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Thursday, January 1, 2026
at 0615 CET - Happy New Year!

Dylan related
1. Ron Rosenbaum Explores Bob Dylan’s Shifting Genius In ‘Things Have Changed’ (That Eric Alper) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken
2. The Pre-“Auld Lang Syne” New Year’s Eve Sing-Along Covered Centuries Later by Sinéad O-Connor, The Pogues, and More That Inspired a Bob Dylan Song (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
3. Play it loud: The power and memories that music holds (Hometown Focus) from Cliff Warnken, Jacob Daniel
4. Bob Dylan - SEC Armadillo, Glasgow, Britain, 11-17-2025 (Albums That Should Exist) from Scott Miller
5. Folk, rock music icon Bob Dylan to Perform at UT Tyler Cowan Center, handful of tickets remain Subscr. (The Henderson News) from Cliff Warnken
6. Listening Party at the Majestic Explores Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 451: Unavailable due to legal reasons. (This site is too lazy to adapt to the EEA's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)) (Conway Daily Sun) from Cliff Warnken, Scott Miller, Jacob Daniel
   
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7. The Musicians We Lost in 2025 Shared article (NY Times) from Scott Miller
8. ‘La Bamba’: Tragic Teen Ritchie Valens Rocks Onto The Hot 100 (udiscovermusic) from Scott Miller
9. Graham Nash Has Delivered a Special New Year’s Message to Fans … and It’s for the Birds! (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
10. In Memoriam: 2025 Deaths (Ultimate Classic Rock) from Scott Miller
11. Former J. Geils Band Frontman Peter Wolf Extends 2026 Solo Tour into April; Sends Out Musical Holiday Message to Fans (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
12. Reconsidering the Beatles’ Second Film ‘Help!’ (sSomething Else!) from Scott Miller
13. Looking back, ahead and beyond Resisting the aging process one Substack at a time (John's Substack) by John Nogowski
    
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14. Bob Dylan Theme Time Radio Hour for the new year ~ Locks & Keys / Goodbye (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
15. Bob Dylan - Complete Watching The River Flow - Leeds 14th November 2025 (YouTube) from Scott Miller
16. Bob Dylan: "License to Kill" & "Shake a Hand" - June 6, 1986, Los Angeles (YouTube) from Scott Miller
17. Bob Dylan, the concert series: June 1996 – Berlin (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
18. Bob Dylan 02-Apr-2024 ~ Heymann Performing Arts Center, Lafayette, USA (Audio, Complete Set) (YouTube) from mr tambourine
19. Bob Dylan - Farm Aid 2023+2025 Mix (YouTube) from mr tambourine
20. U2 share Bono and The Edge’s full Woody Guthrie Prize live acoustic performance (NME) from Bob Harwood
21. RON SINGS "EVERY GRAIN OF SAND" BY BOB DYLAN In HONOUR OF HIS 75TH BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY (YouTube) from Cyrano Marzipan
22. Pete Seeger Interview on The Paul Leslie Hour Talks about the 1965 folk festival. 2012-13 (YouTube) from Paul Leslie
23. Bob Dylan and his band in Swansea. Recording of the full show on the 10th November, 2025. Night 2 (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
    
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24. One of the highlights of this year: Bob Dylan sends heartfelt words to Martin Carthy (threads) from Martin Cowan
25. Marc Ribot: Reframing Dylan Mar 19 (DukeArts) from Lee Kaufman
26. Another Year Gone By, and Bob Dylan is still out there, singing for us, at his own expense. About Bob Dylan in 2025. (Johnny B) by Johnny Borgan 1200
27. Graham Nash - A Case of You (Live / Joni Mitchell cover) (YouTube) from psamdancin 1500
28. Ricky Nelson’s sons recall haunting final call with father on 40th anniversary of deadly plane crash (NY Post) from psamdancin

Wednesday, December 31, 2025
New Year's Eve at 0625 CET

Dylan related
1. On This Day in 1974, Bob Dylan Recorded This Classic Track That’s Always Being Re-Written (And Might Have Been Inspired By Joni Mitchell) (American Songwriter) from Cliff Warnken, Scott Miller
2. MixingUp — It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Reading) (Bob Dylan Book Club) from Peter White
3. Bob Dylan – Power, Greed and Corruptible Seed Review (Cult Following) from Cliff Warnken
4. Top 10 Bob Dylan Moments of 2025 (Daily Dylan)
5. Bob Dylan’s 1974 Song Became the Unofficial Soundtrack to New Year’s Celebrations (Collider) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken
6. Le Monde, France (Come Writers And Critics) from Scott Miller
7. Empire Dylanesque How the ’80s almost destroyed Bob Dylan, and why we’re celebrating that period now (Grantland) from Cliff Warnken
8. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? part 2: density and gravity (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
9. When Bob Dylan Unplugged for ‘Good as I Been to You’ (Ultimate Classic Rock) from Scott Miller
10. Bob Dylan’s Good As I Been To You (A Green Man Review) from Scott Miller
11. Prague, 11 March + Philly, 17 Dec. 1995 (Expecting Rain Discussions) from SGB
12. How Well Do You Know Bob Dylan’s “Murder Most Foul” (NSF) from Ugur Oral
13. Infidels: A Bob Dylan Tribute Minneapolis Jan 11 (The Dakota) from Scott Miller
    
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14. Legendary Beatles Member George Harrison's Forgotten Song Is A New Year's Classic (Collider) from Scott Miller
15. 5 Outstanding Albums Released 60 Years Ago This Month in December 1965 (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
16. “I just sat down at my piano in Scotland, started playing and came up with that song. It's a sad song because it's all about the unattainable”: The story of the ballad that sparked the breakup of The Beatles (musicradar) from Scott Miller
17. Billy Joel Listed 59 People in His Single, 'We Didn't Start the Fire.' After Brigitte Bardot's Death, Only 3 Remain Alive (People) from psamdancin
18. Thanks for a rip-roaring 2025 (John's Substack) by John Nogowski
    
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19. George Harrison - Ding Dong, Ding Dong (YouTube)
20. Bob Dylan ~ Farm Aid 2025 (Pro-shot video w/ Audio Remastered by Bennyboy) (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
21. When Bob Dylan Sang ‘Hava Nagila’ (Kveller) from Lee Kaufman
22. Sara Fjellvær - Sorrow - YouTube - Spotify - Lyrics
23. Bob Dylan - Complete Watching The River Flow - Leeds 14th November 2025 (YouTube) from andrew nieurzyla 1000
    
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24. There’s Something Missing in Films About Jewish Cultural Figures Shared article (NY Times) from Cliff Warnken
25. “It Happened One Night” — New Year’s Eve With Ethan Hawke, “Stranger Things,” and Bob Dylan (Town Topics) from Cliff Warnken
26. Bob Dylan and Joan Baez – Savoy Hotel Review (Cult Following) from Cliff Warnken

Tuesday, December 30, 2025
at 0700 CET

Dylan related
1. Bob Dylan almost quit music after hearing this band's music The Heartbreakers (Daily Express U.S.) from Scott Miller
2. Bob Dylan, gambling and a live Black Diamond Bay we’ve not covered before (Untold Dylan) from Cliff Warnken, Scott Miller
   
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3. The 25 stories that defined Paste in 2025 (Paste) from Cliff Warnken
4. ‘I once Bogarted a joint from a Beatle’: Stewart Copeland of the Police (theguardian) from Scott Miller
5. Beyoncé Becomes a Billionaire, the Fifth Musician to Reach the Milestone (Variety) from Scott Miller
6. On This Day in 1952, the Last Known Photo of Hank Williams Was Captured (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
7. ‘The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’ By Craig Inciardi Tells Wild Inside Story (That Eric Alper) from Cliff Warnken
   
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8. The Philosophy of Modern Song: “La Mer”: the absolute antithesis of a Bob Dylan composition (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
9. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue / I’ve Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You. Bob Dylan. Swansea 2025 (YouTube) from Steve Lockwood, Jacob Daniel
10. Bob Dylan - Black Rider - Swansea 9th November 2025 (YouTube) from Scott Miller
11. Brigitte Bardot's ionic (at the time controversial) dance scene from "And God Created Woman" 1956 (YouTube) from Scott Miller
12. 3 Songs That John Lennon Was Accused of Stealing—Including One That Lennon (Sort Of) Admitted To (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
13. Celebrating The Oft-Overlooked Talent Of Rick Danko On His Birthday [Videos] (Live for Live Music) from Cliff Warnken
14. The Walk On Bob Dylan and his band I`ll Be Your Baby Tonight in Leeds 14.11.2025 (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
    
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15. Music in 2026: Who's releasing new albums and will Oasis play Knebworth? Rock legends Bob Dylan, U2 and The Rolling Stones have also been sweating over the mixing desk (BBC) from Jim Johnson, Martin Cowan
16. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (with guests)- The Weight (The Band cover) (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel 1300
17. Women of Americana A Celebration of American Music: From Bob Dylan to Bonnie Raitt Aspen, March 18 (Grand Junction Daily Sentinel) from Cliff Warnken