When Positively 4th Street landed in 1965, its biting tone caught listeners off guard and helped define it as Dylan’s ultimate diss song.

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For singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega, inspiration for a song can arrive from anywhere at any time. On her new album, “Flying ...

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Banjo, fiddle, and harmonizing voices carried through Dante’s Paradiso Wine Pub Jan. 31, as ice clinked in cocktail-filled ...

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We believe that the traditions and practices embedded in these three folk songs have profoundly changed how we view lyrics.

Bob Dylan is the voice of a generation. The gravelly voiced singer-songwriter also enjoys a sweet treat now and then, ...

The Allman Brothers' Ramblin' Man is a classic rock song Bob Dylan reportedly wished he could have written himself.

The last time folk music truly mattered, the world was on edge. In the 1960s, a young Bob Dylan arrived in New York armed ...

Originally published Sept. 15, 1988 in the Bergen Record. One was a wiry, white Oklahoma singer-songwriter who tapped into the struggles of those made homeless by drought and the Depression. The other ...