AvatarenyidiaSax, drugs and Spiritualism in the life of John Coltranefaroutmagazine.co.uk - Tom Taylor“I want to be a force which is truly for good.” – John Coltrane The life and times of John Coltrane mirror the tenets of jazz in general, in that it …
AvatarenyidiaFolk Heroverified_publisherThe New Yorker - David HajduDavid Hajdu on “Ramblin’ Man: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie,” a biography of the American folk musician. The folksinger Arlo Guthrie likes to tell a story about his father, the legendary Woody Guthrie, who died in 1967, at the age of fifty-five. When he was a toddler, Arlo says, Guthrie gave …
AvatarenyidiaSummer of Soul tells an important, forgotten story — and it’s a total blastverified_publisherVox - Alissa WilkinsonTwo summers ago, I wrote about Woodstock. 2019 marked the 50th anniversary of the famous (perhaps infamous) music festival, and a ripe time to evaluate its legacy as captured in a landmark concert documentary. After all, it’s iconic; if you mention the place, people think of semi-naked hippies in a …
AvatarenyidiaThe 80 Greatest Dylan Covers of All TimeRolling Stone - Jon Dolan , David Browne , Keith Harris , Andy Greene , Rob Sheffield , Angie Martoccio , Kory Grow , Jonathan BernsteinFor Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday we’ve compiled our list of the 80 greatest covers of his songs — a collective gift back to him to say thank you for …
Avatarenyidia“All the Friends I Ever Had Are Gone.” On the Later Years of Bob Dylanlithub.com - By Howard SounesBig news broke in Sweden. “The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2016 is awarded to Bob Dylan,” announced Sara Danius, on behalf top of the mountain 489 …
AvatarenyidiaBob Dylan at 80 – a little Minnesota town celebrates its famous sonverified_publisherThe GuardianBob Dylan’sdebut 1962 single began: “I got mixed-up confusion; man, it’s a-killin’ me”. It hasn’t yet – he turns 80 on Monday, and the pre-eminent custodian of American roots music, with its storytelling and protest traditions, is set to be celebrated by a public avalanche of events, programmes and …
