Van Morrison, Bob Dylan Sign On for 2012 Monteaux Jazz Festival : April 24, 2012

The Montreux Jazz Festival, which is now closing in on its 50th year of existence, has announced that some big names will be included in the lineup this year, including B [...]

Bob Dylan Tribute Album Features Adele, Dave Matthews, Sting : October 20, 2011

Sting has announced he will join a multitude of other artists including Adele and Dave Matthews that are contributing songs to 'Chimes of Freedom: Songs of Bob Dylan Hono [...]

Springsteen, Dylan, Joel are Taking Back Their Music : August 18, 2011

For artists like the Eagles, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen, there is some light at the end of the tunnel due to the fact that soon copyright laws [...]

Bob Dylan, Mark Knopfler Team Up to Tour Europe in October : July 17, 2011

Europe will be getting one of this year's best tour packages when Mark Knopfler and Bob Dylan set out for the continent starting in October. Knopfler and Dylan, each t [...]

Bob Dylan Prepares US Tour Dates : June 24, 2011

Legendary musician Bob Dylan will be hitting the pavement back home this summer as he launches a 22-city tour from coast to coast spanning from July till August, but not [...]

Bob Dylan Cleared to Play Bejing, Shanghai : March 12, 2011

Bob Dylan will be allowed to perform in China according to censors who were concerned about China’s government not showing Dylan’s performances due to his purported l [...]

Lyric Scrawl of "The Times They Are a-Changin" Up for Auction : November 29, 2010

People come gather round.  If you think it's worth spending some of your cash on Bob Dylan one-of-a-kind memorabilia, save the date December 10.  That is when Sotheby's [...]

Bob Dylan, BB King on Deck for 2011 Bluesfest : November 03, 2010

For years Bob Dylan refused to perform in a town that he hadn't ever hear of.  However he has agreed finally to grace the Bluesfest in Byron Bay with his saintly folk pr [...]

Bob Dylan Pops in on Pawn Stars! : September 24, 2010

“Pawn Stars”, a docu-reality show about a family owned pawn shop in Las Vegas which is aired once a week by History Channel, is the very show which marks the TV appea [...]

Bob Dylan Brazilian Art Exhibit Opens in Denmark : September 02, 2010

Some of the never publically displayed artwork of Bob Dylan's will be shown at the National Gallery in Denmark. Kasper Monrad, the gallery's curator, said 40 acrylic pai [...]

Bob Dylan Adventure into Ticketless Falls Flat : August 26, 2010

So how did the great Bob Dylan ticketless concert experience at the Warfield go?  The one where the legendary rock musician asked the fans to stand in line outside the c [...]

Dylan's Witmark Demos Finally See Daylight : August 25, 2010

On October 19 Bob Dylan completists will have something they can look forward to when the ninth installment for Dylan's ongoing “Bootleg Series” hits store shelves.  [...]

Better Have Cash in Hand If You Want to See Dylan at the Warfield : August 18, 2010

For the first time in almost two decades Bob Dylan, along with his band, are scheduled to play at San Francisco's legendary Warfield.  However tickets will need to purch [...]

Bob Dylan Books Fall Tour Dates : June 22, 2010

To date legendary singer Bob Dylan has spent a majority of 2010 overseas. However in August, he will be returning home to play his typically busy U.S. slate of shows. [...]

Bob Dylan Joins Smokey Robinson in Performance at White House : January 28, 2010

In commemoration of the Black History Month in February, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will host the annual “In Performance at the White House” [...]

Bob Dylan Gets Giddy for Christmas : August 26, 2009

This will be the first time for music icon Bob Dylan to release a Christmas album after being in the music biz for almost forty years. “Christmas in the Heart”, whic [...]

Bob Dylan Heads West for Fall Tour : August 04, 2009

With a ballpark tour currently in his hands, Bob Dylan has laid a new set of dates for fall to continue support for his latest studio effort “Together through Life”, [...]

Dylan Tacks More Dates onto Ballpark Trek : May 19, 2009

As posted last month, Bob Dylan will be embarking on a tour that will have him, John Mellencamp (except for July 1) and Willie Nelson perform in several baseball stadiums [...]

Album Review: Bob Dylan 'Together Through Life' : April 27, 2009

Bob Dylan is the hero of the blues genre, we all know that by now.  But Dylan takes it a step further with his latest release “Together through Life”. The album has [...]

Dylan Recruits Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp for Ballpark Tour : April 24, 2009

Bob Dylan is currently prepping for his upcoming Ballpark tour this summer to further promote “Together through Life”, his newest studio release which is scheduled to [...]

Bob Dylan Locks Down Elvis Costello for Upcoming Tour : August 20, 2007

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bob Dylan will be cruising through the east coast and the Midwest come fall to back-up his forthcoming release, “Dylan”, which will surfac [...]

Bob Dylan Takes Modern Times on the Road : August 24, 2006

Bob Dylan, who is currently busy tackling a summer baseball stadium tour, shows no signs of slowing down come the lazy fall season as he lays out another set of dates run [...]

Bob Dylan, Merle Haggard Hit the Road for Spring Tour : January 31, 2005

Bob Dylan is gearing up for a month-long tour this spring dubbed as “The Bob Dylan Show” and will be tagging fellow folk-country rocker Merle Haggard for the entire t [...]

Bonnaroo NE Headlines Bob Dylan, The Dead & Dave Matthews : April 29, 2003

Music legends Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Dave Matthews Band, The Dead and Tim Reynolds are among the acts who will be fronting this year’s Bonnaroo Nor [...]

bob dylan Biography

Bob Dylan, the American musician, singer-songwriter, painter and poet, was born in Duluth, Minnesota on May 24, 1941. Over the course of his five decade career he has been widely influential in popular music. Dylan's most celebrated work is from the 1960s. Several of his songs from that time like “The Times They Are a-Changin” and “Blowin in the Wind” became anthems for anti-war and U.S. civil rights movements. In 1965, he moved away from his folk music base with his six minute song “Like a Rolling Stone” to help revolutionize and expand popular music.

Dylan's lyrics draw on a wide array of literary, philosophical, social and political influences. His songs defied the existing conventions of pop music and had a huge appeal to the growing counterculture of that time. Dylan was inspired initially by songs of Hank Williams, Robert Johnson and Woody Guthrie and performance styles of Little Richard and Buddy Holly. Dylan's fifty year recording career has explored numerous American song traditions- from folk, country and blues to rockabilly, rock and roll and gospel to English, Irish and Scottish folk music. He has even embraced jazz and swing music.

Dylan performs with harmonica, guitar and keyboards. Since the latter 1980s he has toured on a steady basis, backed by an ever-changing group of musicians on what has been called “The Never Ending Tour.” Dylan's performance and recording accomplishments have been major, however it is his songwriting which is generally considered as his greatest contribution.

Over the years, Dylan has been honored with numerous awards, including Academy, Golden Globe and Grammy Awards. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Songwriters Hall of Fame and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Dylan has also had his work exhibited at major art galleries and has had three books of paintings and drawings published.