Seven Days: Oct 21 - 27, 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: Stuttgart GY, Saarbrucken GY, Paris FR
Next Week: Esch-sur-Alzette Lux, Antwerp BG, Bournmouth UK, Liverpool U<
New News/Reviews
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue in Stuttgart (Cohenpedia) [5]
"But Dylan’s vocals, which are much too quiet or badly controlled, don’t sound well mixed, which unfortunately doesn’t improve much in the course of the concert. A circumstance that apparently animates Dylan to less nuance, especially in the quiet songs."
Watching The River Flow in Saarbrücken (Cohenpedia) [5]
"When he tries to express the slightest gradations, to make imperceptible differences perceptible and to alternately distinguish, strengthen or diminish his voice, he gives even more expression to the spoken word, sometimes sung or 'crooned'."
Dylan, in majesty in Paris (DayFREuro) [5]
"Never being where you expect him to be. And especially not on the same ground as the previous time… Last night in Paris, Bob Dylan did not renounce his principles."
Bob Dylan delights Paris (Le Monde) [3]
"PAYWALL - There was no encore, on Thursday, October 24, not even for his comeback to the great concert hall of La Seine musicale, on the Ile Seguin, in the western Paris suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt."
Storyteller in Action!” – Bob Dylan in Paris, 24th of October 2024 (JohnnyBorganBlog) [8]
"No, I’m not saying this was the best show I’ve seen, but it was unique and it was different, for me, because I could SEE the working man telling his story, I could SEE how important it was, the whole night, to lean in and really tell us the story, not just by singing the song."
Dylan in Paris, 25th of October, 2024 (JohnnyBorganBlog) [8]
"His eyes are still blue, and he is still searching for the great beyond of great poetry, beyond the horizon line, beyond what is possible to know and to say, and he still asks himself what Julius Cæsar would do."
Two Nights in Paris (Flagging Down The Double E's) [8]
"On the opening night, he sings softly and with care, considering each line with attention. But perhaps tonight this tenderness is at the cost of the fire and brimstone that often fills Dylan’s best vocal performances."
Best of The Week
Our favorite stories and links from the past week
Dylan surrounded by 'parties all night' as he books into same hotel as Frankfurt Book Fair (The Bookseller) [3]
"He posted on X (formerly Twitter) that he was at 'the hotel in Frankfurt' while a 'publishing convention' was taking place. He noted that 'every room' in the hotel was booked and that there were parties being held 'all night.'"
Joan Baez Enters Several Charts for The First Time (Forbes) [1]
"“Diamonds & Rust” debuts at No. 56 on this week’s Official Singles Downloads chart in the U.K. The same track is new on the Official Singles Sales list at No. 61."
Mickey Raphael Talks Playing Harmonica with Dylan (Flagging Down The Double E's) [10]
"It wasn’t like I even focused on the audience. I’m playing it for him, basically. It could have just been he and I in a room. That’s all I focused on, what he was doing."
New Podcasts This Week
The latest streaming Dylan shows. Most links to Apple Podcasts
The Dylantantes
Nothing is Revealed
Elegant Ramblings
What About Bob (Catalog Sale)
Medicine Via myPod
Dylan's Journey Through Creativity (Spotify)
The Bourbon Daily
Checkin' in With Hein & Johnny
The Agency
Headful of Ideas
The Dylan Hours
Upcoming Dylan-Related Events
Selection from our constantly updated Bob Dylan Events Calendar
NEW
Nov 13 (Philadelphia) Bob Dylan: Prophet Without God
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Nov 3 (Liverpool UK) Barb Jungr Sings Dylan & Cohen
Nov 7 (Dublin IR) Dylan's Greatest Rejected Tracks
Nov 9th (Washington DC) Last Waltz Tribute
Nov 14 (London UK) Ten Rare Objects
Nov 17 (Tavistock UK) Tribute to Joni & Bob
Nov 12 (Belfast IR) Dylan's Greatest Rejected Tracks
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
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