Bob Dylan

How Bob Dylan Ran Afoul of the FBI

by Aaron J. Leonard

The combination of alcohol and unconsidered remarks about Lee Harvey Oswald in the wake of the Kennedy assassination helped ensure that the FBI opened a file on the singer. 

Previewing Tulsa's New Bob Dylan Center

by Douglas Brinkley

"The center—a high-tech vessel holding the man’s oeuvre and an overview of the man—will be the spiritual home of Dylan, a relentless performer who is forever on the road."

Can the Roots of Greatness be Found in Bob Dylan's Minnesota Hometown?

If Dylan himself has always been ambivalent about his Iron Range roots, there is still much to learn about the artist and the nation from a visit. 

Dylan's 'Times They Are A-Changin'' Lyrics for Sale for $2.2 Million

"The Times They Are A-Changin'", written by Dylan in 1963 and released on his 1964 album of the same name, is regarded as one of the most iconic protest songs of the 1960s.

Douglas Brinkley shares insight on Bob Dylan Archives in Tulsa

The historian is writing a book about the poet/singer.

Bob Dylan, Carl Sandburg, and American Visions

by Walter G. Moss

The uncanny parallels between their careers.

While some are surprised Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize in literature, Sean Wilentz isn't

"Bob Dylan, like many if not most literary greats, is an alchemist. He manages to take materials from here and there and to turn them into something different — to make them larger, to make them his own."

Bob Dylan Stratocaster sets auction record, sells for nearly $1 million

A guitar once owned by music legend Bob Dylan sold for $965,000 Friday at Christie's.