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Sunday, November 23, 2025
at 0650 CET

Dylan related
1. Clouds of Blood and Hazelnut Chariots: Bob Dylan Dismantles His Own Tomb BS17 Fragments (The FM Club) by Craig Danuloff, from Jacob Daniel
2. Tangled up in clues 2007 (LA Times) from Scott Miller
3. Bob Dylan in Dublin: in the shadows of Joyce, Yeats, Beckett, Wilde and Behan. 2009 (Ballylara) from Scott Miller
4. Dylan’s Philosophy of Modern Song: The Pretender (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
5. THE KAREN HUGHES INTERVIEW IN SYDNEY APRIL 1, 1978 On touring (Bread Crumb Sins) from Scott Miller
6. “The Villagers Were the Key to Making This Film Happen”: ‘THR Presents’ Q&A With ‘Sun Never Again’ Director David Jovanovic Hollis Brown (Hollywood Reporter) from Cliff Warnken
7. "Born-Again Bob Gets Booed" 1979-11-01, Warfield, San Francisco, CA (Flagging Down the Double E's) by Ray Padgett
   
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8. How the Beatles Got Their Hooks Into Gen X and Never Let Go Anthology. Shared article (NY Times) from Scott Miller
9. Inside The Beatles’ rise: “Anthology” shines again with a revelatory new restoration (Salon) from Scott Miller
10. Beatles' 'Anthology' update shows just 'how good they were' says Giles Martin (USA Today) from Scott Miller
11. At 83, Paul McCartney takes Hamilton crowd through longest list of greatest hits any artist ever had (CBC) from Bob Harwood
12. Eagles Singer Don Henley Scores Legal Victory as Judge Tosses Out “Hotel California” Lawsuit (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
13. ‘Agony uncle’ Bill Nighy leads rise of the celebrity podcast (theguardian) from Tiernan Henry
14. “And in comes this thin, 98-pound, translucent dude.” The guitar legend who launched David Bowie and John Lennon to the top of the charts, got high with Paul McCartney and talked back to Chuck Berry Carlos Alomar (Guitar Player) from Jacob Daniel
    
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15. Emerging Artist ‘Muscles Up’ Bob Dylan Classic — Outperforming the Original (Parade) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken
16. Classic Clips: Emmylou Harris “Where Will I Be” – BBC Later… with Jools Holland, 1995 (Americana UK) from Scott Miller
17. Saturday Sessions: Robert Plant performs "Higher Rock" (YouTube) from psamdancin
18. You Never Give Me Your Money (Take 36) Beatles Anthology (YouTube) from Scott Miller
19. I Need You (Take 1) Beatles Anthology (YouTube) from Scott Miller
20. ill-advised by Bill Nighy (Apple Podcasts)
21. Bob Dylan — Key West (Philosopher Pirate) in Belfast. November 20, 2025. Night two (YouTube) from Cliff Warnken
22. Bob Dylan Crossing the Rubicon in Belfast. Night 2. November 20, 2025. nm recording (YouTube) from Cliff Warnken
23. Ralph Gleason's Anthology of San Francisco Rock (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
24. The Traveling Wilburys " Inside Out " Multi-Camera- Take 1 (YouTube) 1000
    
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25. David Lynch and Bob Dylan Inspire Serbian Mining Village Film (zoombangla) from Cliff Warnken
26. Bob Dylan – Things Have Changed Review (Cult Following) from Cliff Warnken
27. Nine things we learned from Sir Salman Rushdie’s Desert Island Discs (BBC Radio 4) from Cliff Warnken
28. Danish: Kira Skov og Anne-Marie Mai fortæller om Bob Dylans Time out of Mind København 26.11 (Ord og toner)
29. The Ballad of Blake Mills Now updated with videos (The Joker and the Thief) from Trev Gibb 1700
30. The man in the long black coat: Bob Dylan on Leeson Street 2014 (The Irish Times) from Cliff Warnken

Saturday, November 22, 2025
at 0600 CET

Dylan related
1. Interview: Bob Dylan Center Director Steven Jenkins (Americana Highways) from Cliff Warnken
2. Bob Dylan Dusts off Little-Known Van Morrison Gem at Belfast Show—and It Was the Stuff of Legends (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken
3. Bob Dylan Covers Van Morrison’s ‘Going Down To Bangor’ In Belfast (JamBase) from Scott Miller
4. Night 2 Belfast Finale (reddit) from Cliff Warnken
5. Was It Really That Bad? It Featured Some of the Biggest Names in Modern Music, and Yet Most Fans Despised This Album (Ultimate Guitar) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken
6. Bob Dylan, Underground Artist Chapter Seven ("I Don't Love Nobody") by Steven Thwaits
   
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7. Neil Young Sets 2026 Tour With the Chrome Hearts (Best Classic Bands) from Greg Brodsky, Scott Miller
8. The Ten Best Songs From The New Beatles Anthology 4 Reviewed! (Mojo) from Scott Miller
9. Going Down to Bangor Lyrics (Genius) from Scott Miller
10. Charabanc Fever (Boak & Bailey) from Scott Miller
11. Grand Ole Opry Announces Historic Hank Williams Tribute — With a First-Ever Family Moment (Parade) from Cliff Warnken
12. My Neil Young book is done! It'll be a while 'till you - or me see it...but (John's Substack) by John Nogowski
    
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13. Going Down To Bangor With Van Morrison - Middlesborough 01.03.2002 (YouTube) from Scott Miller
14. Bob Dylan — Every Grain of Sand / Going Down to Bangor. Belfast. November 20, 2025. nm recording (YouTube) from Cliff Warnken
15. Robert Plant: Tiny Desk Concert (npr) from Scott Miller
16. ICYMI, Circa 1963: The Beatles’ Rare Swedish TV Performance That Marked Their First Big Set Outside of the UK (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
17. Bob Dylan the concert series: 1982 (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
18. Listen to the Previously Unheard “Take 1” of the Classic Beatles Ballad “In My Life,” from the Band’s New ‘Anthology 4’ Compilation (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
19. The Beatles: Anthology 4 - Apple Music - Spotify
20. Barry Gibb recalls brave Bee Gees TV performance of Bob Dylan song to protest the Vietnam War (Upworthy) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken
21. Mocking the maestro: Five songs that brutally diss Bob Dylan (Far Out) from Scott Miller
22. Dylan in the Madhouse ( On Castle Street) BBC Arena (YouTube) from bill laing
23. Bob Dylan — I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You. Belfast. November 20, 2025 (YouTube) from Cliff Warnken, Jacob Daniel
    
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24. Radiohead deliver a spell-binding, hit-packed set in London (BBC) from Martin Cowan
25. How can you tell if your new favourite artist is a real person? (BBC) from Martin Cowan
26. "Make you feel my love" in Wiradjuri (Australian aboriginal) language (YouTube) from John McBride
27. The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Live 1966 – The “Royal Albert Hall” Concert (Dylan Revisited) from Colm Larkin 1300
28. How to play "It's All Over Now Baby Blue" - Brighton, November 7th 2025 (The Joker and the Thief) 1400
29. Bob Dylan at the Waterfront (reddit) from Cliff Warnken 1500
30. My collection of thoughts on the Copenhagen show (reddit) from Cliff Warnken

Friday, November 21, 2025
at 0645 CET

Dylan related
1. Yeats & Dylan (Shadow Chasing) by Graley Herren
2. Bob Dylan in Belfast review: This voice of a generation is startling and crisp clear Subscr. (The Irish Times) from Scott Miller
3. Belfast (reddit) from Cliff Warnken
4. Making a mind map of Bob Dylan (telegrafi) from Cliff Warnken
5. “We are, first and foremost, Bob Dylan fans - the idea of being excluded from future shows is truly devastating”: Owner of Dylan fansite is kicked out of gig for being an "unwanted person." (musicradar) from Scott Miller
6. Alternative Bob (Luke McKernan) from Scott Miller
7. From A Buick 6 part 4: The Three Princes of Serendip (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
   
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8. Ken Burns on his American Revolution documentary: ‘We won’t work on a more important film’ (theguardian) from Scott Miller
9. “Ringo used to say that the Beatles would have only made three albums if it wasn’t for Paul”: Giles Martin unpacks the upcoming remastered Beatles Anthology series (musicradar) from Scott Miller
10. I Might Live a Thousand Years: Zuma Turns 50 (Paste) from Scott Miller
11. The Grand Ole Opry at 100 Shared article (NY Times) from Scott Miller
12. "The bank robber seemed like a nice bloke. Said he had all my albums": The story of the wild tour that sent Joe Cocker over the edge (Louder) from Scott Miller
13. The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger Made a Surprise Visit to His Old Grammar School and Sang with Some of the Music Students (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
14. My own "Left Of The Dial" Scotty Moore, The Replacements and fame (John's Substack) by John Nogowski
15. How did The Band first end up playing with Bob Dylan? (Far Out) from Scott Miller
    
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16. A shaggy Bob Dylan with a slightly rough but not rowdy "It Ain't Me, Babe" from July 26, 1991. (YouTube) from Carol Casper, Jacob Daniel
17. Bob Dylan — Every Grain of Sand in Belfast. November 19, 2025. Introduces his band before it (YouTube) from Cliff Warnken
18. Dylan's Worst (Luke McKernan) from Scott Miller
19. "If I didn't have singing I probably would have murdered somebody": Two of rock's great concert films are now free to watch on YouTube (Louder) from Scott Miller
20. James Taylor- Carolina In My Mind (Grand Ole Opry Debut) (YouTube) from Scott Miller
21. Joe Cocker - She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (Live From Mad Dogs & Englishmen) (YouTube) from Scott Miller
22. He Influenced Legends: Bob Dylan, Paul Simon & The Beatles Jesse Dylan and Priscilla Cohen with Martin Carthy (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
23. Graham Parker | Protection (HQ) (YouTube) from John Bernstein
24. Watch the Bobfest rehearsals (The Joker and the Thief)
25. Bob Dylan — My Own Version of You. Belfast night 2. November 20, 2025. nm recording (YouTube) from Cliff Warnken
26. Bob Dylan — Going Down to Bangor. Belfast. November 20, 2025. Song by Van Morrison (YouTube) from Cliff Warnken
    
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27. Bob Dylan performs Van Morrison's 'Going Down To Bangor' live in Belfast (Hot Press) Cliff Warnken
28. In A Coruña, a new exhibition celebrates the ‘grandeur and beauty’ of Annie Leibovitz’s photography (Wallpaper) from Cliff Warnken
29. Bob Dylan – Farm Aid 2025 Review (Cult Following) from Cliff Warnken
30. Thin Lizzy, 74-75 - Night Life / Fighting: Expanding the parameters of Rock (the arts desk) from John Carvill
31. Chris Stapleton – “Bad As I Used To Be” | Live at CMA Awards 2025 (YouTube) from psamdancin