Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan and Dawes at the Peabody Opera House, 04/23/13: Review and Setlist

Bob Dylan | Dawes April 23, 2013 The Peabody Opera House For Bob Dylan's visit to St. Louis last night -- his first since October 2010 and the fourteenth stop on his current tour -- the Peabody Opera House (14th and Market streets; 314-241-1888 ) stage was backed by a full-height semicircular bla ... More >>

The Six Best Phil Ramone Productions

Phil Ramone was not a member of the Ramones. He was also not Phil Spector. He was something in between, a musician who handled the controls for many legendary recordings beginning in the 1960s. Ramone died Saturday of a brain aneurysm at the age of 79. In his honor, here are the six best Phil Ramone ... More >>

The Fourteen Best Forgotten Woody Guthrie Covers

No American songwriter has produced a more malleable, sing-able and shareable body of work than Woodrow Wilson Guthrie. Decades after his death, his archives continue to yield sweet, unfinished fruit for the likes of Jay Farrar, Billy Bragg and the Klezmatics (for starters) and his songs continue to ... More >>

The 10 Most WTF Crimes Committed by Musicians

​Surely you have heard the charges made against Coheed and Cambria's bassist, Michael Todd, alleging that he robbed a Walgreens pharmacy before a performance, leaving with multiple bottles of oxycodone and hailing a taxi to the band's performance in Massachusetts. Hilariously baffling? Of cour ... More >>

The Ten Most Effective American Protest Songs

This one doesn't make the cut, unfortunately.​It's Fourth of July weekend, and in the haze of the heat, barbecue, domestic beer, and red-white-and-blue buntings, it's easy to get caught up in ranting-chanting, "USA! USA! USA!" The founding fathers and a lot of musicians might not agree with ... More >>

Ten Best Things to Do in St. Louis This Weekend: May 27-30

Kalin Haydon ​The Gorge is putting out its long-awaited debut, Prehistoric Relapse, tonight at the Firebird. Curren$y brings his Jet Life Tour to the Old Rock House, and that's just the beginning for tonight: Dylan gets a proper birthday tribute at Off Broadway with a gaggle of great locals d ... More >>

Shot Of Love: Bob Dylan 70th Birthday Tribute

8 p.m. Friday, May 27. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

Bob Dylan's Five Least Receptive Audiences

Image via​Bob Dylan played his first ever show in Vietnam over the weekend as part of a brief tour of Asia. There was some amount of fanfare associated with this tour, and this stop in particular, given that so much of Dylan's most vibrant work was written as a response to military action in p ... More >>

Recap: Bob Dylan Conference at UMSL, March 19 -- All Along the Ivory Tower

Image via​On Saturday, March 19, about 30 people - a mix of middle-aged-and-older Dylanheads, Hellenic Studies and Classics scholars, and a couple of students - gathered at the University of Missouri-St. Louis for a conference exploring connections between Bob Dylan and ancient Greece. Titled ... More >>

Bob Dylan Academic Conference Coming to UMSL This Weekend

​Tomorrow, March 19, scholars and fans alike will gather at UMSL for a day-long conference to discuss Bob Dylan's connection with the Classics. "Bob Dylan: Immigrants, Wanderers, Exiles and Hard Travelers in the Poems, Songs and Culture of Ancient Greece and Modern America" takes place from 10 ... More >>

Bob Dylan Academic Conference Coming to UMSL This Weekend

​Tomorrow, March 19, scholars and fans alike will gather at UMSL for a day-long conference to discuss Bob Dylan's connection with the Classics. "Bob Dylan: Immigrants, Wanderers, Exiles and Hard Travelers in the Poems, Songs and Culture of Ancient Greece and Modern America" takes place from 10 ... More >>

The Ten Best Moments of the 2011 Grammy Awards

​Miss the Grammys telecast? Couldn't care less about the awards? Either way, A to Z watched the entire show - and even some of the pre-show -- so you didn't have to. Here are ten highlights from the night. Mavis Staples winning her first Grammy If you weren't watching the pre-show telecast, y ... More >>

Bah Humbug! Brits Aren't Going for the Sprout Surprise Whopper.

How about a Burger King Sprout Surprise for a quick Christmas nosh? Eater.com says that the Brits aren't thrilled with the holiday concoction, which was being sold in three U.K. cities until today. The burger features Emmentaler cheese and what looks like a fried patty of mashed Brussels sprouts. It ... More >>

Show Review Setlist: Bob Dylan Alive and Kicking at the Chaifetz Arena, Thursday, October 21

​What can one say of the man about whom everything has been said? What new and reverent nickname can a music writer ascribe to Obi-Bob Kenobi? How many synonyms are there for "raspy"? The answers, my friends, are irrelevant. Let's start here: Promptly at 8 p.m. last night, Bob Dylan emerged ... More >>

Bob Dylan

8 p.m. Thursday, October 21. The Chaifetz Arena, One South Compton Avenue.

Win a Pair of Bob Dylan Tickets!

Diana BenantiDylan tickets!​Yes, you read that right -- we have a pair of tickets to give away to tomorrow night's Bob Dylan show at the Chaifetz Arena. One lucky winner will get 'em! Because it's Dylan, this contest is a bit more involved: In the comments section, leave your full name and a ... More >>

New Release Highlights for October 19: Bob Dylan Releases The Witmark Demos and The Original Mono Recordings

(New albums are typically released on Tuesdays, i.e., today. What can you spend your hard-earned pennies on this week? Find out below.) Bob Dylan's The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964​*Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series: The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964 Guardian said of the Witmark Demos: "The latest Christm ... More >>

Show Announcements: Week of September 16

We won't insult you by describing Bob Dylan. He's at Chaifetz Arena October 21. That is all you need to know. ​ Chaifetz Arena *Bob Dylan, October 21 The Firebird *Kinch, October 25 *Kinetix, October 29 *Mayer Hawthorne and the County, October 12 *Sons of Black Mass, October 23

Bob Dylan Returning to St. Louis This Fall, Releasing Very Cool Archival Recordings

​Bob Dylan's scheduled to make his annual appearance in St. Louis on Thursday, October 21, at the Chaifetz Arena. That's according to his official website, which also notes that tickets go on sale on Friday, September 17. (No word yet from the Chaifetz on price, although that's likely coming s ... More >>

Rock the Bells: Get in the spirit with the RFT's annual holiday-album rodeo

Bob Dylan To Release a Christmas Album. This Is Not a Joke.

(Via Aimee, via the NY Times, whose headline, "Sleigh, Lady, Sleigh," wins for the day) Bob Dylan's releasing a Christmas album on October 13 called Christmas in the Heart. According to Bob's website, the tracklisting will include songs such as Here Comes Santa Claus," "Winter Wonderland" and "Littl ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Bob Dylan on the East Side, DJ Richie Hawton at Koken Art Factory, Counting Crows Under the Arch

The long weekend behind us, here's what you might have missed.Bob Dylan at GCS BallparkPhoto: Roy KastenBob Dylan and Donnie Herron at the end of the nightOn Thursday night, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson performed at GCS Ballpark (home to the Gateway Grizzlies minor league team) in Sa ... More >>

Bob Dylan/Willie Nelson/John Mellencamp

5:30 p.m. Thursday, July 2. GCS Ballpark, 2301 Grizzlie Bear Boulevard, Sauget, Illinois.

Bob Dylan: Pulitzer Prize Winner

One of Us Must Know

The elusive Bob Dylan, masterfully considered, in I'm Not There.

Elvis Costello and Bob Dylan, Together at the Fabulous Fox Theatre -- Literally! -- on October 22

Maria Muldaur

9 p.m. Friday, April 27. Lucas School House (1220 Allen Avenue).

"My son [and I] both 'harvested' enemy troops, me in 1966 and him in 1991. The only reason we are in Iraq now is for Bush to cover his daddy's ass."

Week of September 14, 2006

Get Busy Livin'

The moans on Dylan’s latest aren’t exactly of the morbid death-rattle variety.

Motorcycles, Part 2

(Meshuggah, The Loop)

Motorcycles

(Meshuggah, The Loop)

Letters Column

Week of May 4, 2006

Blowhard in the Wind

Bob Dylan's Fox show leaves something to be desired

DVDish

The Riverfront Times' top picks for the week of September 20, 2005

Hullabaloo, Volume 11 (1997)

Dionne Warwick brings the pain

Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson

Friday, July 8; GMC Stadium (Sauget Industrial Park Drive and Goose Lake Road, Sauget, Illinois)

Paul Burch

Saturday, December 11; Frederick's Music Lounge

Yo La Tengo

Thursday, June 10; Mississippi Nights

Lights! Camera! Life!

Meet world-renowned documentarians D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus at Webster University (and see eight of their classic films)

Dylan Friends

In which Radar Station meets some folks who kinda like Bob Dylan

Twist of Fate

This Bob Dylan movie is as inscrutable as Bob Dylan music

Berlin Wall

The Living Things' Berlin brothers pull the wool over Radar Station's eyes

Bob Dylan

Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue (Columbia/Legacy)

Best Songwriter Under 30

Matt Ahearn

Paperback Writers

The latest music books struggle to demystify pop culture's greatest enigmas

Look Ahead

D.A. Pennebaker doesn't make history, but he's captured so much of it

Hall Pass

Looking for influence, significance, development and perpetuation at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

1998: The Year in Music

The Byrds