Seven Days: Nov 4 - 10, 2024
This Week in Bob Dylan
This is Seven Days: The top Bob Dylan news, posts, links and video of the week.
Dylan On Tour
Details, News, and Reviews of Bob Dylan Live In Concert
Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour
This Week: Edinburgh, Scotland, Nottingham UK, Wolverhampton UK
Next Week: London UK (final 3 shows of tour)
Reviews
Last Night in Wolverhampton (Flagging Down The Double E's) [8]
"It is almost as if Dylan is playing with the idea of silence within music like a writer being obsessed with the spaces between lines, or the unsaid. He enters and disappears into these pockets of silence, where a whisper is as existential frightening as a bark, a sigh as lethal as a dagger, a murmured syllable as reverential as a psalm."
Last Night in Nottingham (Flagging Down The Double E's) [8]
"Instead, he leaned into it further, wresting it back under control and transforming it into a sterling rendition. This arrangement’s pulsating, 'Series of Dreams'-esque rhythm provided Jim Keltner with his big showcase of the evening."
Two Nights in Edinburgh, and One in Liverpool (Flagging Down The Double E's) [5]
"On 'I’ve Made Up My Mind,' Keltner was doing some interesting things building a rhythm out of seemingly random light hits of the cymbal and drums, calling to mind a Matt Chamberlain part to me."
Dylan Fans 'in tears' at Liverpool Performance (Mirror) [3]
"Bob Dylan in Liverpool was amazing and beautiful. Why am I in my hotel room crying about seeing an 83-year-old play a harmonica."
I Went to See Bob Dylan in Liverpool (Liverpool Echo) [3]
"The tales from my grandfather and the melodies from the record player were as close as I thought I was ever going to get to hearing the legendary singer-songwriter."
Dylan, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, November 5, 2024 (Uncut) [3]
"If the focus has shifted in Keltner’s favour, nevertheless the rest of the band are still on point. Dylan’s baby grand is centre stage, with the other musicians placed around it, in the same positions they took in 2022."
I Watched Bob Dylan Play an Almost Perfect Two Hour Set (Glasgow World) [1]
"We were also treated to Dylan’s unbelievable harmonica playing. 'Every Grain of Sand' closed the night before Dylan and his magnificent band to their final bow."
Rougher and Rowdier (The Blue Moment) [3]
"It turned out that the discordance was chiefly coming from the guitar of Dylan himself, who was already sitting at his piano bench, with his back turned to the audience."
Bob Dylan returns to Nottingham (Leftlion) [3]
"Somehow, he seems to have remained 'cool' unlike some of his contemporaries. Maybe that’s because he doesn’t do 'greatest hits', hasn’t become his own 'tribute act', and has continued producing new material - much of it critically-acclaimed - into his old age."
Rough and Rowdy Ways at Motorpoint Arena (Cult Following) [3]
"It feels like a weak link in an otherwise perfect show. His new materials, which are not so new anymore as they gun towards half a decade since release, are fitting in nicely to the fabric of his live performances which never extend themselves while in the UK."
Dylan Tickets: How to Get Yours for Royal Albert Hall (MyLondon) [3]
"These resale websites with Bob Dylan tickets have been detailed below."
DYLAN @ NOTTINGHAM (Maximum Volume Music) [1]
"Dylan reinvents his songs musically on every tour, and sometimes it feels like he does this at every show!"
Bob Dylan, Edinburgh Review (The Scotsman) [1]
"It Ain’t Me, Babe became a light waltz, When I Paint My Masterpiece moved to a groove reminiscent of Irving Berlin’s Puttin’ on the Ritz, aided by Dylan’s blasting harmonica solo, and It’s All Over Now Baby Blue became a swirling piano arrangement."
Best of The Week
Our favorite stories and links from the past week
At 83, What Drives Bob Dylan? (The Times) [8]
"We all read between the lines with Bob Dylan, but I think there’s a lesson here: preserve your bandwidth, particularly if you are a person who does something creative."
How Bob Dylan Reinvented the Blues Highway for Contemporary America (PopMatters) [8]
"Dylan’s road is something of a first. This is not the bluesmen’s highway of escape or Huckleberry Finn’s journey towards self-knowledge; it is not Woody Guthrie’s search for a better world or Jack Kerouac’s exhilarating pursuit of individual freedom."
Bob Dylan Is on X. Is He Messing With Us? (The Wall Street Journal) [5]
"For 35-year-old Harry Hew, the proof of the tweets’ authenticity was in the punctuation. The initial three tweets gave Dylan away because they did not use commas when these were warranted."
Key West is the Key (Peter Stone Brown Archives) [5]
"This was a real turning point for me. It was the moment he took full control. The band slid back into the shadows and Dylan’s incredible vocals punctured the passing chords and piano stabs."
Sophie Thatcher - Covers Knockin' On Heaven's Door
The Dylan Community on Social Media
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New Podcasts This Week
The latest streaming Dylan shows. Most links to Apple Podcasts
Definitely Dylan
The Directors Dossier
Visionary
Bobby Oswinski's Inner Circle
Music History Today
Nothing is Revealed
The Dylan Hours
Upcoming Dylan-Related Events
Selection from our constantly updated Bob Dylan Events Calendar
NEW
NYC PREMIERE: MY BACK PAGES - Mitch Blank Dylan Collection Short
EXISTING
Nov 13 (Philadelphia) Bob Dylan: Prophet Without God
Nov 13 (Streaming) NYPL Blood On The Tracks
Nov 14 (Cambridge MA) Dylan in High Fidelity
Nov 14 (London UK) Ten Rare Objects
Nov 17 (Tavistock UK) Tribute to Joni & Bob
Nov 12 (Belfast IR) Dylan's Greatest Rejected Tracks
Nov 21 (Gainsborough UK) Girl From The North Country (MOVIE)
Dec 6-10 (Toronto) Don't Look Back
Dec 25 (United States) A Complete Unknown Movie Opening
Jan 17 (UK/Europe) A Complete Unknown Movie Opening
Jan 23 (Australia) A Complete Unknown Movie Opening
Jan 21 (New York) Mary Lee's Corvette - BOTT
Multi-Date Events
Oct 19 - Nov 16 (US Tour) The Last Waltz 2024 Tour
Sept '24 - June'25 - Bob Dylan in London Walking Tour
Chrome Horse - Tribute Shows - Regular Dates in US
Simply Dylan - Tribute Shows - Regular Dates in UK
Mar 3 - 13, 2025: Cat Power Australia 2025 Tour
Complete List of Worldwide: Bob Dylan Events Calendar
New Video
Two Hours of Dylan Stories
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