In this second episode in our Series on the new Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan (Vol.1) we talk to author Michael Gray about Chapter Two: Dylan and The Literary Tradition. We talk about the influence both …

Well over 100 musicians have played in Dylan’s band over the past 60 years, and Ray Padgett spoke to nearly 50 of them for his new book ‘Pledging My Time – Conversations With Bob Dylan Band Members’. In this episode …

The first serious book to analyze and critique the work of Bob Dylan was Michael Gray’s Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan – and it’s back in print after over a decade, in a new 50th Anniversary …

It was over seven years ago that we learned of ‘Bob Dylan’s Secret Archives’ from The New York Times, and just over a year since the Bob Dylan Center opened those archives up to visitors in Tulsa OK. On the …

When Bob Dylan returned as a solo acoustic recording artist in the early 90’s, many were surprised. A lot of folks thought they would never again hear Bob alone with a guitar. But few thought if they did, the playing …

The World Gone Wrong album cover stands out amongst all the Dylan covers – Bob has a top hat on, the colors are vibrant, and he has a detached look that doesn’t exude the confidence you find on all of …

In the third book in the Troubadour Tales series, Keith Miles and his co-authors take us on a tour through Dylan’s Minnesota homeland via a series of short stories about the homes he lived in, the girls he dated, the …

Bob Dylan knew – and often played – most of the songs he covered on Good As I Been To You for his entire professional life. In this episode we examine the original versions of these songs (there are always …

Michael Gray invented analysis and criticism of Bob Dylan songs with the 1972/3 release of Song & Dance Man. And over the last 50 years and through two major updates of that book, he has remained one of our best …

It's been observed that the road to Time Out Of Mind began when Dylan recorded two solo acoustic albums in the early 90's. Good As I Been To You and World Gone Wrong were yet another unexpected twist in Dylan's path, but by playing alone, at home, on songs he'd known for years, the feeling is Bob reconnected with some important basics that allowed him to regroup and then go forward to write the amazing songs that came out in the late 90's and through the 2000's. In this first episode of...

It’s been said that the road to Time Out Of Mind began when Dylan recorded two solo acoustic albums in the early 90’s. Good As I Been To You and World Gone Wrong were yet another unexpected twist in Dylan’s …

There have been over 75 proper reviews of or articles about Bootleg Series 17: Fragments - The Time Out Of Mind Sessions. In this episode we look at these reviews, and share the best of their comments and complaints. Our Reviews Collection offers links to all of them, and we highly recommend reading the best of them. An extended version of this conversation with an extra 10 minutes of our favorite reviews is available to Premium Members. Join us to go deep on Dylan with extended versions and...

There have been over 75 proper reviews of or articles about Bootleg Series 17: Fragments - The Time Out Of Mind Sessions. In this episode we look at these reviews, and share the best of their comments and complaints. Our Reviews Collection offers links to all of them, and we recommend reading the best of them. The episode marks the formal end of Dylan.FM Season One, and our deep dive into Time Out Of Mind. Next episode, we begin our Season Two. Thanks to all our guests and...

Make You Feel My Love is a song that has received a lot of attention - but not entirely out of admiration - a lot of Dylan fans just don't like it. On this episode Laura Tenschert talks about the song and those reactions. Laura is a writer, podcaster and musician who runs Definitely Dylan where she looks at art and creativity through the lens of Bob Dylan’s work. Definitely Dylan is a podcast and has an active Patreon with exclusive content and monthly online events. She is also a member of...

Make You Feel My Love is a song that has received a lot of attention – but not entirely out of admiration – a lot of Dylan fans just don’t like it. On this episode Laura Tenschert talks about the …

Whirly Gig is a new book that looks at the making of Time Out Of Mind. Today we talk with author John Lewis who shares his insights based on a longtime friendship with TOOM Musician Jim Dickinson and his time in The Bob Dylan Archives in Tulsa - where he was able to listen to all 500 audio files from the Time Out Of Mind Sessions. John Lewis is a writer and curator living in Cambridge, MD. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Spin, The Oxford American, and many other publications. His...

Whirly Gig is a new book that looks at the making of Time Out Of Mind. Today we talk with author John Lewis who shares his insights based on a longtime friendship with TOOM Musician Jim Dickinson and his time …

It turns out Fragments wasn't the last Time Out Of Mind release for the year. A few days ago SuperDeluxeEdition.com made the surprise announcement of a new Time Out Of Mind Blu-Ray disc offering the 2022 Remix in 24/96 High Resolution and the Dolby Atmos Mix. This is on pre-sale until Feb 24, 2023 and then will be out-of-print. Paul Sinclair of SuperDeluxeEdition.com joins us today to talk about this exciting new Audiophile release. Music fans know the website for sharing info on all cool box...

It turns out Fragments wasn’t the last Time Out Of Mind release for the year. A few days ago SuperDeluxeEdition.com made the surprise announcement of a new Time Out Of Mind Blu-Ray disc offering the 2022 Remix in 24/96 High …

Steven Hyden wrote the liner notes for The Bootleg Series 17: Fragments - The Time Out Of Mind Sessions, and in this episode talks to us about the assignment, his assessment of Bob Dylan in 1997, and how the narrative of the times stood up to 25 years of additional Bob Dylan output. Hyden is a respected music writer, and his latest book is called Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack for a Generation, and he's also the author of Your Favorite Band is Killing Me, Twilight of the Gods and...

Michael Brauer was recently tapped to remix Time Out Of Mind, for the Fragments Bootleg Series 17 box set. Reimagining an Album Of The Year is no small task, and Michael tells us his goals for the project, what he was asked to do, and how he went about rebuilding this classic album and give it a new sound and yet be extremely true to the 'feel' of the original. Michael has mixed four previous installments of Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series, and did the 2003 remixes for Bringing It All Back home...