Bob Dylan brought protest music to the masses back in the 1960s, but he pointed to reggae progenitor Jimmy Cliff as having written the greatest protest anthem.

With the release of his biopic, ‘A Complete Unknown’, starring Timothée Chalamet, there has been a curious resurgence to ...

Eurovision left Bambie Thug burnt out and dealing with doubt. Now, they’re out the other side and ready to cast a new spell.

Baez, who performed melodic duets with Dylan, wrote the haunting song Diamonds and Rust in 1975 about their tormented relationship. She admitted only recently that he broke her heart. Yet, at the age ...

Country rock legend Steve Earle on his career, writing political songs, and becoming a member of the Grand Ole Opry.

His lyrics echo a nation’s slow descent from hope to distrust — and hint at redemption.

In “The Last Supper,” Paul Elie explores how controversies over artists like Sinéad O’Connor and Keith Haring paved the way ...

Bob Dylan is one of the best American songwriters. Rising to fame during the 1960s, it’s hard to find someone […] ...

When they heard these things, all in the synagogue were filled with wrath. And they rose up and drove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that ...

Listening to a collection of iconic lyrics from Americana songs can help shed light on what the genre is all about.

Two other era-defining songs from Dylan were “Masters ... Bob Dylan, master of the protest song Although Bob Dylan joked in 1965 that “all I ever do is protest,” he was naturally wary ...