Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter whose work reshaped folk and rock songwriting during the 1960s. Songs such as Blowin’ in the Wind, The Times They Are a-Changin’, Like a Rolling Stone, and Subterranean Homesick Blues joined protest, surreal imagery, and vernacular American music. His influence reaches far beyond popular song.

6 articles related to Bob Dylan:

SONGWRITER

Statesboro Blues: no one can sing the blues like Blind Willie McTell

Bob Dylan's track Blind Willie McTell is perhaps the best tribute to this outstanding traveling street artist who has...
Music Theory

8 songs to introduce Aeolian mode and natural minor scale

Over the past centuries, the composition of polyphonic music has been primarily focused on seven diatonic scales...
SONGWRITER

Subterranean Homesick Blues popularized Dylan's idea of an official lyric video

Subterranean Homesick Blues is one of Bob Dylan's first counterculture hits to transcend genres, owing to the...
Music Theory

The Andalusian cadence: distinct chord progression of flamenco that captivated all pop music genres

The Andalusian cadence is a musical term denoting a chain of four chords that appear sequentially through each step of...
GUITAR

Charley Patton's guitar tricks bridged the genre gap between Delta blues and rock'n'roll

Charley Patton played a crucial role in developing the early blues movement in the Delta region of northwestern... 1 comment
SONGWRITER

Ghosts of past wars alive in the Lowlands of Holland

The Lowlands of Holland is a popular British folk song that depicts a young widow mourning her husband whose ship was...