The 21 Best Album Re-Issues of 2018
In 2018, the music world saw amazing reissues spanning rock titans to indie upstarts and electronic to pop of all stripes.
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Mary Lee Kortes Preps New Book, ‘Dreaming of Dylan: 115 Dreams About Bob Dylan’, Releases New Song (premiere + interview)
Longtime Bob Dylan favorite Mary Lee Kortes presents a book of dreams about the man. Patti Smith, Jimbo Mathus, others contribute.
Bob Dylan’s ‘Live 1962-1966’ Offers Landmark Moments and Sharp Performances
Given the overflow of archival Bob Dylan material available, there's value in curating key recordings into a coherent two-disc set.
‘Jimi Hendrix and Philosophy’ Is a Mixed Bag, Man
Jumping into the fire, howling wind, and bombs bursting in air with the uber rock god.
The 10 Most Famous Albums That Never Saw the Light of Day
Here's 10 albums that never happened but are still discussed among fans and often recreated in some shape or form by the original artists, inspired musicians, or just hungry fans.
The Beat Goes on with ‘Kerouac on Record’
These essays explore the connection between Kerouac and the music he loved -- Charlie Parker, Lee Konitz, Chet Baker, Miles Davis and others -- and the musicians who loved him, in turn.
Bettye Lavette Is the Leader of the Pack of Bob Dylan Interpreters on ‘Things Have Changed’
Bettye Lavette's new album offers supremely soulful renditions of 12 Bob Dylan songs.
No Reader of ‘William Blake and the Age of Aquarius’ Will Remain Unmoved
Blake's illuminated prints and poetic songs of soft innocence and apocalyptic experience influenced the post-WWII generation of American artists, musicians, and counter-culture leaders such as Allen Ginsberg, Jim Morrison, and Bob Dylan.
Bob Dylan: Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 / 1979-1981
Cover down, pray through: Bob Dylan's underrated, misunderstood "gospel years" are meticulously examined in this welcome new installment of his Bootleg series.
Joni Mitchell Biography ‘Reckless Daughter’ Is Lush and Complex
All sides of the mosaic, mercurial, brilliant music legend Joni Mitchell appear in David Yaffe's definitive biography.
Bob Dylan’s ‘The Nobel Lecture’ Requires a Tolerance for Sentimentality
Are Dylan's thoughts the dismissible ramblings of an insecure autodidact still trying to impress the professors?
Festival: The Criterion Collection
They just don't make documentaries like Festival anymore.