Monthly Archives: December 2019

By Aaron Galbraith Even a cursory glance through the list of tracks reviewed on this site will bring up several that even the most ardent Dylan fan may not have heard of. With that in mind, I thought it might be fun … Continue reading →

By Jochen Markhorst John Henry’s legendary, fatal and probably fictional race against the steam drill takes place sometime in the early 70s of the nineteenth century, between 1870 and 1872. During the construction of the Big Bend Tunnel in West … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe You might also enjoy Bob Dylan and Oscar Wilde Part I Bob Dylan and Oscar Wilde Part II Seasons change. Spring turns to Summer, Summer to Autumn, Autumn to Winter. Childhood turns to Youth, Youth to Adulthood, … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith Are you a talented singer or musician? Are you in a band? Then Untold Dylan needs your help! Welcome to “Bob Idol”! First up, some context, followed by the details of what we are trying to do … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst In Scotland and parts of England, the black dog represents good luck.  But elsewhere one of the more persistent myths about the black dog phenomenon concerns the instinctive fear that people are said have for it. This … Continue reading →

by Larry Fyffe In life and in art, Decadent writer Oscar Wilde rebels against the established norms imposed by Victorian society. He’s celebrated for a time, but in the end suffers the consequences for doing so though he’s pardoned after … Continue reading →

Greetings, And a very happy Christmas indeed from and to everyone involved in Untold Dylan. On behalf of everyone involved in the grand adventure that Untold Dylan has become I would like to thank you for reading some of our … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood My interest in expanding the Dylan Year by Year series is to try and chart the lyrical themes that Dylan explored across time, noting (if possible) how certain themes and ideas took hold of him, and then … Continue reading →

This article is part of a series “Album Artwork” Articles published so far in this series written by Patrick Roefflaer can be found at the end of the article. Here we deal with the art work of Infidels ———————————– Released … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe Gather what you can from co-incidence. Poet Thomas Hardy pities himself, or at least his persona, for losing some gal that he loves: And when my love’ s heart kindled In hate of me Wherefore I knew … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith This article comes from the series “Songs about Dylan” – you can find details of other articles in this series via that link (and in case you lose the link it also appears in the list of … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst By literary standards, the autobiography of Keith Richards, Life (2009), is perhaps outweighed by Dylan’s memoirs, but on all other fronts both works are of a comparable, compelling level. Attractive with both rock stars are the quirky … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood This article comes from a continuing series of reviews of Dylan’s compositions, and the themes he evolved in his writing, year by year.   Previous articles in the series are… The songs of the 1960s in chronological order … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe A number of poets consider that the Judeo-Christian God be rather vengeful in that He casts Adam and Eve out of eternal Eden, and punishes them with the prospect of unavoidable death simply because Eve takes a … Continue reading →

By Aaron Galbraith This article continues from the article “Dylan, McGuinn, Hillman, Clark… part 1: Dylan and Roger McGuinn” Moving on to Gene Clark, his second solo album, and in my opinion his masterpiece, “White Light” contains his moving take … Continue reading →

The article below, by Jochen Markhorst, is an extract from Jochen’s new book (in English this time), Blood On The Tracks which is now on sale via Amazon both on Kindle and as a paperback.   Details of how to order … Continue reading →

  by Larry Fyffe The poems of Guillaume Apollinaire, who is credited with coining the words ‘cubism’ and ‘surrealism’, are not all filled with dark humour; there be light-humoured poems as well. The Rimbardian fairy-tale-like poem by Apollinaire given below … Continue reading →

  by Aaron Galbraith I’ve been lucky enough in my life to see both Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman live in concert, although unfortunately Gene Clark died before I was of regular concert going age, he died in 1991 and … Continue reading →

by Jochen Markhorst When Modern Times is released, in August 2006, the old master has achieved a status that a new album immediately hits the top of the charts and is breaking news in a wide range of the most … Continue reading →

By Larry Fyffe The oak tree is a symbol of durability and wisdom – in ancient mythology, oaks are believed to whisper the will of Zeus, the God of Thunder. In the Bible, the Hebrew God speaks through one of … Continue reading →