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Dylan, Cash, and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City
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Dylan, Cash, and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City

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 / 26 June 2015
Going hand-in-hand with the ongoing museum exhibit of the same name, A New Music City does an outstanding job defining the sweeping influence of Dylan and Cash throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
A Nightly Ritual: Bob Dylan’s Never-Changing Set List
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A Nightly Ritual: Bob Dylan’s Never-Changing Set List

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 / 8 June 2015
Bob Dylan's current show is a book musical without the book, crafted by the American Shakespeare.
Laura Marling: Short Movie
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Laura Marling: Short Movie

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 / 26 March 2015
The eclectic guitar becomes a tool that complements Laura Marling's lyrics on this pivotal album, at times articulating visceral anger and, at others, obliterating psychic barriers and clearing space for something new.
Sam Peckinpah’s ‘Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid’ Is the Last Great Western
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Sam Peckinpah’s ‘Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid’ Is the Last Great Western

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 / 20 March 2015
This is not just a great Peckinpah film, but perhaps Hollywood’s last great classic Western, a film of tremendous self-reflection and deep sadness.
Last of the Rock Stars? An Interview With Elliott Murphy
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Last of the Rock Stars? An Interview With Elliott Murphy

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 / 20 March 2015
As Elliot Murphy tells PopMatters, the new reimagining of his 1973 debut Aquashow may be the most profound musical adventure of his 40-plus year career yet.
Everything Has Changed, Nothing Has Changed: Music in a Post-9/11 World
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Everything Has Changed, Nothing Has Changed: Music in a Post-9/11 World

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 / 3 March 2015
The attacks of 9/11 may have caused a noticeable shift in the lyrical content of musicians and even sonic changes in the short term, but, in the end, normalcy finds a way to settle in.
Bob Dylan – “The Night We Called It a Day” (video)
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Bob Dylan – “The Night We Called It a Day” (video)

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 / 2 March 2015
The legendary singer/songwriter Bob Dylan gets away with murder in the old-timey noir music video of his Frank Sinatra cover "The Night We Called It a Day".
Bob Dylan: Shadows in the Night
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Bob Dylan: Shadows in the Night

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 / 4 February 2015
Bob Dylan doesn’t try to compete with Sinatra -- he knows better than that. Shadows in the Night is clearly an act of love and honor.
Bettye LaVette: Worthy
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Bettye LaVette: Worthy

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 / 29 January 2015
More than 50 years into her career, Bettye LaVette still has a voice for the ages.
The Best Album Re-Issues of 2014
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The Best Album Re-Issues of 2014

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 / 15 December 2014
The music world saw reissues from all over the genre map, spanning classic rock titans to electronic music legends.
Michael Goldberg’s Semi-Hallucinogenic Take on the Authentic Real
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Michael Goldberg’s Semi-Hallucinogenic Take on the Authentic Real

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 / 28 October 2014

Michael Goldberg’s True Love Scars is a whirlwind tale of a young music fanatic’s quest for true love, high times, and “the authentic real” (not necessarily in that order).

Counterbalance: ‘The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan’
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Counterbalance: ‘The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan’

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 / 17 October 2014
Well, I remember seein’ some ad so I turned on my Conelrad but I didn’t pay my Con Ed bill so the radio didn’t work so well. Turned on my record player—it was the 929th most acclaimed album of all time. Dylan's 1963 breakthrough is this week's Counterbalance.