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Wednesday, April 8, 2026
at 0600 CEST

Dylan related
1. Bob Dylan, Turning 85, Adds Dates to 2026 Tour (Best Classic Bands) from Greg Brodsky
2. Bob Dylan, Lucinda Williams bring tour to AMP in Rogers July 3 (Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette) from Scott Miller
3. Bob Dylan will return to the Twin Cities for a big, outdoor gig July 6 (Bring Me The News) from Scott Miller
4. Bob Dylan (who has a Patreon now) adds new shows with Lucinda Williams & X's John Doe (Brooklyn Vegan) from Scott Miller
5. 18 Years Ago Today, Bob Dylan Was Honored for His “Profound Impact” on American Music and Culture Pulitzer (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken
6. Bob Dylan’s greatest composition of 1970 (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
7. Bob Dylan Missed His Shot At Midnight Cowboy—And It Became A Hit Anyway (American Songwriter) from Cliff Warnken
8. New Bob pics. Taken after his show in Saginaw, MI, on April 3, 2026. with Question Mark (reddit) from Vernam
9. ‘Masked and Anonymous’: Is the ‘real’ Bob Dylan on display more in his movies than in his music? (Far Out) from Cliff Warnken
10. Norwegian: Legenden Bob Dylan (Yan Friis.no)
11. She sings Dylan Redding, CT, Fri April 10 (The Granite Church) from Steven Zweifler
    
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12. 1965 No. 1 Classic Rock Hit Ranked Among the ‘Greatest Songs of All Time’ Was Written in Ten Minutes (Parade) from Scott Miller
13. 53 Years After Its Release, Pink Floyd’s ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ Is Still A Best-Selling Album (Collider) from Scott Miller
14. Henry David Thoreau (Ken Burns) from Scott Miller
15. ...but you've heard it before (John's Substack) by John Nogowski
    
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16. Bob Dylan - "Every Grain of Sand" - April 2, 2026 - Grand Rapids, MI (YouTube) from Steve Lockwood
17. Watch Bob Dylan and his band in New York 29th April 2005 (Upgrade) (YouTube) from Scott Miller

Tuesday, April 7, 2026
at 0600 CEST

Dylan related
1. Last night's Bob Dylan Louisville setlist - (Bob Links)
2. The Secret Performance Bob Dylan Filmed for the Nobel Committee (Flagging Down the Double E's) by Ray Padgett
3. Ask Greil: April 4, 2026 (Greil Marcus) from Scott Miller
4. BOB DYLAN BY GREIL MARCUS Book review (Artforum) from Scott Miller
5. The Time When a Bob Dylan Interview Unexpectedly Caught the FBI’s Eye (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
6. The day of Bob Dylan’s screen test with Andy Warhol, 1965 (Dangerous Minds) from Cliff Warnken
7. Bob Dylan's Still Going (Midbrow) from Scott Miller
8. Key West XVI The Sonic Light Being (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
9. SONGS THAT WON’T LET GO: JOAN OSBORNE BRINGS BOB DYLAN TO NEW GENERATION St. Cecilia Music Center, April 30 (Revue West Michigan) from Cliff Warnken
10. Apocalypse Now? Plus: Dylan and Lennon in the Limo (Between Rock and a Hard Place) from Scott Miller
11. An Easter Pizza Meditation: Bob Dylan's Instagram (and Patreon) Posts Part 21 ("I Don't Love Nobody") by Steven Twaits
12. When Creative Geniuses Start Making AI Slop — Opinion (InieWire) from Cliff Warnken
13. Area Briefs: Amherst Cinema to present rare Bob Dylan short films Sat, April 11 (Daily Hampshire Gazette) from Cliff Warnken
14. The Soulful Southern City That Remains Bob Dylan’s Ultimate Creative Muse (AOL) from Scott Miller
    
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15. “I thought we should create our own rock’n’roll language” – Richard Thompson interviewed (Uncut) from Scott Miller
16. Lucinda Williams, Take 6, & More Will Perform at 2026 Grammy Hall of Fame Gala (Broadway World) from Scott Miller
17. Klaus Voormann: The silly story of how I nearly joined The Beatles Register (Telegraph) from Scott Miller
18. What was the first concept album? (Far Out) from Cliff Warnken
    
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19. Route 66 - Show 335 (Mixcloud) from Steve Lockwood
20. Bob Dylan - Pressing On ~ 16-Jan-1980, Portland, OR, USA (YouTube) from Scott Miller
21. BREAKFAST WITH RICHARD THOMPSON! GUEST D.J FOR TWO MEMORABLE HOURS! (KSQD) from Erik Nelson
22. Ibn Arabi & Bob Dylan (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
23. Bob Dylan - 'Forgetful Heart'- La Crosse, Wisconsin - 27th March 2026 (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
24. Bob Dylan live , A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, Beijing 2011 (YouTube) from Steve Lockwood
    
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25. More Dylan Dates Austin, New Braunfels, Rogers, Kansas City, Shakopee, Chicago (bobdylan.com) from Hermann Rechberger
26. Dylan Nails "Norwegian Wood"? (Between Rock and a Hard Place) from Scott Miller
27. Bob Dorough - Don't think twice, it's all right (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
28. New Book Examines Impact of Dylan & the Beatles on Each Other, and the World (Best Classic Bands) from Cliff Warnken 1500
29. Universal Music, home to Taylor Swift and Drake, receives €55bn takeover offer (theguardian) from Martin Cowan
30. The Bob Dylan Code: Lesser-known facts about music’s greatest shape-shifter (The Indian Express) from Cliff Warnken

Monday, April 6, 2026
at 0600 CEST

Dylan related
1. Last Night in Detroit (by Caryn Rose) 2026-04-04, Masonic Temple Theatre, Detroit, MI (Flagging Down the Double E's) from Ray Padgett
2. My experience and tips as a first-time visitor to the Bob Dylan Center (potential spoilers)- March 2026 (reddit) from Cliff Warnken
3. Frozen Pizza (short story) (Bob Dylan on Patreon)
4. Letters Never Sent #2: James Baldwin to Walt Disney (Bob Dylan on Patreon)
   
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5. Backstabbing bastards, Bob Dylan, and the blues: The overlooked legacy of Al Kooper (Far Out) from Cliff Warnken
   
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6. Jack London Tells His Story (Bob Dylan on Patreon)
7. "Knockin' On Dylan's Door (BobFest)" "Special Guest, Chris Bisciello, from NY Band, The Gypsy Felons" Select: Listen Live 88.1 FM WCWP 9-11 pm DST (WCWP 88.1 FM) from G. Walsh
8. Bob Dylan - Mr Tambourine Man - Rockford, IL, 25 Oct 1995 (YouTube) from Daniel Minet
9. VIDEO PODCAST: BOB DYLAN'S 'POP SONGS' OF THE 1980S Part One (YouTube) by Chris Gregory
   
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10. New Dylan show Albuquerque, June 26 (bobdylan.com) from Hermann Rechberger
11. Rolling Stones Next Album Expected To Be Titled Foreign Tongues (Noise 11) from Steve Lockwood
12. What Were Bob Dylan and John Lennon Really Saying in the Back of That Limo? Shared article (NY Times) from Ed Grazda (amazon.com - .co.uk - .de)
13. German: Lesestoff: Thomas Waldherr - In The Summertime. Bob Dylan 1981: Umbrüche, Ausflüge und Anfänge. Ein politisch-popkulturelles Essay (Lost & Found: Musik ohne Grenzen.) from Thomas Waldherr (amazon.de) 1300
14. German: „In The Summertime. Bob Dylan 1981“ ("I'm in a cowboy band") by Thomas Waldherr
15. Upcoming Crosby, Stills and Nash Documentary Shows ‘Deep Love,’ Not Fighting (Ultimate Classic Rock) from Cliff Warnken 1600
16. Bob Dylan – Duelling Banjos Review (Cult Following) from Cliff Warnken