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Concerts
February 10, 2010 Hear the concert event honoring music of the civil rights movement.
Interviews & Profiles
October 1, 2011 Some contemporary songwriters are giving new life to the late legend's wealth of incomplete songs.
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May 24, 2011 In this interview with Rotolo, recorded in 2008, she and World Cafe host David Dye discuss her book.
May 18, 2011 The 1927 Mississippi River flood is widely covered in textbooks, but it comes to life in music.
March 21, 2009 Kevin Barents' writing seminars focus on Bob Dylan's lyrics. Classes are sold out each semester.
December 15, 2008 Bob Boilen talks about the year in music and reveals the results of an online listener poll.
November 15, 2007 In director Todd Haynes' I'm Not There, six actors portray the many lives of Bob Dylan.
June 26, 2007 Bryan Ferry and others have long attempted to reinvent the songs of Bob Dylan.
April 11, 2005 A new book chronicles the recording of Bob Dylan's 'Like a Rolling Stone.'
October 12, 2004 Bob Dylan says fame got in the way of what he really wanted to do: write songs and play them.
August 27, 2004 Doctor Dread puts a reggae spin on the protest singer's classics.
Discover Songs
October 12, 2010 The latest All Songs Considered features Bob Dylan bootlegs, Animal Collective's Avey Tare and more.
October 10, 2010 Hear an exclusive preview of NPR Music's favorites from the two-disc set, to be released on Oct. 19.
August 9, 2010 On this edition we look at imaginative collaborations, some brilliant, and some so very, very wrong.
December 19, 2009 Just in time for the holidays, Jim Nayder of The Annoying Music Show! offers more Christmas music.
December 18, 2009 Hear a mix of classic and new holiday songs by Sufjan Stevens, Bob Dylan, Laura Gibson and more.
April 6, 2009 All Songs Considered's latest mix features a Grizzly Bear exclusive, Bob Dylan, more.
December 15, 2008 See and hear what NPR listeners picked as the best albums of 2008.
December 15, 2008 Bob Boilen talks about the year in music and reveals the results of an online listener poll.
September 22, 2008 Hear sneak previews of some of the most anticipated new CDs due out this fall.
January 3, 2008 Guest DJ Mark Ronson chats with All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen and shares his favorite music.
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December 13, 2007 The year's best music, as chosen by David Dye, includes a plethora of reliable favorites.
September 28, 2007 A duet from Robert Plant and Alison Krauss; Bob Dylan remixed by DJ Mark Ronson; British folk gu...
December 7, 2006 Count down the year's best CDs as selected by NPR listeners.
December 5, 2006 All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen counts down listener picks for the 10 best CDs of 2006, wit...
September 5, 2006 Bob Dylan savors mystic gardens and this "weary world of woe."
August 24, 2006 All new music from folk legend Bob Dylan; Woody Guthrie covered by The Klezmatics; Country elect...
June 29, 2006 The editors of Paste magazine wondered: who are the best living songwriters around. They gathere...
December 20, 2005 Fresh Air pop music critic Ken Tucker offers his picks for the best music of the year.
June 22, 2005 Best rock music books ever: All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen talks with NPR reviewers Tom Mo...
March 16, 2004 Contra music from the Portland Selection; Hawaiian ukelele master John King; Music of the Smiths...
December 1, 2001 On this edition of All Songs Considered: Secret messages from Bach; The imaginary world of Bjork...
News
January 12, 2013 Dylan's new compilation takes advantage of a change in European copyright law.
September 20, 2012 It's hard to know now what the future will sound like, but small things often make a big difference.
August 2, 2012 For a journalist, there's a code. If you follow Dylan's example, there's another way of operating.
January 25, 2012 A new compilation of 75 covers highlights the hidden value in Dylan's less-than-iconic songs.
May 18, 2011 The 1927 Mississippi River flood is widely covered in textbooks, but it comes to life in music.
March 1, 2011 The New York artist dated Dylan for four years and appeared on one of his most iconic album covers.
March 1, 2011 Fresh Air remembers Rotolo, who heavily influenced Bob Dylan, with excerpts from a 2008 interview.
February 10, 2010 Hear the concert event honoring music of the civil rights movement.
May 15, 2007 Whatever happened to the notion of "selling out"?
Reviews
September 11, 2012 Ken Tucker says that some of Tempest's songs are as precisely crafted as any Dylan has written.
November 15, 2010 All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen reviews the hit-and-miss Dylan concert he caught this weekend.
May 5, 2009 Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews Together Through Life, Dylan's 33rd solo album.
December 15, 2008 See and hear what NPR listeners picked as the best albums of 2008.
October 30, 2008 Tell-Tale Signs, Vol 8 is the latest installment of Bob Dylan bootlegs. Ken Tucker reviews.
October 3, 2008 Dylan's newest collection of unreleased recordings offers rare glimpses into his artistic process.
September 22, 2008 Hear sneak previews of some of the most anticipated new CDs due out this fall.
October 30, 2007 Test listen new music from Britney Spears, Kanye West and the new Bob Dylan biopic.
September 11, 2006 Now 65, the singer-songwriter continues to explore blues and older pop styles.
September 7, 2006 For the first time in 30 years, Bob Dylan has an album that is No. 1 on music sales charts.
September 5, 2006 Bob Dylan savors mystic gardens and this "weary world of woe."
December 20, 2005 Fresh Air pop music critic Ken Tucker offers his picks for the best music of the year.
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May 23, 2011 Bob Dylan is turning 70. Celebrate by listening to a mix that pays tribute to the man.
May 10, 2013 This week on Alt.Latino, Guatemalan author Eduardo Halfon discusses his latest book.
April 18, 2013 Alt.Latino celebrates National Poetry Month with Herrera, who discusses the songs that shaped him.
September 11, 2012 Critic Tom Moon discusses some of the albums he's most excited about this season.
August 27, 2012 Hear the first song from Bob Dylan's 35th studio album, Tempest.
February 29, 2012 The Mexican American singer shares music that changed her life, from Miles Davis to Orishas.
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August 20, 2011 Hear dozens of the songs that inspired Tom Piazza's collection of essays, Devil Sent the Rain.
July 5, 2011 Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton share songs that made their summers growing up, and listeners chime in.
December 16, 2008 Ken Tucker shares his favorite tunes of the past 12 months.
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December 11, 2008 Here are 10 releases from 2008 that are worth the extra effort of being heard on vinyl.
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May 30, 2008 A five-song soundtrack to that long, soul-searching journey we're all forced to take at least once.
November 9, 2000 Dylan's transformative electric hit was hard for DJs to play, but it quickly hit home with fans.
October 21, 2000 Originally written in 1962, Bob Dylan's civil rights anthem still hits hard 50 years later.
