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drownedinsound.com : 10 Years of singer-songwriters: The Changing of the Guards | By Steve Dunne

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The Takeaway : Pain, Music and Destiny: Bob Dylan at 70

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The Takeaway iPhone App [itunes.apple.com] | By New York Public Radio | See also facebook.com/iTunes

Like A Rolling Stone: The Music of Bob Dylan (itunes.apple.com) | New podcast special by Sound Opinions | Public Radio Exchange (PRX) | an entire hour featuring conversations with Clinton Heylin and Al Kooper, plus lots of music. 

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npr.org : From The 'Vinyl Deeps,' Ellen Willis Wrote About Rock | By Ken Tucker

nytimes.com : Ellen Willis’s Pioneering Rock Criticism | By Evelyn McDonnell

nytimes.com : Excerpt from OUT OF THE VINYL DEEPS by Ellen Willis | Copyright © 2011 by Nona Willis Aronowitz

latimes.com : The Reading Life: Ellen Willis, rocking the rock music boat | By David Ulin | In the essay collection 'Out of the Vinyl Deeps: Ellen Willis on Rock Music,' the New Yorker's first rock 'n' roll critic reveals a keen understanding not only of the music but the music business.

Ellen Willis : ellenwillis.tumblr.com

OUT OF THE VINYL DEEPS : Ellen Willis on Rock Music (book trailer)

"Everything passes. Everything changes. Just do what you think you should do."

— Bob Dylan, "To Ramona"

independent.co.uk : Donovan: Bob Dylan, the Beatles, Buddha and me

As the world celebrates Dylan's 70th birthday, the star known as the 'British Bob' reminds John Walsh how it was he who taught Lennon and McCartney a thing or two, prompted the Pop Art movement and even instigated our very own Summer of Love.

Bob Dylan in Concert: Brandeis University 1963 | Columbia/Legacy | By ANDY GREENE

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Bob Dylan Signs With Simon & Schuster for Six-Book Deal

In a Rolling Stone article, Dylan explained some of his ideas for Chronicles: Volume 2. “I think I can go back to the Blonde on Blonde album — that’s probably about as far back as I can go on the next book,” he said. "Then I’ll probably go forward. I thought of an interesting time. I made this record, Under the Red Sky, with Don Was, but at the same time I was also doing the [second] Wilburys record. I don’t know how it happened that I got into both albums at the same time.”

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Video : Robbie Robertson Talks About the Evolution of His Guitar Style

via rollingstone.com : MARCH 28, 12:15 PM ET | By MATTHEW PERPETUA

"Robbie Robertson recently sat down with Rolling Stone's Patrick Doyle to talk about how The Band played together for seven years before recording an album, the evolution of his guitar style in the early days of the group and how 'The Weight' went from being an extra song written for Music From Big Pink to an enduring rock classic."