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Monday, June 15, 2026
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Dylan related
1. Last night's Bob Dylan Berkeley setlist - (Bob Links)
2. Harder to Program Bob Dylan turns up at Trump’s eightieth birthday party with a borrowed line and no advice (Medium) by Fred Bals
3. The wind is still blowing, but we’ve stopped listening. (Medium) from Cliff Warnken
4. Neal Simon: Roll on, Bob Dylan (OakRidger) from Cliff Warnken
5. Bob Dylan's Phonographic Imagination (Goldsmiths) from Cliff Warnken
6. Dylan and the Divine: Understanding the Source of Creativity (inherit) from Cliff Warnken
7. Tangled Generation: Dylan, Kerouac, Petrarch, and the Poetics of Escape (U Chicago) from Cliff Warnken
8. Ambiguities in Bob Dylan’s Relationship Songs (Haberdashers’ School) from Cliff Warnken
   
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9. For Eric Andersen, The Last Show of The Last Tour Is Not The End (American Blues Scene) from psamdancin
10. Take a look at them numbers... Fans still want to read about The Rock And Roll! (John's Substack) by John Nogowski
    
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11. "Knockin' On Dylan's Door (BobFest)" "Recap of Bob’s current June 2026 Tour, Wilburys and Happy B-Day Paul McCartney" Select: Listen Live 88.1 FM WCWP 9-11 pm DST (WCWP 88.1 FM) from G. Walsh
12. Bob Dylan In Woodstock (YouTube) by David McDonald
13. WOODSTOCK WAS A HAPPENING PLACE EVEN BEFORE THE FESTIVAL! (YouTube) by David McDonald
14. Bob Dylan sings "I Shall Be Released" in Berkeley, June 13, 2026, filmed by paul iorio. (YouTube) from Cliff Warnken, Jacob Daniel
15. Bob Dylan ~ Tryin' To Get To Heaven & I Shall Be Released (June 13, 2026 in Berkeley, CA) (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel

Sunday, June 14, 2026
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Dylan related
1. Last night's Bob Dylan Berkeley setlist - (Bob Links)
2. THIS DREAM OF YOU: AN ESSAY ON FINALLY SEEING BOB DYLAN LIVE (Atticus Review) from Cliff Warnken
3. Bob Dylan Is the Funniest Person Alive (The Dylan Review's Substack)
4. When Bob Dylan Rambles Into Town (Literary Kicks) from Cliff Warnken
5. The noble Bob (Richard Gilbert) from Cliff Warnken
6. Bob Price interviews Gary Burke - for Dylan Festival 2015 (The Crowmatix) from Cliff Warnken
7. Spiritual Themes in Bob Dylan’s Songs (Baha'i Blog) from Scott Miller
8. Mother of Muses 1: The lyre and the laurel tree (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
9. Bob Dylan as a Beat (The Beat Generation) from Cliff Warnken
10. The Unfilmable Bob Dylan (Steven Mintz) from Cliff Warnken
11. THE MANY FACES OF BOB DYLAN: MASKING AT THE CENTER OF IDENTITY AND AUTHENTICITY (Central College) from Cliff Warnken
12. German: Einleitung – Editorial: Sommer 2026 (Key West Magazin) by Thomas Waldherr
13. Mercury on Film: Eat the Document July 18 (Bob Dylan Center) from Scott Miller
    
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14. Lucinda Williams steps into the spirit of protest music with new album and tour (Press-Enterprise) from Scott Miller
15. “If I’d started having hits early on, I may never have wound up playing so much with Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen”: Most people are lucky if they play with one iconic artist. Nils Lofgren has played with two (Louder) from Scott Miller
16. The orchestral world of George Martin gets its due (Paste) from Scott Miller
17. Paul Simon Brings His ‘Quiet Celebration’ to San Diego: Review (Best Classic Bands) from Greg Brodsky
18. Remember When Bruce Springsteen Started His Professional Career With a Momentous Audition in 1972? (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
    
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19. The Dylan Hours: Streams live every Sunday, 9 - 11 am Pacific. Today: Everybody got all the Flowers 🌷🪻🌻🌺 (thesocalsound.org) from Lisa Finnie
20. Bob Dylan – I Want You | The Lost MTV Unplugged Performance (1994) (YouTube) from Scott Miller
21. A bootleg series that never was: Live Acoustic ‘69-99 (The Joker and the Thief)
22. The Hank Williams Classic That Everyone Tried To Convince Him Not To Record (And Why He Ignored Them) (American Songwriter) from Scott Miller
23. Bob Dylan - Ain't Talkin' HMH Amsterdam 9 April 2007 (video start after 22 sec) (YouTube) from John Spoor
24. Edvard Aadland| Don't Think Twice, It's All Right(Bob Dylan)| Blind Auditions| The Voice Norway 2026 (YouTube) from Scott Miller
25. Bruce Springsteen on 'critical patriotism' and the power of protest music PBS NewsHour (YouTube) from Scott Miller
26. Bob Dylan 10-May-2006 ~ USF Sun Dome, Tampa, USA (Audio, Complete Set) (YouTube) from Joanne
    
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27. Bob Dylan and Liza Minnelli Already Turned 80. They Have Thoughts for Trump. Shared article (NY Times) from Michelle Engert
28. Bob Dylan’s 10 greatest opening lines (Far Out) 1200
29. Bob Dylan - 'I Shall Be Released' live at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, California - 13th June 2026 (YouTube) from Juergen Wasser, Cliff Warnken 1400
30. 4 of the Most Bizarre Songs That Bob Dylan Ever Wrote (American Songwriter) from Cliff Warnken

Saturday, June 13, 2026
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Dylan related
1. Last night's Bob Dylan Lincoln setlist - (Bob Links)
2. Bob Dylan in the Bay Area (kalw) from Cliff Warnken
3. Hey, Bob, The Basement Tapes? "Baby, Won't You Be My Baby" shocks us, doesn't it? (John's Substack) by John Nogowski
4. Letters Never Sent #14: Fred Astaire to H.G. Wells Subscr. (Bob Dylan on Patreon)
5. The Many Faces of Bob Dylan (Boy Drinks Ink) from Cliff Warnken
6. The Androgyny of Bob Dylan Create accoount (Medium) from Cliff Warnken
7. A Masterpiece from Tragedy – Dylan’s Tangled Up In Blue (Jitterbug Musings) from Cliff Warnken
8. Bob Dylan: a Hockney-like painter of America's strange essence (theguardian 2016) from Scott Miller
9. Dylan songs as a life changing experience (Untold Dylan) from Scott Miller
10. The spiritual-and-maybe-religious Dylan (The Christian Century) from Scott Miller
11. BAD VIBES THE BOB DYLAN AND JOAN BAEZ TRAGIC ROMANCE (kimbernilsson) from Cliff Warnken
    
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12. Willie Nelson quietly returns to the road after health scare (Ad Hoc News) from psamdancin
13. Willie Nelson’s List of the All-Time Greatest Songwriters Is a Good Start, but I Think It’s Missing a Couple of Names (American Songwriter) from psamdancin
14. Tributes paid to David Hockney, a 'giant' and 'true icon' of British art (BBC) from Martin Cowan
15. Taylor Swift makes tearful 21-minute speech as she joins Songwriters Hall of Fame (BBC) from Martin Cowan, Scott Miller
16. ‘David Hockney changed the world just by looking at it’: a tribute to the artist whose work was a feast of visual pleasures (theguardian) from Scott Miller
17. Book Review: Paul Slade “Blood On The Leaves” Duncan and Brady (Americana UK) from Scott Miller
18. Creedence Clearwater Revival’s John Fogerty Reveals Who He Wants to Play Him in ‘Amazing’ Biopic (US Magazine) from Scott Miller
    
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19. The First Soundboard of the 2010s Just Dropped 2017-06-13, Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY (Flagging Down the Double E's) by Ray Padgett
20. Bob Dylan on Guitar @ Woodinville 7th June 2026 - Soon After Midnight (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
21. Take Five: Five takes on Dylan A handful of favorite albums by single artists covering the songs of Bob Dylan (My Impression Now) by John Kenyon
22. Sandy Denny 1975 unseen footage (YouTube)
23. Bob Dylan - The Other Side of the Mirror (Live at the Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965) Let's hear it for Murray Lerner (YouTube) from Scott Miller
24. Bob Dylan - Trouble No More (YouTube) from Scott Miller
25. Leon Russell complete show Feb 21 2015 With Bob story (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
26. Bob Dylan ~ June 20, 1998 in Newcastle, England (Remastered with Artwork by Bennyboy) (YouTube) from Jacob Daniel
    
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27. Ed Sheeran found this record in a second-hand store - now it's finally getting attention Allan Taylor (BBC) from Éamonn Ó Catháin
28. TRYIN' TO GET TO HEAVEN More than 70 [hand- and ear-] selected live versions from 1999 to 2019 (Not Dark Yet) by Markus Prieur 1100
29. 1962 Bob Dylan Love Song Was Inspired by an Unexpected Wake-Up Call at Dawn (Parade) from Cliff Warnken 1500
30. Bob Dylan FULL SHOW Woodinville, WA 7th June 2026 (2nd Night) - Pagefan61 recording (YouTube) from Cliff Warnken
31. Go and see a great Chicago film: HEKLA (2026) by director Michael Glover Smith (The Joker and the Thief) 1600