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Wednesday, September 16, 2026
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Dylan related
1. BOB DYLAN ANNOUNCES MASSIVE 39-DISC BOX SET CHRONICLING 1976 ROLLING THUNDER REVUE (Rolling Stone) from Cliff Warnken, Scott Miller
2. Bob Dylan’s 1976 bay area swing coming in massive CD set (St Pet Catalyst) from Cliff Warnken, Scott Miller
3. Rolling Stone asked me to interview Bob Dylan a handful of times over the years (Mikal Gilmore on Facebook) from Scott Miller
4. “The Chimes of Freedom: Songs of Bob Dylan” is a magnificent collection of great voices doing Dylan songs. (The Word Merchant) from Cliff Warnken
5. In Which We Opine on the Godfather of All Songwriters, One Bob Dylan (This Recording) from Cliff Warnken
6. Bob Dylan vs Phil Ochs (The Dylan Review's Substack) from Billy Innes
7. 1966 Bob Dylan Hit, Ranked Among ‘Greatest Songs of All Time,’ Was Recorded in One Take on Valentine’s Day (Parade) from Scott Miller
8. 2026 Gambling Song Psychology: Why Luck Songs Endure (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
9. Bob Dylan, April 21, 1993: Shows I’ll Never Forget (Something Else!) from Cliff Warnken
10. Bob Dylan And Sparks 2023 (SFL Music) from Scott Miller
11. Bob Dylan On Creativity: A Different Gallon Jug In A Different Backyard (Zen Mountain Journal) from Matt Ramige
12. The ‘Dylan Dress’: How Bob Dylan’s face ended up on one of the 1960s’ strangest fashion items (Far Out) from Scott Miller
13. Alfred University to host concert featuring the music of Bob Dylan Sept 27th (Wellsville Sun) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken
    
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14. “It’s the first long-form video - I can’t think of a band that would let their lead guitarist fall flat on his face in the opening scene”: Giles Martin on the enduring importance of The Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night (musicradar) from Scott Miller
15. Celine Dion returns to the stage after battling rare illness (npr) from Scott Miller
16. Neil Young Exclusive: “There’s nothing left on the shelf that I didn’t think was good – it wouldn’t have made it to the shelf!” (Mojo) from Scott Miller
17. Neil Young Second Song reviewed: A late-career classic (Mojo) from Scott Miller
18. Snappy answers to dumb questions What hath Mad Magazine wrought? (John's Substack) by John Nogowski
    
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19. Bob Dylan The Rolling Thunder Revue, 1976 Deluxe Box Set Announcement! Americana Sam (YouTube) from Scott Miller
20. January 22/23 '76... Instrumental Rentals Studio rehearsals... Dylan (YouTube) from Scott Miller
21. The Best and Worst Song From Every Beatles Album of the Beatlemania Era (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
22. Bob Dan live , ft. T Bone Burnett & Joan Baez , Silver Mantis , Mobile 1976 (YouTube) from Scott Miller
23. Eric Burdon - One More Cup Of Coffee (Live, 1976) ♫♥ (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
24. DOC & MERLE WATSON - Don't Think Twice, It's Alright (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
    
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25. Norwegian: Lanois og Bjella ut av skodda (LeffesLab)
26. Coming Soon: 'Bob Dylan’s The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1976 Live Recordings (Bob Dylan on Facebook)

Tuesday, September 15, 2026
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Dylan related
1. Bob Dylan movie sparks memories for Portland sound engineer Dennis Darby (OPB 2025) from Cliff Warnken
2. Encounters with Bob Dylan Register (The Memoirist) from Scott Miller
3. Life Lived Like a Song: Bob Dylan’s Chronicles and Beat Literature (Working Title) from Cliff Warnken
4. ‘He would have been the center of everything’: the art exhibition imagining if Emmett Till lived (theguardian) from Scott Miller
5. Concert Review: Dylan and Nelson Spark Joy at Outlaw Music Festival, Raleigh, July 27, 2025 (The Paul Leslie Hour) from Cliff Warnken
6. Love and theft: Bob Dylan in Auckland, reviewed 2018 (The Spinoff) from Cliff Warnken
7. Murder Most Foul part 6: They all jumped out of a rotten potato (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
8. Bob Dylan’s handwritten lyrics for two ‘Blood on the Tracks’ songs head to auction (The Music Universe) from Scott Miller
9. Revisiting Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue: By Michael Goldberg (Rhythms) from Scott Miller
10. Bob reveals Dissociative Identity Disorder for the first time. Pretending not that I don’t know (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
11. Classic Album Review: Bob Dylan | Love And Theft (Tinnitist) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken
12. Kierkegaard, Bob Dylan, and how to become yourself (iai news) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken
13. Concert review: Bob Dylan, Spark Arena (Newstalk ZB) from Cliff Warnken
14. BOB DYLAN, Spark Arena Auckland, August 26 2018 (Crave Podcast) from Cliff Warnken
    
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15. Second Song by Neil Young (Restless and Real) by Doug Heselgrave
16. The Beatles share early version of ‘Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)’ featuring George Harrison sitar mastery (NME) from Bob Harwood, Scott Miller
17. In-concert memories linger Some shows you remember, others you don’t (John's Substack) by John Nogowski
18. Don Was, Who Stood Up to Bob Dylan Over George Harrison Recording, Turns 74 (Parade) from Scott Miller
19. Touring can take musicians to isolating, anxious extremes. Access to therapy on the road is a vital support (theguardian) from Martin Cowan
20. Beck: Ride Lonesome review – stunning end to the heartache trilogy of Sea Change and Morning Phase (theguardian) from Martin Cowan
21. Revisiting 6 albums that came out on September 11, 2001 (Paste) from Scott Miller
22. Why the Byrds were the most influential American band of the 1960s (Uncut) from Scott Miller
23. ‘Pretenders’ Review: A Superb Portrait of Chrissie Hynde and Her Legendary Band Captures Their Incandescence…and Tragedy (Variety) from Mick Gold, Scott Miller
24. Forgotten Singer, Compared to Bob Dylan and Cat Stevens, Vanished for 30 Years—Then Was Found Alive (Parade) from Scott Miller
25. So, what exactly is Americana music? (Best Music You Have Never Heard) from Cliff Warnken
    
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26. Going, Going, Gone (Live at Tarrant County Convention Center Arena, Fort Worth, TX - May 16, 1976) (mora.jp)
27. Humming Bird (Johnny Wright/Jim Anglin/Jack Anglin) 8 November 2001 Toronto (YouTube) from Scott Miller
28. Johnnie & jack - humming bird (YouTube) from Scott Miller
29. BOB DYLAN'S RESTLESS FAREWELL: IT'S CLOSING TIME (from 'Dig Yourself') (YouTube) from Chris Gregoru
30. Bob Dylan & His Band I`ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You Leeds 14th November 2025 (YouTube) from andrew nieurzyla 0800
31. Going, Going, Gone (Live at Tarrant County Convention Center Arena, Fort Worth, TX - May 16, 1976) (YouTube) from andrew nieurzyla 0900
    
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32. The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1976 Live Recordings 39 CD, Nov 6 (amazon.com) from Mick Gold, Derek Keogh
33. Bob Dylan: Through the Open Window, 1956–1963 By Sean Wilentz, Oct 13 (Publishers Weekly) from Gabby Fisher 1400 (amazon.com - .co.uk - .de)
34. Bob Dylan Dropping 31 Hour, 39 CD, 371 Unreleased Tracks of “Rolling Thunder Live” Box Set in November Featuring Joan Baez, 50th Anniversary of Tour (Showbiz 411) from Cliff Warnken
35. Bob Dylan – Going, Going, Gone (The 1976 Live Recordings) Review (Cult Following) from Cliff Warnken
36. The “most consistent” artists of all time, according to George Harrison (Far Out) from Martin Cowan
37. Bob Dylan Announces 39-CD ‘Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1976 Live Recordings’ Box Set (xs noize) from Cliff Warnken 1500
38. Bob Dylan to release ‘The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1976 Live Recordings’ (NME) from Cliff Warnken
39. Listen to a preview from Bob Dylan’s The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1976 Live Recordings (Uncut) from Cliff Warnken
40. Bob Dylan / The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1976 Live Recordings (SuperDeluxeEdition) from Cliff Warnken
41. The Rolling Thunder Revue The 1976 Live Recordings + iTunes Digital Download (bobdylan.lnk.to)

Monday, September 14, 2026
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Dylan related
1. 50 Years Later: Bob Dylan’s ‘Hard Rain’ Reveals The Dark, Personal Side Of The Rolling Thunder Revue (glide) from Cliff Warnken
2. Bob Dylan 80th year recollections and anecdotes (HankinsonHolmes) from Cliff Warnken
3. University of Chicago Folk Festival to Bob Dylan: “You ain’t it, babe!” (Mouse Magazine) from Cliff Warnken
4. Locals recall Bob Dylan's impact ahead of Hill Auditorium show 2010 (The Ann Arbor News) from Cliff Warnken
5. Dylan fans recall 1990 show in Santa Fe (Santa Fe New Mexican) from Cliff Warnken
6. Gil Kane, Memory Drawing, and Bob Dylan’s Self Portrait (The Hooded Utilitarian) from Cliff Warnken
   
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7. Rubber Soul (Uncut pages on Facebook)
8. Camera-Shy Chrissie Hynde on Finally Allowing a Definitive Doc to Be Made About the Pretenders, Bowing in Toronto: ‘I Just Wanted to Be in a Band. I’ve Never Graduated Beyond That Initial Interest in It’ (Variety) from Barry Daw
   
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9. "Knockin' On Dylan's Door (BobFest)" "September anniversaries, Oh Mercy, Tempest, Love & Theft, Hard Rain" Select: Listen Live 88.1 FM WCWP 9-11 pm DST (WCWP 88.1 FM) from G. Walsh
10. Bob Dylan - Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking Tel Aviv 20 Juni 2011 (YouTube) from John Spoor
11. Bob Dylan – Polly Vaughn | A Haunting Unreleased Studio Recording (1992) (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
12. Ricky Skaggs - Wings of A Dove (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
    
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13. Six Dylan albums to be reissued on vinyl Nov 6: Empire Burlesque, Greatest Hits Volume 3, Knocked Out Loaded, Dylan, Self Portrait, At Budokan.
14. Koncert med Straylight Band - Bob Dylan "Things have changed" Thu 17, Brande, DK (Facebook) from Lars M Banke
15. “It’s about having a space that’s big enough to tell 132 years of stories” Gibson’s Mark Agnesi on why Miami’s new Gibson Garage is its biggest yet (Guitar) from Cliff Warnken 1500
16. On The Map: Tulsa’s The Bob Dylan Center Offers Intimate Look Into Legend’s Creative Process; Chris Hilman Shares Five Favorite Dylan Songs (glide) from Cliff Warnken
17. “Bob Dylan Pushed Me Way Out of My Comfort Zone”: T Bone Burnett, the Mysterious 13X Grammy Winning Producer and Soundtrack Wizard (The Great Creators) from Cliff Warnken 1600
18. For The Sake Of The Song: Bob Dylan “Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)” (Americana UK) from Cliff Warnken