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The Latest Breaking News from Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan, folk-rock’s finest songwriter, now seems to exist beyond music

3/5 The longstanding gripe about Dylan’s tendency to deconstruct and rework his music until it’s virtually unrecognisable live is irrelevant tonight

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Paul Kelly: ‘Most of the time when I’m writing songs, I’m boring myself’

The singer-songwriter on the mystery of writing songs, Shakespeare and why he isn’t a natural musician

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“Over time, her arrangements became more creative and composed and could stand on their own as melodic instrumentals”: A pioneering protest singer, American folk legend Joan Baez draws on jazz and flamenco for her intricate picking patterns

Ever since the '60s, Joan Baez has delivered a message with her music, but she was never going to be a two-chord folkie with a bellyful of fire. Her sound takes from jazz and flamenco with picking patterns that are as good as a fingerprint

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Bossing it: first photo of Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen

The Bear actor is playing Springsteen in Deliver Me from Nowhere about the making of the musician’s 1982 album Nebraska

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Francis McPeake obituary

Traditional Irish musician and the third in the lineage of pipers in an internationally renowned family

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Timothée Chalamet look-alike contest organizer reacts to police fine after event chaos: ‘The price of culture’

US LIFESTYLE: What started as a viral social post about a Timothée Chalamet look-alike contest fractured into mayhem after the actor himself made a surprise cameo. Brittany Miller was in attendance and spoke to event organizers who received a $500 fine for the unauthorized gathering in Manhattan

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Timothée Chalamet stuns contestants at viral look-alike event with surprise appearance

More than 2,000 attendees gathered in New York City to watch contestants be judged for their physical likeness to the ‘Willy Wonka’ star

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Tommy Dorfman’s Return to Acting Is Anything But Tragic

The actress makes her Broadway debut in 'Romeo + Juliet' playing two distinct characters, but for Dorfman, the roles are a manifestation of her own coming-of-age.

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“Bob Dylan asked me almost every day: ‘Hey, when are you going to sell me that ’64 Jazzmaster?’” Jason & the Scorchers’ Warner E. Hodges toured with Dylan, borrowed the Ramones’ gear – and played a Tele that survived a tractor

The cowpunk pioneer on the many guitar casualties of his slinging and spinning on stage, why switching from Fender to Gibson was “like learning another language”, touring with the Ramones and R.E.M. and making a Dylan song their own

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“He felt the Rolling Stones got the adulation and respect that ‘The Mop Tops’ didn’t... he would get really angry about it, and call them ‘the Rolling Pebbles’”: Lennon’s '70s confidant tells fascinating story of the ex-Beatle's competitive streak

Elliot Mintz was one of the few people who knew Lennon during the late 70s

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‘Bob Dylan was an endearing young scallywag!’ Barbara Dane, the singer who burned a path through folk, blues and activism

The US singer-songwriter, who has died aged 97, encountered Louis Armstrong and more as she championed civil rights as much as music. In her final interview conducted last week, she explained why she was still angry

The Guardian - UK

This IG Page Shares Funny Literary Memes, And Here Are 97 To Make The Biggest Book Nerds Laugh

If you like the smell of new and old books and the sound of pages turning, this list might be just for you! The post This IG Page Shares Funny Literary Memes, And Here Are 97 To Make The Biggest Book Nerds Laugh first appeared on Bored Panda.

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‘An incredible echo of today’: Kevin Macdonald on his film about John Lennon and Yoko Ono

The director speaks about his documentary exploring the couple’s life after moving to New York in 1971

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“I was the original vampire and I still have dominion over Slipknot, Rob Zombie and Lady Gaga”: A metal fan’s guide to Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper was the original shock rocker who paved the way for Kiss, Slipknot and every parent-baiting rock and metal act that followed

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Dune star Timothee Chalamet meets Joan Baez and gets booed out of the folk scene in new trailer for Bob Dylan biopic

A Complete Unknown hits theaters this Christmas

The Guardian - UK

Kris Kristofferson’s brave anti-war song

Brief letters: A relevant record | Schubert’s songwriting | Bob Dylan’s singing | Joni Mitchell’s best on both sides | Xylo-xenophobia

Salon

Pink Floyd sells music for $400 million

The band faced many challenges while trying to sell their catalog because of infighting

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Climate protest heroes are prisoners of conscience

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Cold comfort for us from Tory hopefuls

Brief letters: Conservative leadership candidates | Kemi Badenoch’s appeal | Bob Dylan’s No 1 | Lip barmy | Taramasalata to the rescue

International Business Times

Former President Jimmy Carter Turns 100

The soft-spoken Democrat, who broke the mold as an unabashed rock 'n' roll fan, will mark the milestone after starting hospice care for brain cancer last year.

Salon

Reactions to Kristofferson's passing

The multihyphenate talent, whose career stretched back to the late '60s, died Saturday at his home in Maui, Hawaii

The Guardian - UK

Kris Kristofferson obituary

Songwriter, singer and actor known for such classic hits as For the Good Times and Me and Bobby McGee

Guitar World

“You can look at Nashville pre-Kris and post-Kris, because he changed everything”: Kris Kristofferson dies aged 88

The actor, songwriter and country giant was lauded by Bob Dylan, had his material covered by Johnny Cash and Janis Joplin, and joined a supergroup with some of country music's biggest names

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"I thought it was my responsibility to tell the truth as I see it": Kris Kristofferson on Janis Joplin, Johnny Cash and country music

An interview with the late Kris Kristofferson: singer, songwriter, actor and legend

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