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June 7, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Five Songs For Friday: 30 – Rolling Thunder Reviewed!
Bob Dylan is never far from my mind, my heart, my stereo – if he’s not on the turntable, he’s in my thoughts in some way or another, often informing the music that I’ve chosen to listen to. It’s that deep. He is one of the great musical forces for me – and surely the most […]Archive
May 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 304
Bob Dylan, Fort Collins Stadium Radio Broadcast, Colorado May 23rd 1976 (2017) It’s a dirty bootleg – it says it’s limited to 500 copies and is on a ‘label’ called BAD JOKER – I ask no questions and access the music. I know this recording well – it was released on TV also and is readily available […]Archive
April 19, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 315
Bob Dylan, Good As I Been To You (1992) Last year was a big year for me reconnecting with Bob Dylan – he’s always there of course. But the gig last year (which was great) had me going back through everything. Everything! I was in deep – going through the podcasts (many) and all the albums and Dylan’s own radio show archive […]Archive
March 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Breathe, The Pressure
first it was the news that the guy from The Prodigy had died. and just as you were wondering if all those people filling the timelines with much-loves and R.I.P.s and look-after-yourselves would have posted about The Prodigy on that day if he had not died it was suddenly in – news to hand – that ‘Dylan’ from Beverly Hills 90210 was […]Archive
September 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 373
Bob Dylan, Hard Rain (1976) Back when we were first getting into Bob Dylan – I say ‘we’, I mean me and a good mate – we would buy up the tapes and CDs and it was pre-internet so we didn’t always know what we were getting; live album, compilation, etc…I mean you could tell […]Archive
September 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: Bob Dylan Gig Review (August, 2018)
Earlier this year I got hooked – all over again – on Bob Dylan. I’m never not hooked on Bob Dylan by the way. I was turned onto his music as a teenager, or maybe at age 12 even. And since then I’ve been a fan. But obviously, when you listen to music obsessively, you can carry a […]Archive
August 27, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: Bob Dylan (August 26; Akld)
Bob Dylan Spark Arena Sunday, August 26 It was my fourth time seeing Bob Dylan – my first in over a decade, first away-gig too; he gave up on Wellington after the 2007 leg of his Never-Ending Tour, he’s been back to New Zealand two or three times since. But I really felt the need […]Archive
August 12, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 382
Bob Dylan, Another Side of Bob Dylan (1964) I’ve recently decided I am going to try to own everything by Bob Dylan on vinyl – I have a few already, so I’m not starting from zero. But I will be re-buying some of the 80s albums I guess – I had them, gave them away, […]Archive
July 21, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 389
Bob Dylan, Masterpieces (1978) You just know what you know – especially when there was no internet. So all I knew was that Masterpieces was a life-changer. Possibly the most important album I ever heard. It opened all the doors. In fact it blew them right off their hinges. And if it was only supposed […]Archive
July 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Joan Osborne: Songs of Bob Dylan
Joan Osborne Songs of Bob Dylan WOMANLY HIP RECORDS People have often voiced an opinion around the likes of Dylan and Leonard Cohen – Lou Reed and Neil Young too, perhaps – that they like the songs, just not when the writer in question is singing them. But that would surely miss the point. Yes, […]Archive
June 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman