan shoots himself into the canon on ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’
In the 1919 essay “Tradition and the Individual Talent” poet T.S. Eliot writes, “No poet, no artist of any art, has his complete meaning alone. His significance, his appreciation is the appreciation of his relation to the dead poets and artists. You cannot value him alone; you must set…
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REWIND: Sick of Christmas music already? Well, here’s five of the worst
The man is a songwriting legend, but Bob Dylan is no Al Yankovic with accordion-led Christmas music. Welcome to the second RIFF Rewind Hater Special! That special time when I get to let all the pent-up vitriol out of my system by ripping on things I specifically dislike. You…
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RIFF REWIND: The Weather Girls say it’s raining men, Garbage and Bob Dylan
The Weather Girls performing “It’s Raining Men” whilst surrounded by a scene of absolute carnage as the aforementioned men lie dead and dying around them, having inexplicably fallen from the sky. Michael Fish and Sian Lloyd look on, bewildered. Requested by Anthony Mitchell pic.twitter.com/LCPefmRCap — Jim’ll Paint It (@Jimllpaintit)…
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INTERVIEW: Joan Osborne comes full circle with album of Bob Dylan covers
Joan Osborne has come full circle. Most musicians start with covers, move on to their own songs, and if they’re lucky eventually get covered themselves. And Osborne has more or less followed that pattern. Joan Osborne, Will Champlin 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 27 Bankhead Theater, Livermore Tickets: $40-$80. “I…
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Q&A: Fran Healy and Eric Pulido of BNQT plot the supergroup’s future
Bob Dylan’s The Band has been an influence on Midlake’s Eric Pulido for years, because that band allowed each musician to have an individual voice. Each took turns leading songs in a round-robin manner, with the others supporting. All the musicians were friends outside of The Band, and had…