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Bob Dylan 1978-1989: Both Ends Of The Rainbow

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 25, 2009 2:58 pm
Both Sides Of The Rainbow begins just prior to the release of Dylan's first evangelical Christian album, Slow Train Coming, which prefaced Dylan's most troublesome and confused decade — the 1980s. The film examines Dylan's trilogy of evangelical albums — Slow Train Coming, 1980's Saved and 1981's Shot Of Love (he would later return to Judaism...
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Bob Dylan — Together Through Life

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By David McPherson (CHARTattack) May 7, 2009 11:41 am
The times they may change, but some singers keep singing the same old song. That's not the case for 67-year-old Bob Dylan. The veteran songwriter once again reinvents himself with mixed results on his 33rd studio album. Together Through Life finds Dylan ruminating on life once he reaches the great gig in the sky. The bulk of the tracks were co...
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Million Dollar Bash: Bob Dylan, The Band And The Basement Tapes

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By David McPherson (CHARTattack) November 26, 2008 12:46 pm
What more can really be said on Bob Dylan's elusive recordings with The Band? Author Sid Griffin feels he has enough new material to shed more light on the seminal recordings, many of which are still unreleased. Million Dollar Bash is well researched and offers new insights and interviews, but for fans who want the inside scoop of what happened...
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Dylan Keeps On Mumblin'

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) November 13, 2008 4:32 pm
It was a night of firsts for me on Wednesday. I set foot in downtown Oshawa and saw Bob Dylan. And now I can safely say that I see no reason to do either again. I own a handful of Dylan records, I have great respect for his legacy and I'm familiar with all his best known songs, so I'd call myself a casual fan. But since he's one of the legends...
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Bob Dylan's Jesus Years

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 29, 2008 10:48 am
In the late '70s, Bob Dylan shocked many of his fans by converting to Christianity. He would release two albums of non-secular music, 1979's Slow Train Coming and 1980's Saved. This DVD documents Dylan's "Jesus Years." Its production quality leaves a lot to be desired, since it features cheesy graphics throughout, and at times the sound...
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I'm Not There

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By Jodi Goulart (CHARTattack) September 12, 2007 3:44 pm
Directed by: Todd Haynes Starring: Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Richard Gere, Julianne Moore, Ben Whishaw, Marcus Carl Franklin, Charlotte Gainsbourg Director Todd Haynes' I'm Not There can't entirely be labeled as a biopic of legendary singer-songwriter/poet Bob Dylan. Rather, it's an interpretation of the life of Dylan that...
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Bob Dylan Delivers Sleepy Set

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By Bryan Borzykowski (CHARTattack) November 9, 2006 5:30 pm
There's no denying how influential Bob Dylan is to millions of peacenicks-turned-business executives and their long-haired 13-year-old kids. It's likely that reason alone packed the folk icon's show at the Air Canada Centre on Tuesday. To be able to say you've seen Dylan play "Highway 61 Revisited," "All Along The Watchtower"...
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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) August 29, 2006 8:00 pm
The title of Dylan's first new album in five years shows that he still has an iconoclastic streak, as this could be the most retro-sounding LP that he's released in his 44-year recording career. The third part of the trilogy that includes 1997's Time Out Of Mind and 2001's Love And Theft begins promisingly with "Thunder On The Mountain,...
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Bob Dylan — The Best Of Bob Dylan

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) January 10, 2006 9:07 am
Bob Dylan's hits shouldn't be on one disc — they should be compiled on at least three discs, each covering the different eras of his career. Oh wait, they already did that. So why does this 16-track collection exist? Chock it up to the release of the immensely successful documentary, No Direction Home, and the need to provide a new generation of...
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Listen To Bob Dylan: A Tribute

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By Steve English (CHARTattack) September 6, 2005 4:05 pm
Bob Dylan is many things — brilliant, confounding, universally accessible and willfully obscure — but one thing he's not is emo. While the intent of Drive-Thru's double-disc Dylan tribute — to turn the kids on to rock's greatest storyteller through covers by Jason Mraz, James Blunt, Anberlin and more — is noble, its execution is fatally flawed...
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Bob Dylan — The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: The Rolling Thunder Revue

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By Joanne Huffa (CHARTattack) December 10, 2002 3:03 pm
Fifth in the Bootleg Series meant to bring live Dylan recordings to the masses, The Rolling Thunder (Dylan Live In 1975) proves, if there was ever a doubt in anyone’s mind, that one of Dylan’s greatest talents is his ability to reinvent his own work. Disc one kicks off with Nashville Skyline’s "Tonight, I’ll Be Staying Here With You...
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I Read The News Today... For July 22, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 22, 2011 3:28 pm
Bush have released their new "The Sound Of Winter" single, and it's like Bush Lite. C'mon, Gavin, where's the anger from Sixteen Stone? Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy's releasing a children's book called Wildwood on Aug. 30. Carson Ellis, his wife, did the illustrations. You can read the first four chapters by clicking "Like" on the book's...
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I Read The News Today... For June 29, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 29, 2011 2:34 pm
Tennis have covered rockabilly and country legend Brenda Lee's "Is It True?" and you can grab the cover over at their website. If you wanted to see The Tragically Hip at Toronto's Downsview Park on Canada Day and you didn't buy tickets... you're shit out of luck. Their festival, which features performances from Weezer, Broken Social Scene, Hey...
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I Read The News Today... For April 8, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 8, 2011 3:26 pm
U2 will officially have the highest-grossing tour in history when they play their second show at Sao Paulo, Brazil's Morumbi Stadium on Sunday. —Billboard Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner has senselessly apologized to Gary Barlow for calling Take That "a load of old bollocks" in 2006. Why the hell would you ever take back the truth? —NMENeil Young will...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 29, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 29, 2010 3:07 pm
Alexisonfire played a free gig in Vancouver last night after performing at that city's PNE Forum. They might have done so to make up for the fiasco that was their Olympics show in February. —The Georgia Straight CHARTattack contributor Steve McLean ponders whether there should be a levy on MP3 players. Such levies already exist for blank CDs,...
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I Read The News Today... For Aug. 25, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) August 25, 2010 12:48 pm
Megafaun, Four Tet, Ohbijou, Born Ruffians, Woodpigeon, Chad VanGaalen, and Diamond Rings are among the artists who've redone tracks from The Acorn's No Ghost for a remix album called Make The Least Of The Day. It's out digitally on Sept. 14. —Paper BagBehemoth frontman Adam "Nergal" Darski came down with an illness...
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Don't Look Back (In Anger): "Ballad Of A Thin Man" by Stephen Malkmus & The Million Dollar Bashers

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By Edward Skira (CHARTattack) July 12, 2010 10:27 am
Last week I started this new daily blog by featuring a fantastic live version of "Light My Fire" by The Doors which was recorded during their 1968 European tour. With my second instalment I examine — in a roundabout way — the most important artist in my musical life. That would be Bob Dylan who, from 1964-66, changed...
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Today In Music History: Jimi Hendrix Records "All Along The Watchtower" Cover On Jan. 21, 1968

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 21, 2010 11:35 am
The Jimi Hendrix Experience recorded their cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower" on this day in 1968. Michael Goldstein, a publicist who worked for Dylan's manager, Albert Grossman, had given Hendrix a tape of Dylan's song, and Hendrix wanted to record a version of the song. Dylan's original appeared on 1967's John Wesley...
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Bob Dylan — "Must Be Santa"

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By CHARTattack Staff November 18, 2009 11:52 am
Bob Dylan's video for the Poges-esque "Must Be Santa," from his recently released Christmas In The Heart Christmas (yes, seriously) album, finds Dylan (sporting a blond wig...) in the middle of a really rowdy holiday party, where people are throwing glasses, breaking windows and jumping down stairs. Santa shows up, only to find the place...
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Bob Dylan To Guide Lost Drivers Down The Highway?

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) August 25, 2009 12:02 pm
If you've ever gotten lost in your car, chances are you've never thought "I wish Bob Dylan was here to help me find my way." Your reaction more likely consisted of swearing. But it soon may not have to be that way. Dylan is reportedly in talks with two major car companies to provide his voice for an in-car GPS system. "I think...
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