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Never Ending Tour 2009 part 1 Contending forces: Courting Disaster NET 2009 part 2: contending forces: through the tears and the laughter NET 2009 part 3 The blood of the land in my voice: Together Through Life NET 2009 Part … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan Pawns His Watch (Parts I and II) Bob Dylan Pawns His Watch (Parts III & IV) Bob Dylan Pawns His Watch (Part V) by Larry Fyffe According to detective Dupin, the Sun God Apollo uses one of his … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This has never been one of my favourite Dylan songs – his performance (for me, and this is as ever a very personal reflection) is (in terms of the original Dylan release) too slow.   The viola and … Continue reading →

Marchin’ To The City: I     The last verses might be better Marchin’ To The City (1997) part 2: Loneliness is just a waste of time Marchin’ To The City (1997) part 3 by Jochen Markhorst III         You’ll be sorry when … Continue reading →

Bob Dylan Pawns His Watch (Parts I and II) Bob Dylan Pawns His Watch (Part III) By Larry Fyffe Detective Dupin points out that limited-thinking policemen, unlike the eight-year-old boy, miss evidence that’s right in front of their faces, evidence … Continue reading →

“It’s always been my nature to take chances” By Tony Attwood Why does Dylan keep changing his songs Part 1: Constant touring and changing the band Why does Dylan keep changing his songs Part 2: Breaking the traditions Why does … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This is one of those Dylan songs that has always seemed to me to be a bit of a rush and a bit of a mess – and besides is so very closely related to “Good Morning … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe As sure as “Roll on John” by Bob Dylan is about the biblical apostle St. John, more clear it could not be that the narrator in “Crossing The Rubicon” is out to get The Evangelist. In the … Continue reading →

Marchin’ To The City: I     The last verses might be better by Jochen Markhorst   The four-part article series on “Marchin’ To The City”, an outtake from the Time Out Of Mind sessions, is a chapter from Jochen’s recent book … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Singer/songwriter/musician Bob Dylan places in many of his song lyrics visions of a recurrent view of history wherein light and dark forces are entangled with one another on both the micro- and macro- levels  ~ a viewpoint … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The traditional way of reviewing a Dylan concert is by listing the songs he and the band performed, and noting the variations in each one.  But, no I don’t think so – at least not for me.  … Continue reading →

Publisher’s note: Upon publishing the previous episode of this series I excitedly announced it as episode 100, and it was not until Mike duly looked at my ramblings that it was pointed out to me that I couldn’t count, and … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood Not Dark Yet was for me, the moment I first heard it, (and has remained ever since), one of the very greatest of all the Dylan songs.   I recall even in my original review noting how pivotal … Continue reading →

“Marchin’ to the City” by Jochen Markhorst The four-part article series on “Marchin’ To The City”, an outtake from the Time Out Of Mind sessions, is a chapter from Jochen’s recent book “Time Out Of Mind – The Rising Of … Continue reading →

By mr tambourine September 25, 2022, Oslo, Norway, first Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour show in Europe and outside of the US. Having followed all the setlists and information since the Milwaukee 2021 show, and having listened to most of … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe In ancient Mesopotamian mythology, Inanna/Ishtar persuades her father, the Sky God, by threatening to do bad things, to unleash the Bull of Heaven to attack well-dressed Gilamesh, a city king, because he refuses her sexual advances. With … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood I am going to break all the unwritten rules with this one.   The fact is that I can’t imagine not having Belle Brigade’s “No time to  think” in this series about Dylan’s covers even though a) I … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst Man In The Long Black Coat (1989) Part 1: Things grow at night Man In The Long Black Coat (1989) Part 2: Une voix d’outre-tombe Man In The Long Black Coat (1989) Part 3: The Man Comes … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Part I The ‘dissectors’ are invaluable in these times of Post Modernist literary endeavours where the artist deliberately leaves his or her ambiguous lyrics open to plausible interpretations by listeners and/or readers thereof. Employing both ‘high’ and … Continue reading →

By Mike Johnson (Kiwipoet) Never Ending Tour 2009 part 1 Contending forces: Courting Disaster NET 2009 part 2: contending forces: through the tears and the laughter Never Ending Tour: the full index of articles Publisher’s Note: This is article number … Continue reading →