When Bob Dylan heard the Byrds do "Mr. Tambourine Man" for the first time, he had a surprisingly dumbfounded reaction.

At the very least, it can be traced back to the late troubadour Melanie, a.k.a. Melanie Safka. In 1969, Melanie, who died this past January at 76, was booked at Woodstock.

Last week, Dylan and the Band's 1974 tour was commemorated with The 1974 Live Recordings, a hernia-inducing box set of more than two dozen shows recorded during that run.The tour, which lasted all ...

Bob Dylan — or Bobby Dillon, according to an article — performed in Mississippi, where he sang in honor of Medgar Evers.

Anyone who didn’t see Bob Dylan’s divisive religious phase coming in the late 1970s likely hadn’t listened to the lyrics of “Changing of the Guards” closely enough.

Music Here’s why the new Dylan biopic may be just what Bob needs Bob Dylan is unknowable. But “A Complete Unknown” may be just the thing to ensure that his legacy endures.

Bob Dylan may have been responsible for the concert ritual of hoisting lighters, ... Melanie memorialized the scene in her subsequent hit “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) ...