Seven Days: January 1 - 7, 2023

This Week in Bob Dylan

This is our weekly filtered roundup of everything important that happened in the world of Bob Dylan over the last seven days. Here’s what you need to know:

This Week’s News

Dylan items in the commercial media

• The 200 Greatest Singers - Guaranteed (RollingStone)

  • #15 -  Bob Dylan: "Once he was fully in control of his instrument, he could use it to express everything from wry disdain (“Like a Rolling Stone”) to deep devotion (“If Not for You”), wrenching pathos (the Basement Tapes masterpiece “Goin’ to Acapulco”) and sardonic venom (“Idiot Wind”). (On 1969’s Nashville Skyline, he even morphed into a clean-voiced crooner.) And in his later years, he’s built an entire mature style out of his increasingly ragged-throated sound, moving freely between wistful romance (see Triplicate readings like “My One and Only Love”) and bawdy black comedy (“False Prophet”)."

• The Top 2 Jewish Singers - Forward

  • Bob and Barbara: "We’ve heard it a thousand times: “But Bob Dylan can’t sing!” Listen again. For one, h…