Bob Dylan
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Formats
Description
THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG is Bob Dylan's first book of new writing since 2004's Chronicles: Volume One and since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. Dylan, who began working on the book in 2010, offers a master class on the art and craft of songwriting. He writes over sixty essays focusing on songs by other artists, spanning from Stephen Foster to Elvis Costello, and in between ranging from Hank Williams to Nina Simone. He analyzes...
5) Biograph
Author
Pub. Date
1985 (1962-1985)
Description
A retrospective set of hits, outtakes, and unreleased tracks by the man who bridged the gap between folk and pop, and folk and rock. Also, one fo the first "box sets."
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Through the story of one woman's year in a room with a view, the film catches its audience up in the collective memories of all those who have loved and lost. Through a study of Liz's obsession and loneliness, the film mixes the particular with the universal to cover the whole gamut of feelings and theories about lost love. Ranging from the popular to the more erudite, snatches of songs, quotes and diary jottings are all stitched together with stories...
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Legendary radio personality Bob Fass revolutionized the FM airwaves in the 1960s and '70s with his free-form program Radio unnameable, a cultural hub for music, politics, and audience engagement. For nearly 50 years, he has been heard at midnight on New York City listener-sponsored station WBAI, utilizing the airwaves for mobilization long before today's innovations in social media. Drawing from Fass's extraordinary personal archive of audio recordings,...
10) Mavis!
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
An award-winning documentary on gospel/soul music legend and civil rights icon Mavis Staples and her family group, The Staple Singers. From the freedom songs of the ’60s and hits like "I’ll Take You There" in the ’70s, to funked-up collaborations with Prince and her recent albums with Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, Mavis has stayed true to her roots, kept her family close, and inspired millions along the way. Audience Award Winner at **Hot Docs Documentary...
Author
Series
Bootleg volume 9
Pub. Date
p2010
Description
Features 47 songs recorded by Bob Dylan, accompanied only by his acoustic guitar, harmonica, and occasionally piano, for his first music publisher, Leeds Music, in January 1962, and for his second publisher, M. Witmark & Sons, between 1962 and 1964.
13) If not for you
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
If not for you, I’d be sad and blue. If not for you, I just wouldn’t have a clue. If not for you, what would I do? In this inventive interpretation of Bob Dylan’s 1970 song "If Not for You," illustrator David Walker beautifully imagines Dylan’s lyrics as portraying the bottomless love between a parent and a child -- and the magical experiences they might share together.