Editor's note: In what was considered a "radical" choice, Bob Dylan was announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize in literature on Oct. 13, 2016. Read the story here. What’s the most innovative year ...

Pure and simple, 1966 was considered by many critics as one of the greatest years for popular music ever [see the Guardian’s “Was 1966 pop music greatest’s year?” and the LA Times‘ “1966 Could be Rock ...

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A massive 36-disc collection, The 1966 Live Recordings purports to capture every performance from Bob Dylan’s stormy concert tour of 50 years ago, when he ranged from the US to Europe to Australia, ...

This year's calendar reset means that we're experiencing golden and silver anniversaries of two of the greatest years in pop music history. Twenty-five years ago, 1991, was "the year that punk broke," ...

Bob Dylan played two nights at London’s Royal Albert Hall in the spring of 1966, a year he spent much of on the road with the Band. On both nights in London, Dylan played the bluesy “Tell Me, Momma,” ...

“Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert” is a faithful song-by-song recreation, without the boos, of Bob Dylan ‘s infamous concert — from the tour where he played electric guitar ...

It was summer, and the time was right. In New York, temperatures were down slightly from the almost unbearable 39 degrees Celsius (102 degrees Fahrenheit) peaks of June and July. On August 1, 1966, ...

"You'll never hear surf music again," is a very famous line from "Third Stone From the Sun," from Jimi Hendrix's debut album Are You Experienced (1967). That lyric was taken by many (including myself, ...

One of the ice-cream concern’s owners agreed. James Chambers became Jimmy Cliff and with Leslie Kong, who turned his attention the business of music rather than ice cream, founded the Beverley’s label ...

May 16th will mark 50 years to the day that to the day that the Beach Boys released Pet Sounds. The album initially confused critics and fans, but went on to become a beloved pop masterpiece, which ...

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Somewhere in Tokyo, dozens of nearly forgotten musical scores are gathering dust. They were penned by the late Spanish composer Gaspar Cassado, who died nearly 60 years ago. Some ...