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Friday, January 9, 2026
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Dylan related
1. Defending Pop Music as Music (Law & Liberty) from Michelle Engert
2. BS18: Where It All Began Doesn't Explain How it All Began, But What Could? (Tracking Angle) from Scott Miller
3. Bob Dylan warned us about guys like Stephen Miller By Seth Rogovoy (Forward) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken, Steven Zweifler, The Bigstockbroker
4. Bob Dylan takes Highway 61 by Jochen Markhorst, from amazon.de: German paperback - German ebook - Dutch only paperback
5. No Nobel Prize for Music but Bob discovers sequences he’s never used before (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
   
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6. The Village Years of Joan Baez (Village Preservation Blog) from Cliff Warnken
7. Why Paul McCartney Rejected George Harrison’s Offer To Play at His History-Making Benefit Concert (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
8. Legendary folk-rockers Fairport Convention to tour the UK this Spring (Herald Wales) from Scott Miller
9. Music Reissues Weekly: The Rolling Stones - Live & Sessions 1963-1969 (the arts desk) from Scott Miller
10. Syd Barrett Remembered: “He was fragile, a gentle soul who somehow got stuck…” (Mojo) from Scott Miller
11. Honoring The King at 91 (John's Substack) by John Nogowski
12. German: Stimme der Hoffnung Joan Baez 85 ("I'm in a cowboy band") by Thomas Waldherr
13. David Bowie’s childhood home to open to public after 1960s restoration (theguardian) from Martin Cowan
    
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14. The Making of Bob Dylan’s The Times They Are A-Changin' (newstalk) from Cliff Warnken, Scott Miller
15. Bob Dylan & Joan Baez - More And More (Savoy Hotel 1965 RARE) (YouTube) from Scott Miller
16. Webb Pierce - More and More (YouTube) from Scott Miller
17. Bob Dylan made a Beeline for John Denver -Jeff Hanna (YouTube) from Bill Lakin, Steve Lockwood, francis mckee
18. Robyn Hitchcock, 1967 Caropop (Apple Podcasts) from Harold Lepidus
    
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19. ‘There’s serendipity to my story’: Emmylou Harris on Gram Parsons, her garlanded career – and her dog rescue centre (theguardian) from Tiernan Henry
20. Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, More and More , New York,16.01.1998 (YouTube) from andrew nieurzyla
21. Dylan Thomas 'plagiarised other poets' repeatedly as schoolboy (BBC) from Stan Davies 1200
22. Bob Dylan and The Band – Dreams of Iron and Steel Review (Cult Following) from Cliff Warnken 1400

Thursday, January 8, 2026
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Dylan related
1. Steve Berkowitz and Mark Wilder Interview Original Mono Recordings, Roger Ford 2010 (Electric Dylan) from Scott Miller
2. 5 Ways Bob Dylan Influenced Popular Music (History) from Scott Miller
3. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? part 3: The amusing cruelty (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
   
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4. Can Timothée Chalamet Break This Oscar Curse? Shared article (NY Times) from Scott Miller
5. Elvis Presley: What They Said About the King (Best Classic Bands) from Greg Brodsky
6. In My Life: George Martin, Beatles Mentor And Producer, In 20 Quotes (udiscovermusic) from Scott Miller
7. 5 Little-Known Facts About the Making of Jackson Browne’s ‘Running On Empty’ (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
8. Los Lobos Announces 2026 Tour Dates (Ultimate Classic Rock) from Scott Miller
9. ‘The Stones and Brian Jones’ Review: Nick Broomfield’s Dark and Sad Rock Doc About the Lost Boy of the Rolling Stones (Variety) from Scott Miller
10. The 10 Most Important Classic Rock Albums of All Time, Ranked (Collider) from Bob Harwood
11. When a song still connects, years later The Moody Blues' "It's Up To You" does the tric (John's Substack) by John Nogowski
12. How a 1973 One-Hit Wonder Found Success That He Could Be Proud of With the Help of Bob Dylan, Bette Midler, and Others (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
    
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13. 2025 Year in Review at the Bob Dylan Center (YouTube) from Scott Miller
14. The Stones and Brian Jones (YouTube) from Scott Miller
15. Bob Dylan — I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You. Swansea night 2. November 10, 2025 (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
    
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16. Bob Dylan – The Complete Recordings 1976 Review (Cult Following) from Cliff Warnken

Wednesday, January 7, 2026
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Dylan related
1. Steve Jobs's Personally-Owned Bob Dylan and Joan Baez 8-Track Tapes (6) (RR Auction)
2. Bob Dylan’s Little-Known Early Career Path Helped Propel Him to Rock Stardom Unless, of course, he made the whole thing up. (Parade) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken
3. Mark Spoelstra and Bob Dylan (NSF) from Ugur Oral
4. Bob Dylan takes Highway 61 – Seven mercurial songs (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
   
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5. Taylor Swift’s ‘The Fate of Ophelia’ Becomes Her Longest-Running No. 1 on Singles Chart (Variety) from Scott Miller
6. Music Reviews: An Anthology of Beatles Covers, Ward Hayden Interprets Springsteen, and a Record about Records (Blogcritics) from Scott Miller
7. Pete Townshend’s First Published Song Was Released by a Merseybeat Band in 1964, Not The Who (Then Known as The Detours) (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
8. Neil Young Shares First-Ever Recorded Concert With Crazy Horse (Rolling Stone / Yahoo) from Scott Miller
9. From Asbury Park to the American Canon, Bruce Springsteen’s First Album and a Legacy That Still Speaks (Grant Pass Tribune) from Scott Miller
   
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10. The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan — The Original Version That Almost Changed Everything TJR (YouTube) from Scott Miller
11. Bob Dylan: the concert series. Warsaw 19 July 1994 (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
12. Bob Dylan - La Coruna, Spain - 09 july 1993 - Full concert Soundboard (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
13. Bob Dylan introducing John Lee Hooker , Good Rockin' Mama , Mountain View , 1986 (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
14. Bob Dylan live , Gotta Serve Somebody , Los Angeles 1986 (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
    
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15. Rare Live: 1962-66 (Dylan Revisited) from Colm Larkin
16. Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 1/2: Never Ending Memories Pt. 4 Review (Cult Following) from Cliff Warnken 1500
17. Remember When Bob Dylan Got an Honorary Degree (and a Song out of It) in 1970? (American Songwriter) from Cliff Warnken