Bob Dylan

Born: May 24, 1941 in Duluth, MN
Avg.User Rating: 
3437 Ratings
Rate this artist:
Genre: Rock
Styles: Rock & Roll, Country-Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Political Folk, Folk-Rock, Pop/Rock, Album Rock, AM Pop
Biography: Bob Dylan's influence on popular music is incalculable. As a songwriter, he pioneered several different schools of pop songwriting, from confessional singer/songwriter to winding, hallucinatory, stream of conscious narratives. As a vocalist, he broke down the notion that a singer must have a conventionally ...Read full biography
Highway 61 Revisited
Released: 1965
Label: COLUMBIA
Critics' Rating:
Taking the first, electric side of Bringing It All Back Home to its logical conclusion, Bob Dylan hired a full rock & roll band, featuring guitarist Michael Bloomfield, for Highway 61 Revisited. Opening ...Read full review
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Released: 1963
Label: COLUMBIA
Critics' Rating:
It's hard to overestimate the importance of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, the record that firmly established Dylan as an unparalleled songwriter, one of considerable skill, imagination, and vision. At the ...Read full review
Songwriters play central role in new music books
Songwriting team featured in 2 of season's best books about music
Dec 18, 5:24 AM EST
Obama salutes jazz great Brubeck at Kennedy Center
Stars, politicians line up to honor Springsteen, De Niro, Brubeck, with Kennedy Center Honors
Dec 7, 9:12 AM EST
Last living member of the Clancy Brothers dies at 74
Ireland's Liam Clancy, last of the 1960s folk revivalist Clancy Brothers, dies in Cork aged 74
Dec 4, 1:22 PM EST
Katey Sagal: Happy as the mom on 'Sons of Anarchy'
Katey Sagal is shining in the darkness of her gritty motorcycle drama, 'Sons of Anarchy'
Nov 27, 3:04 PM EST
buy album from Zune
advertisement
Music data provided by: