Music Dec 7, 2020
John Lennon inspired other musical greats such as Bob Dylan and Ozzy Osbourne, but whether he was everyone's "favorite Beatle" is still up for dispute.
Music Jul 31, 2018
More hip-hop, more J-pop and a typhoon: Fuji Rock 2018 was full of new energy
by James Hadfield
Nothing encapsulated the strangeness of this year's Fuji Rock Festival than the spectacle that unfurled on the main Green Stage on Saturday night. After delivering what was already one of the silliest sets of the weekend, EDM producer Skrillex returned for his encore, accompanied ...
Entertainment News Apr 3, 2017
American musician Bob Dylan has finally received his Nobel Prize in literature, nearly four months after the award presentation ceremony. The 75-year-old singer-songwriter received his medal during a small gathering Saturday afternoon at a hotel next to the conference center where he was performing a ...
Language | COMMUNICATION CUES Nov 14, 2016
U.S. music legend Bob Dylan is the first songwriter to win the Nobel Prize in literature in the award's 115-year history.
Commentary / World Oct 23, 2016
Bob Dylan and the wind of literary idiocy
by Bernard-henri Levy
The "Bard of Hibbing" is a poetico-musical revolution in one man and one body of work. It is this tour de force that the Nobel committee has recognized in its selection.
Entertainment News Oct 23, 2016
Swedish Academy says it's up to Dylan if he wants to come to receive Nobel Prize
The committee that awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature to Bob Dylan said on Saturday it was up to the American singer-songwriter whether to attend the prize-giving ceremony later this year or not. The notoriously media-shy Dylan has not yet made any comment on the ...
Editorials Oct 17, 2016
Throughout his career, Bob Dylan's songs have struck a chord with the young and young at heart around the world. It is hard to imagine a "purer" or more deserving form of literature.
Commentary / World Oct 17, 2016
Dylan surpassed Whitman as the American poet
by Cass R. Sunstein
Bob Dylan has surpassed Walt Whitman as the defining American artist, celebrating the capacity for self-invention as the highest form of freedom.
National Oct 14, 2016
They missed the Nobel, but Murakami fans seek solace in novelist's affection for Dylan
Among the many admirers of Nobel laureate Bob Dylan is novelist Haruki Murakami, who makes several references to the renowned singer-songwriter in his works. Murakami, the 67-year-old author of best-sellers that include "Norwegian Wood" and "IQ84," has repeatedly been spoken of as a candidate for ...
Business Oct 14, 2016
Sony Music to press over 10,000 Dylan CDs following Nobel Prize
Sony Music Labels Inc. decided Friday to increase production of Bob Dylan CDs after receiving over 10,000 orders following the announcement that the U.S. singer-songwriter had won the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature. The CD "Dylan The Best," released in 2007, has been particularly popular ...
Music Apr 3, 2014
Bob Dylan is the latest in a list of legends to visit these shores
by James Hadfield
Clad in a T-shirt for U.K. punk pioneers The Clash, 16-year-old Kyo Asada probably doesn't fit most people's image of a typical Bob Dylan fan. But judging from the crowd lined up outside Tokyo's Zepp DiverCity on the opening night of his latest Japan ...
Music Apr 3, 2014
No tickets available? Find a Bob Dylan-related event to get your fix
by Daisuke Kikuchi
Not every Bob Dylan fan in Japan is going to nab a ticket for the musician's many shows, but don't worry — Dylan fever can be sated in other ways. Umeda Akaso in Osaka's Kita Ward will screen "The 30th Anniversary Celebration" on April 15 ...