Wednesday, May 20, 2026
at 0600 CEST

    Dylan related
  1. Bob Dylan's 1965 Masterpiece Is Still Rock's Greatest Protest Song (Collider) from Cliff Warnken, Scott Miller
  2. Oscar-Nominated Biopic About ’60s Folk Legend Is Coming to HBO Max (Men's Journal) from Cliff Warnken, Scott Miller
  3. Bob Dylan at 85: Forever young? (America) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken, Jacob Daniel
  4. Bob Dylan, Folk Songs, Koans, and the Transmission of Art (Zen Embodiment) from Cliff Warnken
  5. Tangled Up in Blue Poetics: Timothy Hampton Reads a Bob Dylan for the Ages (LARB) from Jacob Daniel
  6. Caffe Lena celebrates Bob Dylan's 85th with a birthday bash May 24 (Daily Gazette) from Cliff Warnken, Scott Miller, Jacob Daniel
  7. The Vogel presents BobFest on May 28th (NJ Stage) from Cliff Warnken
  8. Forever Young: Bob Dylan’s 85th Birthday Bash! St. Petersburg, FL, May 21 (Catalyst) from Cliff Warnken
  9. The Million Dollar Bob Dylan 85th Birthday Bash (Approximately) May 24, Nashville (Facebook) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken
  10. Bob Dylan Tribute Festival returns to Warwick Valley Winery and Distillery May 23-25 (The Photo News) from Cliff Warnken, Scott Miller
  11. Axe from The Shining and Bob Dylan guitar to go on sale in Glasgow auction (Glasgow LIve) from Cliff Warnken

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  12. Emmylou Harris live at the Royal Albert Hall – everything that’s great about American music (Uncut) from Scott Miller
  13. Unfettered Creativity: The Beach Boys’ ‘Pet Sounds’ At 60, (Clash) from Scott Miller
  14. Phil and Don Everly lit up the charts before the Beatles arrived. A new book restores their legacy (LA Times) from Scott Miller
  15. Book Review: Barry Mazor “Blood Harmony: The Everly Brothers Story” (Americana UK) from Scott Miller
  16. Blood Harmony: The Everly Brothers Story (Bob Dylan Center on Facebook) from Scott Miller
  17. Shoot Out the Lights “I thought it sounded lifeless. We really didn’t like the results, so we didn’t give permission for it to be released”: How Richard and Linda Thompson regrouped to record a folk-rock classic after Gerry Rafferty tried to turn them “pop” (Guitar World) from Scott Miller
  18. HONORING THE MUSIC THAT MADE US By Barack Obama. Subscr. (Rolling Stone) from Cliff Warnken
  19. How John Coltrane Changed Rock Music: Eight Miles High (AllAboutJazz)
  20. ‘YOU CAN’T TELL ME MUSIC DOESN’T CHANGE THE WORLD’ Woody. Subscr. (Rolling Stone) from Cliff Warnken

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  21. Bob Dylan live , Shelter From The Storm , Wichita 1976 (YouTube) from Steve Lockwood
  22. How Miles Davis and Joe Zawinal live inside Bob Dylan’s 'Murder Most Foul' Enter in a silent way and listen to a mashup of Bob Dylan and Miles Davis (The Joker and the Thief)
  23. Jan’s Take 2: It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
  24. Mick Jagger on Nicky Hopkins: The Piano Behind the Rolling Stones' Greatest Hits (YouTube) from Scott Miller
  25. Young Bob Dylan and the Harry Smith Anthology [Anthology Revisited Sidebar] (Rodney Hargis) from Scott Miller
  26. Foreverly Billie Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones (Apple Music)
  27. Episode #1,115 – Rockin’ Dopsie Returns (thepaulleslie) from Paul Leslie
  28. A Band Called Honalee at Bristol Riverside Theatre (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
  29. Nina Simone: Die Wut hinter Mississippi Goddam | Songs gegen Diskriminierung (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel

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  30. Bob Dylan Summer Tour Map (Expecting Rain Discussions)
  31. Rod Stewart - Forever Young (Official Video) (YouTube) from psamdancin 1300
  32. Forever Young (Rod Stewart song) The structure of the lyrics in this song was similar enough to a Bob Dylan song of the same title that, after its completion, the song was then sent to Dylan, asking whether he had a problem with it. The two men agreed to participate in the ownership of the song and share Stewart's royalties (Wikipedia)
  33. Celebrate the Music of Bob Dylan Fredricksen Library, Camp Hill, Fri May 22 (West Shore Publication) from Mark Kraynak
  34. Ten Years Later: Bob Dylan Dives Further Into The Great American Songbook On ‘Fallen Angels’ (glide) from Cliff Warnken 1400
  35. Weirdo Wednesday: Watch Bob Dylan Open Up In Rare Interview- While Sketching The Interviewer (glide) from Cliff Warnken
  36. 1978 Hit Film, With ’60s Rock Legend Who Nearly Quit, Ranked Among ‘Greatest Music Films’ of All Time (Parade) from Cliff Warnken
  37. Meghalaya: Shillong to host 55th edition of Bob Dylan’s Day on May 24 (Northeast Now) from Cliff Warnken
  38. Review: Emmylou Harris’ wonderful curtain call at Bristol Beacon (The Fix Magazine) from Tim Blake

Tuesday, May 19, 2026
at 0600 CEST

    Dylan related
  1. Bob Dylan's 1-Word Answer To Writing Blowin' In The Wind In 10 Minutes Is So On-Brand (Grunge) from Cliff Warnken
  2. Dylan song of the year 1977: “Journey through the dark heat,” and why it is still with me today (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
  3. Key West part 23: Adieu’s last action (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
  4. The mystical love song Bob Dylan wrote as a 15-year-old but has never recorded (Far Out) from Cliff Warnken
  5. The Last Show Before 'Hard Rain' 1976-05-19, Henry Levitt Arena, Wichita, KS (Flagging Down the Double E's) by Ray Padgett
  6. The Dylan Beat on Tulsa Time Steven Jenkins (Cal Alumni) from Cliff Warnken
  7. 201: Bob Dylan, ‘All Along the Watchtower’ (Jeff Meshels World) from Cliff Warnken
  8. German: Leipziger „Basement Tales“ ("I'm in a cowboy band") by Thomas Waldherr
  9. German: Bob Dylan wird 85: Genie, Grenzgänger und niemals greifbar (Jüdische Allgemeine) from Juergen Wasser
  10. Concert Will Celebrate the Music of Bob Dylan Youngstown, May 23 (The Business Journal) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken
  11. Northlanders mark Bob Dylan’s 85th birthday with Duluth Dylan Fest May 17 - 24 (Northern News Now) from Cliff Warnken, Scott Miller
  12. A day-by-day plan for Duluth Dylan Fest 2026 (WDIO) from Scott Miller, Cliff Warnken, Sunbonnet Sue

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  13. Happy 60th Birthday, ‘Pet Sounds’: Beach Boys Mike Love, Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston Recall the Making and Aftermath of One of Rock’s Greatest Albums (Variety) from Scott Miller
  14. Beverley Martyn obituary (theguardian) from Scott Miller
  15. Marisa Anderson: The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music review – Harry Smith’s archives light up again (theguardian) from Scott Miller
  16. Marisa Anderson’s (Tunefully) Un-American Activities Shared article (NY Times) from Scott Miller
  17. Paul McCartney brought an extra song to the SNL 51 finale (Paste) from Scott Miller
  18. A sucker born every minute Netflix brings back P.T. Barnum/Jake Paul (John's Substack) by John Nogowski
  19. Dr Hook co-frontman Dennis Locorriere dies aged 76 (theguardian) from Scott Miller

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  20. Northlanders mark Bob Dylan’s 85th birthday with Duluth Dylan Fest (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
  21. "Brownsville Girl": Bob Dylan's Most Cinematic Song (Bob Dylan Hotline #5) - Apple Podcasts - YouTube (Definitely Dylan) from Laura
  22. Marisa Anderson - The Anthology of UnAmerican Folk Music - Apple Music
  23. Paul McCartney - Days We Left Behind (Saturday Night Live/2026) (YouTube) from Scott Miller, psamdancin, Oreo Pagus
  24. Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris - Real Live Roadrunning | Full Concert 2006 (YouTube) from Steve Lockwood
  25. The Gospel according to Bob Malcolm Guite and Michael Gray, today 15:30 (BBC Radio 4) from Graham Cole 1000

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  26. To Mel Cheplowitz: I am unable to reply to your email. SMTP error. Your 3D Dylan photos appear on a site linked to porn and requires signing in. That is why I did not list them.
  27. I Saw Bob Dylan (Remastered) Scott Seskind (YouTube) from Chris Henry
  28. Tuesday’s Gone: Watch Bob Dylan & All-Star Band Perform ‘Infidels’ “License to Kill” (glide) from Cliff Warnken
  29. Sunday Supper: Now and Then Joan Osborne - Tangled Up in Blue (WFUV) from Cliff Warnken
  30. Jerry Lee Lewis rocks on! "The London Session" is just some terrific stuff (John's Substack) by John Nogowski 1400
  31. To Ramona (Bob Dylan) piano (YouTube) from Robbie Roberts

Monday, May 18, 2026
at 0600 CEST

    Dylan related
  1. Kinky Friedman Steals the Show 1976-05-18, State Fair Arena, Oklahoma City, OK (Flagging Down the Double E's) by Ray Padgett
  2. From Hibbing to Duluth: Duluth Dylan Fest 2026 rocks the Northland (WDIO) from Cliff Warnken, Sunbonnet Sue
  3. A Complete Unknown’ is a love letter to Bob Dylan’s anachronistic genius (The Tribune) from Cliff Warnken
  4. “I said it as a joke, but I think it spurred him a little bit.” What Neil Diamond really said to Bob Dylan backstage at The Last Waltz “Top that!” OR ‘You know, Bob, those are really my people out there’ (Guitar Player) from Cliff Warnken
  5. Domenico De Luca - Decoding Dylan: Searching For The Sources To The Songs Of Bob Dylan, Kindle Edition May 19, 2026 from amazon.com - .co.uk - .de. from Harold Lepidus
  6. Duluth Dylan Fest celebrates city’s most famous native son’s 85th birthday (MPR News) from Cliff Warnken, Ed Newman, Sunbonnet Sue
  7. Bob Dylan Daily Wordle (NSF) from Ugur Oral

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  8. Beverley Martyn, Whose Folk Music Breakthrough Took 50 Years, Dies at 79 Shared article (NY Times) from Cliff Warnken, Steven Zweifler
  9. Put The Boot In: Bob Dylan-‘June 30th 1988, Jones Beach (Talk from the Rock Room) fromCliff Warnken
  10. CP Lee - Like The Night (Rebound) (route) from Harold Lepidus
  11. DENNIS LOCORRIERE, DR. HOOK SINGER AND GUITARIST, DEAD AT 76 Cowrote "A Couple More Years" (Rolling Stone) from billy innes

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  12. "Knockin' On Dylan's Door (BobFest)" "1976 anniversary of Desire, Hard Rain albums, Rolling Thunder 2nd leg, Bob and Joan duets" Select: Listen Live 88.1 FM WCWP 9-11 pm DST (WCWP 88.1 FM) from G. Walsh
  13. Folk Alley Radio Show #260514 (Folk Alley) from Cliff Warnken
  14. 5 Hits That Prove 1965 Was The Decade's Best Year For Blues Rock (Grunge) from Cliff Warnken
  15. Bob Dylan - The Mystery Tape (1992) [Special Rider Copyright Tape #1 et al.] (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
  16. Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour / 20 years ago today — Drinking (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
  17. Bob Dylan - "In the Summertime" - October 26, 2002 Denver, CO (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
  18. Bob Dylan - East Laredo Blues (Times Outtake, 1963) (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
  19. Bill Frisell: 75th Birthday Celebration with Luke Bergman and Tim Angulo (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel

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  20. AFTER THE FLOOD; INSIDE BOB DYLAN'S MEMORY PALACE by ROBERT POLITO (Elsewhere) from Fred Muller
  21. Bob Dylan Birthday #85 Salute Windsor, ON, May 23 (Facebook) from Tim Swaddling
  22. Ike Willis dies (Wikipedia) from Martin Cowan
  23. Great Lives: Ade Edmondson on singer Sandy Denny today at 15h (BST) (BBC) from Graham Cole
  24. Jan’s Take 1: It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (Untold Dylan) by Jochen Markhorst
  25. Bob Dylan Celebration Csello - Cselley Mühle Oslip, Friday 22 May (Facebook) from Gottfried Kladler 1300
  26. Please Mrs. Henry - A Bob Dylan Tribute Part 1 - Live im Vibria Kulturclub, Wien Thu May 21 (Facebook) from Robert Fischer
  27. The forgotten novel that haunted Bob Dylan and Jim Morrison Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me (Far Out) from Cliff Warnken
  28. Live review #13: Like the Night (Rebound) Dylan's 'Judas' earns multimedia resurrection (Rock and the Beat Generation) from Cliff Warnken
  29. Manic Monday: Bob Dylan & Rolling Thunder Revue Plays Rabidly Through The Elements – Fort Collins, CO 1976 (glide) from Cliff Warnken
  30. Paul McCartney: Band on the Run - SNL (YouTube) from psamdancin 1500
  31. Rare: Jimi Hendrix Opens Up About Nervous Breakdowns & Woodstock (1969) | The Dick Cavett Show (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel 1600
  32. Tulsa - musiclover's dream (Jackson Clarion/ Arizona Republic ) from John Russel


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Number of Dylan concerts a year, according to Olof's Files
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 60s
 0  36  33  19  45  67  48   0   2   2 252
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 70s
  0   1   1   0  40  31  26   0  114  26 239
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 80s
 70  54   0   0  27  0  60  36  71  99 417
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 90s
 93 101  92  80 104 116  86  94 110 119 995
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 00s
112 106 107  98 111 113  99  98  97  98 1039
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 10s
102 89 86 85 92 87 75 82 84 77 859
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 20s
00 22 82 75 78 82 62       401
Never Ending Tour, from 7 June 1988 -                     3423
Total 4158
Last update 21.04. 2026