Bob Dylan
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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...
2) Biograph
Author
Publisher
Columbia Records/Sony Music
Pub. Date
1985 (1962-1985)
Language
English
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."
Author
Publisher
Razor & Tie
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In the first comprehensive documentary to chronicle the private life and public career of Joan Baez, "How Sweet the Sound" examines her history as a recording artist and performer as well as her remarkable journey as the conscience of a generation. Features interviews with David Crosby, Bob Dylan, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Roger McGuinn and others, as well as a candid conversation between Joan and ex-husband David Harris. The film is rich in archival...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Bonus features including never before seen footage and rare concert performances by Bob Dylan. Includes everyone's prolific favorites: 'Like a Rolling Stone,' 'Blowing In The Wind,' 'Mr. Tamborine Man' & others. Directed by Martin Scorsese.
12) Radio unnameable
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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,...
Publisher
The Weinstein Company
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
A look at the life of controversial musician, activist, and environmentalist Pete Seeger, and how he used his songs to promote social change. Includes archival footage and interviews with Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie, and more.
"A stirring, revelatory film..."--Entertainment Weekly.
14) Mavis!
Publisher
Film First Corp
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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
Publisher
Columbia
Pub. Date
p2010
Language
English
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.
17) If not for you
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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.
