Bob Dylan
Things Have Changed by Bettye LaVette
Veteran R&B singer Bettye Lavette holds a dozen Bob Dylan songs up to her soulful scrutiny. Nick Bollinger discusses.
AudioThe Sampler - 17 April 2018
This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger discusses the starkly personal document of grief that is the latest album from Mount Errie; a set of Bob Dylan songs held up to soulful scrutiny by Bettye…
AudioRichard F Thomas - Why Dylan Matters
Richard F. Thomas is Harvard University's George Martin Lane Professor of the Classics. He was born in London and brought up in New Zealand, and educated at the University of Auckland and at the… Audio
Trouble No More by Bob Dylan
Nick Bollinger inspects one of the controversial corners of Bob Dylan's extensive catalogue. Audio
The Sampler - 21 November 2017
Nick Bollinger considers Taylor Swift's latest bid for pop-world domination and examines a controversial corner of Bob Dylan's extensive career - the gospel years. Audio
Trouble No More by Bob Dylan
Nick Bollinger inspects one of the controversial corners of Bob Dylan's extensive catalogue.
AudioThe Sampler - 21 November 2017
Nick Bollinger considers Taylor Swift's latest bid for pop-world domination and examines a controversial corner of Bob Dylan's extensive career - the gospel years.
AudioEven a Tree Can Shed Tears: Japanese Folk and Rock 1969-73
Nick Bollinger delves into the rabbit hole of early 70s Japanese folk-rock. Audio
Even a Tree Can Shed Tears: Japanese Folk and Rock 1969-73
Nick Bollinger delves into the rabbit hole of early 70s Japanese folk-rock.
AudioGreat album: Bob Dylan, Infidels
We continue our celebration of albums from 1983, with Bob Dylan's Infidels, which was produced by Mark Knopfler and Bob Dylan. Audio
William Dart’s Mid-Year Catch-Up
The time has come for William Dart to assuage his guilt for past omissions. He gathers together tracks that failed to make New Horizons playlists in the first half of 2017. Audio
Tribute to Mr Tambourine Man
William Dart looks first at Cover Stories, an album of songs by Brandi Carlile as performed by a number of high-profile musicians to benefit War Child, the NGO that provides assistance to children in… Audio
The Sampler 18 April 2017
In The Sampler this week Nick Bollinger discusses an album that explores the Puerto Rican heritage of Hurray For The Riff Raff's Alynda Lee Segarra; and an unexpected late-career detour into swing-era… Audio
Triplicate by Bob Dylan
Nick Bollinger explores an unexpected late-career detour into swing-era standards from Bob Dylan. Audio
The Sampler 18 April 2017
In The Sampler this week Nick Bollinger discusses an album that explores the Puerto Rican heritage of Hurray For The Riff Raff's Alynda Lee Segarra; and an unexpected late-career detour into swing-era…
AudioTriplicate by Bob Dylan
Nick Bollinger explores an unexpected late-career detour into swing-era standards from Bob Dylan.
AudioBlonde On Blonde Revisited
It's 50 years since Bob Dylan released his seventh studio album Blonde On Blonde. MOJO Magazine celebrated the fact in its July issue with a tribute CD and William Dart looks at the plusses and… Audio
Bob Dylan's speech in acceptance of The Nobel Prize in Literature
The text of Bob Dylan's speech in acceptance of The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016. Video
It's all right: Dylan accepts Nobel in absentia
Patti Smith performed in Bob Dylan's place at the ceremony honouring his Nobel Prize in Literature.
Nights' Culture - Poetry
Former convener at VUW Modern Letters Creative Writing workshop, Cliff Fell, on the singer-songwriters who've won the Nobel prize for literature - Bob Dylan isn't the first, that honour belongs to… Audio
