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Dylan.FM
by Craig Danuloff
Dylan.FM dives deep into Bob Dylan with insiders, authors, fans and more. The show tends to look at one album or period for several months at a time, digging in from multiple angles. We also often talk to authors and learn about great Bob Dylan Books.Most new episodes are free for 90 days. Subscribers to FM+ get Extended Versions of many shows, Bonus Episodes and full access to every episode in our Archives.Subscribe to FM+ in Apple Podcasts or at www.FMpods.com. One low price includes full access to Extended and Bonus Episodes from every show on the network.
Episodes
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Not Completely Unknown 07: Bob and Woody at Greystone Park Hospital
‘A Complete Unknown’ starts and ends with Dylan & Woody Guthrie in Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital in Morris Plains New Jersey. In this episode we learn more about Dylan’s time there with Guthrie from two people who were directly involved, Woody’s daughter Nora Guthrie and his friend Jahanara...
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Not Completely Unknown 06: The Gaslight Tapes (1961-62) by Dylan Revisited
In this episode of Dylan Revisited, host Colm Larkin takes us into The Gaslight to talk about Dylan’s work and recordings there. These are visits that took place in the very early years of Dylan arriving in New York. We'll hear about two famous Dylan shows there, one from September 1961 and…
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Not Completely Unknown 05: Voice of A Generation (A Bob Dylan Primer Pt.2)
Our Not Completely Unknown series continues, with Episode 2 from A Bob Dylan Primer, this time focusing on Dylan's life and work between the release of his debut album and the release of Another Side of Bob Dylan just two years later. Host Michael Hacker tells the story of this pivotal period…
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Not Completely Unknown 04: Elijah Wald on Newport ’65 (with Stu Levitan)
Today we hear from Elijah Wald, who wrote “Dylan Goes Electric! Newport, Seeger, Dylan and the Night that Split the Sixties” the book on which the movie 'A Complete Unknown' is based. As the title suggests, the book looks at the events of this period based on Seeger and his role in the…
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Not Completely Unknown 03: Bob Dylan & Folk Music
The Bob Dylan portrayed in A Complete Unknown finds those incredible songs pouring out of him—a characterization we’ve often heard about Dylan. While the blistering pace at which they emerged is astonishing, it’s important to understand the influences, borrowing, and creative remaking that played…
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Not Completely Unknown 02: Bob Dylan’s Debut Album by Dylan Revisited
Just 10 months after he arrived in New York City, Bob Dylan found himself at Columbia Records recording his first record. This episode tells the story of what was then considered a rather unspectacular debut. This is the first episode of Dylan Revisited, a new podcast by Colm Larkin that grew out...
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Not Completely Unknown 01: A Thousand Miles From Home (A Bob Dylan Primer 01)
Before television, a boy was born in springtime Minnesota. 25 years later he was the most beloved, and most reviled – pop star on the planet. A Bob Dylan Primer is a series that tells the story of the work and life of Bob Dylan. Over the course of 16 episodes it covers the time period from…
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Not Completely Unknown – Series Announcement
We're kicking off a new series on Dylan.FM called “Not Completely Unknown” focused on helping new Dylan fans learn more about the guy they met in the film, or the musician that they've never taken the time to get to know well. This will be an ongoing series of podcasts, blog posts, and social…
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S03.09 Blind Willie McTell: The Song & The Man w/Michael Gray
In 1983 Bob Dylan recorded Blind Willie McTell, but it remained unreleased until The Bootleg Series Vol. 1-3, and became one of Dylan's most revered songs. It finally appeared in concert in 1997 where it remained an occasional highlight for a long long time. On this episode we dive into this well...
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S03.08 Jokerman w/Michael Gray
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S03.07 Traveling Wilburys: A Little Help From Bob’s Friends w/Jeff Slate
Dylan's participation in The Traveling Wilburys was a clear career bright spot of the 1980s. What started as a few friends dropping by the house turned into a hit record. In this episode Musician Jeff Slate talks to us about how this happened, what it produced, and what it mean to Dylan and his...
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GUEST POD: Jason Nodler on Infinity Goes Up On Trial (IOT 01)
In this special episode we're sharing the premiere episode of a new podcast called 'Infinity Goes Up On Trial' hosted by Erin Callahan. It's monthly show with discussions about the ideas and emotions in Dylan's work, with artists, activists, educators, and more. SHOW NOTES The emotions and ideas…
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S03.06 Groom’s Still Waiting at the Altar & Angelina w/Michael Gray
Continuing our discussion with Michael Gray on his book Song & Dance Man Vol.2, we discuss Chapter 4 which focuses on Groom Still Waiting At The Altar and also covers Angelina and Caribbean Wind. Michael explains the biblical references from the title of Groom, we discuss the lyrical changes as...
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S03.05 “Let Our Geniuses Fail” – Dylan In The Mid 80’s w/Erin Callahan
Bob Dylan struggled in many ways in the mid 80's, no matter how you look at it. We talk about the perception and reality of that struggle, along with his triumphs, with Professor Erin Callahan. Erin often hosts The Dylantantes podcast, is co-author/co-editor of The Politics and Power of Bob…
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S03.04 Yonder Comes Sin & Every Grain of Sand w/ Michael Gray
We continue our series with Michael Gray on Song & Dance Man, Vol. 2 with a discussion of two chapters on great songs from Bob's Born-Again Period. The first is Yonder Comes Sin, and outtake captured at a live show soundcheck, and unreleased until the Trouble No More Bootleg Series. The Second is...
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S03.03 Dylan & The Dead – The Relationship w/ Harold Lepidus
Dylan & The Dead is much more than an album, it's a relationship. In this episode we talk to Dylan and Dead expert Harold Lepidus about all aspects of that history, the shows, the rehearsals, the inspiration, and the impact. This a part of our 'Five Worst Years' series looking at all sides of...
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S03.02 Empire Burlesque (Song-by-Song) with Jim Beviglia
Following 18 months after Infidels, nothing about the making of this record - the recording process, the sound, the songs, or even the cover art - suggested that Dylan was on solid footing. The times were a-changin' again. Yet the music did impress some: Rolling Stone asked: "Is Dylan “back”?...
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S03.01 Bob Dylan’s Five Worst Years 1984-1988 (An Introduction)
Bob Dylan has had an incredible career for over sixty years. But Dylan hit a bit of a rough patch in the 1980's - especially the mid 80s. Or did he? This is the question we're going to look at as we revisit the years 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, and 1988 - and everything that took place during those...
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S02.20 Bob Books: The Politics and Power of Bob Dylan’s Live Performances w/Erin Callahan and Court Carney
Dylan fans have always focused on setlists, but this may be the first book to use them as a theme, around which a series of writers look at how the list of songs Bob chooses to sing in any given night or tour has evolved, the different roles certain songs have played over the years, and the…
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S02.19 The Street to Slow Train – Song & Dance Man Vol.2 Ch.1 with Michael Gray
In this episode we talk with author Michael Gray about Chapter One of Volume 2 of Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan - Yonder Comes Sin, which was just released. Much of the discussion is about Street-Legal, and how that album revealed Dylan's evolving search for salvation - in a way that...
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S02.18 Mixing Up The Medicine – The Bob Dylan Archives Book With Mark Davidson and Parker Fishel
Mixing Up The Medicine is a new book that takes us all inside The Bob Dylan Archives, and shares a wealth of photos, memorabilia, manuscripts, and new original writing. We talk with authors Mark Davidson and Parker Fishel to learn how they created it. ** The Extended Version of this Episode is 30...
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S02.17 Bob Dylan’s Use of Pre-War Blues: Song & Dance Man Ch 8 With Michael Gray
Nobody Else Can Be Influenced By The Pre-War Blues like Bob Dylan - or so says author Michael Gray in Chapter 8 in Song & Dance Man Vol.1 (The 50th Anniversary Edition). In 112 pages in that book he explains Dylan's relationship with the blues, which we discuss in this episode. Our Guest Reader…
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S02.16 Lay Down Your Weary Tune – Song & Dance Man Ch 6 With Michael Gray
Only one song from Dylan's 1960s output earned a dedicated chapter in Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan (Vol.1), and it's a song that Dylan never even released until over 20 years later. In this episode we talk to Michael Gray about "Lay Down Your Weary Tune" (later released on Biograph in...
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S02.15 Dylan Moves Toward Simplicity With Michael Gray
Following our two episodes on complexity in Dylan's lyrics, our discussion turns to the trend towards simplicity in the late 60's and early 70's work. This covers Chapter 5 in Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan (Vol.1) and includes comments on John Wesley Harding, Nashville Skyline, New...
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S02.12 Dylan Moves Toward Complexity (Pt.1) With Michael Gray
In this fourth episode in our Series on the new book release Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan (Vol.1) we talk to author Michael Gray about Chapter Four: Dylan's Use of Language: Toward Complexity. We discuss the changes on songs seen over the course of Dylan's first seven albums - from Bob...
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S02.11 What Dylan Took From Early Rock & Roll – Song & Dance Man Ch.3 – With Michael Gray
In this third episode in our Series on the new book release Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan (Vol.1) we talk to author Michael Gray about Chapter Three: Dylan and Rock Music. We discuss the influence the early Rock & Roll performers had on Dylan. Things he heard over those distant AM Radio...
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S02.10 Dylan and Literature – Song & Dance Man Ch.2 – With Michael Gray
In this second episode in our Series on the new Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan (Vol.1) we talk to author Michael Gray about Chapter Two: Dylan and The Literary Tradition. We talk about the influence both classical english writers as well as both early and modern American writers had on...
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S02.09 Pledging My Time: Conversations with Bob Dylan Band Members w/Ray Padgett
Well over 100 musicians have played in Dylan's band over the past 60 years, and Ray Padgett spoke to nearly 50 of them for his new book 'Pledging My Time - Conversations With Bob Dylan Band Members'. In this episode we talk with Ray about the book and all these interesting conversations. Ray is...
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S02.08 Dylan and Folk Music – Song & Dance Man Ch.1 – With Michael Gray
The first serious book to analyze and critique the work of Bob Dylan was Michael Gray's Song & Dance Man: The Art of Bob Dylan - and it's back in print after over a decade, in a new 50th Anniversary Series. To celebrate we're doing our own series of interviews with Gray, walking through the book…
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S02.07 The Bob Dylan Center – First Anniversary and Beyond with Director Steven Jenkins
It was over seven years ago that we learned of 'Bob Dylan's Secret Archives' from The New York Times, and just over a year since the Bob Dylan Center opened those archives up to visitors in Tulsa OK. On the anniversary, we sat down in Tulsa with Center Director Steven Jenkins to talk about the...
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S02.06 Dylan’s Guitar Playing on Good As I Been To You with Eyolf Østrem
When Bob Dylan returned as a solo acoustic recording artist in the early 90's, many were surprised. A lot of folks thought they would never again hear Bob alone with a guitar. But few thought if they did, the playing would be described as "magnificent, skilled, exciting" guitar work - as it was...
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S02.05 The World Gone Wrong Cover Photo Shoot with Ana Maria Vélez Wood
The World Gone Wrong album cover stands out amongst all the Dylan covers - Bob has a top hat on, the colors are vibrant, and he has a detached look that doesn't exude the confidence you find on all of his other covers. The picture was taken during the filming of a video for Blood In My Eyes, and...
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S02.04 Books On Bob: Bob Dylan in Minnesota w/ K.G. Miles
In the third book in the Troubadour Tales series, Keith Miles and his co-authors take us on a tour through Dylan's Minnesota homeland via a series of short stories about the homes he lived in, the girls he dated, the places he went, the people he knew, and the events of his life. Like the…
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S02.03 Good As I’ve Been To You – Originals & Covers w/ Ray Padgett
Bob Dylan knew - and often played - most of the songs he covered on Good As I Been To You for his entire professional life. In this episode we examine the original versions of these songs (there are always more than a few) and other interesting covers that have been done since Dylan's 1992…
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S02.02 Michael Gray on The Songs of Good As I’ve Been To You
Michael Gray invented analysis and criticism of Bob Dylan songs with the 1972/3 release of Song & Dance Man. And over the last 50 years and through two major updates of that book, he has remained one of our best and most eloquent of the Dylan scholars. In this episode we talk about the Good As I...
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S02.01 Home Alone – GAIBTY & WGW ft. Engineer Micajah Ryan
It's been said that the road to Time Out Of Mind began when Dylan recorded two solo acoustic albums in the early 90's. Good As I Been To You and World Gone Wrong were yet another unexpected twist in Dylan's path, but by playing alone, at home, on songs he'd known for years, the feeling is Bob...
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S01.25 Why Do Some People Hate Bob Dylan’s ‘Make You Feel My Love’ with Laura Tenschert
Make You Feel My Love is a song that has received a lot of attention - but not entirely out of admiration - a lot of Dylan fans just don't like it. On this episode Laura Tenschert talks about the song and those reactions. Laura is a writer, podcaster and musician who runs Definitely Dylan where…
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S01.24 The Time Out Of Mind Tulsa Tapes and Jim Dickinson with Whirly Gig Author John Lewis
Whirly Gig is a new book that looks at the making of Time Out Of Mind. Today we talk with author John Lewis who shares his insights based on a longtime friendship with TOOM Musician Jim Dickinson and his time in The Bob Dylan Archives in Tulsa - where he was able to listen to all 500 audio files...
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S01.23 Time Out Of Mind on Blu-Ray: The 2022 Mix in Hi-Res & Atmos with Paul Sinclair of SuperDeluxeEdition
It turns out Fragments wasn't the last Time Out Of Mind release for the year. A few days ago SuperDeluxeEdition.com made the surprise announcement of a new Time Out Of Mind Blu-Ray disc offering the 2022 Remix in 24/96 High Resolution and the Dolby Atmos Mix. This is on pre-sale until Feb 24…
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S01.22 Steven Hyden – Liner Notes Writer for FRAGMENTS: Time Out Of Mind Sessions (Bootleg Series 17)
Steven Hyden wrote the liner notes for The Bootleg Series 17: Fragments - The Time Out Of Mind Sessions, and in this episode talks to us about the assignment, his assessment of Bob Dylan in 1997, and how the narrative of the times stood up to 25 years of additional Bob Dylan output. Hyden is a...
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S01.21 Michael Brauer on Remixing Time Out Of Mind for FRAGMENTS (Bootleg Series 17)
Michael Brauer was recently tapped to remix Time Out Of Mind, for the Fragments Bootleg Series 17 box set. Reimagining an Album Of The Year is no small task, and Michael tells us his goals for the project, what he was asked to do, and how he went about rebuilding this classic album and give it a...
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S01.19 The World of Bob Dylan 2023 Preview with Sean Latham
Sean Latham is the Director of the Tulsa University Institute for Bob Dylan Studies, which is related to The Bob Dylan Archives and The Bob Dylan Center. He is also the Pauline McFarlin Walter Endowed Chair of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Tulsa where he serves as Editor...
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S01.16 Pledging My Time with Bob Dylan’s Band Members (New Book by Ray Padgett)
Ray Padgett is writing a new book that compiles 50+ interviews with musicians and others who've been involved with Bob Dylan's live shows. It's called Pledging My Time, and there is a pre-release Indiegogo campaign running that allows you to pre-order the book and take advantage of special bonus...
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S01.15 Jeff Slate on Bob Dylan and Time Out Of Mind
Jeff Slate is a musician, writer, and radio host with a long and deep connection to Bob Dylan. He wrote the liner notes to the More Blood, More Tracks edition of The Bootleg Series, and has done several events for The Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa. He shares his insider's view and personal memories…
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S01.14 Reviewers Roundtable – Bob Dylan’s The Philosophy of Modern Song
Five respected music writers - each with recent reviews of Bob Dylan's new book - joined us to share their thoughts and discuss the contents of this incredible work. Our panel includes Anne Margaret Daniel, Seth Rogovoy, Allison Rapp, David Yaffe, and David Hajdu (Bio's below). They share their...
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S01.12 Michael Gray on the Four Major Songs on Time Out Of Mind
Micheal Gray wrote the first serious critical book on Bob Dylan's work in 1972's Song and Dance Man, and for the 50 years since has remained one of the most respected and important voices even in the very large world that joined him in that effort. He's expanded Song and Dance Man twice, wrote…
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S01.11 Jochen Markhorst on Cold Irons Bound from Time Out Of Mind
Jochen Markhorst is a key member of the ring of Dylanologists who help the rest of us know about the references, influences, and ideas found in Dylan's work. In hundreds of blog posts and 15 books he's shared an impressive ability to put Bob's work into context of other music, literature, poetry,...
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S01.10 Robyn Hitchcock on Bob Dylan and Time Out Of Mind
Robyn Hitchcock is a broadly respected singer-songwriter with a lifetime of connections to Bob Dylan. He saw Bob Dylan perform at the Isle of Wight as a teenager in 1969, became the kind of songwriter that could only exist in the world after Dylan, and has regularly performed and recorded Dylan...
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S01.07 Wesley Stace on Dylan’s Time Out Of Mind (Pt.1)
Wesley Stace was probably first known to Dylan fans by his stage name, John Wesley Harding - when he delivered great songs and albums from the late 80's through the turn of the century - including 'It Happened One Night', 'Here Comes The Groom', 'Awake' and others. This century he's continued to...
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S01.05 Influences and Lyric Borrowing in Dylan’s Time Out Of Mind with Scott Warmuth
Scott Warmuth is a Dylan fan, scholar, and researcher who is known as the guy who discovered the 'late period' writing style of Bob Dylan by identifying hundreds of influences and borrowed lyric sources across all kinds of books, movies, magazines, and more. In this episode he points his…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Dylan.FM dives deep into Bob Dylan with insiders, authors, fans and more. The show tends to look at one album or period for several months at a time, digging in from multiple angles. We also often talk to authors and learn about great Bob Dylan Books.Most new episodes are free for 90 days. Subscribers to FM+ get Extended Versions of many shows, Bonus Episodes and full access to every episode in our Archives.Subscribe to FM+ in Apple Podcasts or at www.FMpods.com. One low price includes full access to Extended and Bonus Episodes from every show on the network.
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Craig Danuloff
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Dylan.FM dives deep into Bob Dylan with insiders, authors, fans and more. The show tends to look at one album or period for several months at a time, digging in from multiple angles. We also often talk to authors and learn about great Bob Dylan Books.Most new episodes are free for 90 days....
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