Monthly Archives: April 2025

  By Tony Attwood   (Preliminary note: I do know that I included this street performance of Hattie Carroll in an article under a week ago.   But I include it again because it is one of the most extraordinary cover … Continue reading →

Details of previous articles on this theme of Dylan the musician, and how he worked to change some of the very fundamentals of folk music that existed when he strarted writing are given at the end of this article. By … Continue reading →

    It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (1965) part 5 by Jochen Markhorst V          He smelled like cigarettes and Dixie Peach Don’t the brakeman look good, mama, Flagging down the “Double E”?  Robert … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood The full recording of one of Bob’s current series of concerts is now available on the internet, so I thought I would add it here, as part of our series reviewing Bob’s concerts across the ages.  The … Continue reading →

By Tony Attwood My recent articles (see a few links at the end of this piece) concerning Bob Dylan’s early years of songwriting in the 1950s and 1960s have been, by my own admission, a ramble, because for once on … Continue reading →

  It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) – A History in Performance, Part 6: 2004 –  2013. It blows the mind most bitterly. Part 1 1964 – 74 – From the fool’s gold mouthpiece Part 2: 1975/81 – Stuffed graveyards … Continue reading →