The second year of Dylan.FM is about to begin, and this post talks about the programming and content we’re planning as well as the evolution of our free and Premium memberships and a new Scholarship program.
John Nogowski reviews Bob Dylan's Book "The Philosophy of Modern Song". The book has inspired many reactions, but 'Let the writer have his say' is the approach recommended here.
Percy Song is a Steve Hoffman forum contributor who recently attended a private listening event in London for the New Ionic Original recording of Blowin' In the Wind 2022. He took notes during the recording and shared hi...
Part III of our series discussed the goals T-Bone Burnett has for this project, the scarcity, the cost, the rage some fans feel, how it might have been done differently, and when you'll get to hear it.
Part II of our after report focuses on the new recording sessions and the technology in the new Ionic Original recording of Bob Dylan's Blowin' In The Wind. Based on attendance at the NYC listening event hosted by Christ...
Impressions from the New York listening event, where T-Bone Burnett presented his new Ionic recording of Blowin' In The Wind (2022). A discussion and review of the event and this new recording. Part I of II.
There are now >75 separate tracks (versions or mixes) of songs from the Time Out Of Mind sessions that have been officially released. Here is one way to organize them. In 1997,...
Whirly Gig is the story of the recording of Time Out Of Mind, based on John Lewis' talks with keyboardist Jim Dickinson and listening to the raw studio tapes in The Bob Dylan Archi...
The second year of Dylan.FM is about to begin, and this post talks about the programming and content we’re planning as well as the evolution of our free and Premium memberships and...
Ray Padgett's new book compiles 50+ interviews with musicians and others who've been involved with Bob Dylan's live shows. It's called Pledging My Time, and we discuss his pre-publ...
They made us wait, but that wait is over. The next Bootleg Series will focus on Time Out Of Mind, it won’t be out until Jan 27, 2023, but it will be a big interesting box. We...
(PREMIUM MEMBERS ONLY) It didn't take Dylan long to bring the Time Out Of Mind songs to The Never Ending Tour, and a surprising number of them got a lot of stage time. In this arti...
Laura Tenschert of Definitely Dylan spoke about Make You Feel My Love, reiterating its history as a song that many Dylan fans and critics dislike, and then exploring the potential...
Michael Gray has been sharing interesting Dylan criticism since 1972 and joined us to talk about his writing and views on Time Out Of Mind. He talks of his initial and then revised...
Jochen Markhorst presented his views on Cold Irons Bound in our Episode Three event, sharing the origin of the song, pointing out where The Stanley Brothers' influence can be seen,...
Bob Dylan lyrics are never set in stone, and the songs of Time Out Of Mind have evolved from time to time in live performance. Here we look at many of the know lyric variations as...
Emma Swift and Robyn Hitchcock joined us for our first live event, playing a special private show in New York City. Featured were songs from 'Blonde On The Tracks' plus some specia...
(MEMBERS ONLY) The 5th and final installment in John Carvill's first chapter for a book on Time Out Of Mind. Here he draws his conclusions about the record, what it means to him, a...
(Fanatic Members Only) The Bootleg Series Volume 8: Tell Tale Signs was the first look behind the recording of Time Out Of Mind. It contains a dozen songs connected to these sessio...
(Members Only) In this next excerpt from John Carvill's manuscript he discusses the history of the TOOM songs, the impact of Daniel Lanois and begins explaining the framework he us...
Matthew Zuckerman first wrote this article in 2005 when it was published in ISIS - eight years after the release of Time Out of Mind. It talks about the various musical and lyrical...
(MEMBERS ONLY) Dylan always makes big public appearances memorable, one way or another. In the mid-90's he went on MTV and surprised everyone by doing exactly what he was asked to...
(MEMBERS ONLY) In this exclusive series of excerpts from John Carvill, Time Out Of Mind is considered anew. Part II looks at one pivotal pre-TOOM event, Woodstock '94 where Dylan b...
(MEMBERS ONLY) Mark Howard the Engineer on Time Out Of Mind shared some pages from his notebook with us, specifically the recording notes from Not Dark Yet and Highlands. These rev...
(MEMBERS ONLY) In this exclusive series of excerpts from John Carvill, Time Out Of Mind is considered anew. Part I looks at the 'Time' part of the title, where Dylan was when this...
In this guest post from James Adams, we learn the fascinating tale of album rumors that filled the internet before the details of Time Out Of Mind were known. It started in the 'zi...
Time Out Of Mind is not out of our minds. After 25 years we’re still listening, enjoying, considering, and discovering. This blog will give you a lot more to learn and think...