It would have been impossible to find a better way to end this fine night in Dublin, than to play Shane MacGowan's and Pogues' beautiful "Rainy Night In Soho", the audience on fire from the first chords of the song, Dylan standing by the piano. Easily the highlight of the evening, Dylan's heartfelt tribute to … Continue reading “Now the song is nearly over/We may never find out what it means” – Bob Dylan in Dublin, 25th of November, 2025

Passing a point of no return. That's what it's about - to be crossing the Rubicon. When the singer asks rhetorical in "My Own Version of You": What would Julius Caesar do? - he of course knows the answer. Cæsar would cross the Rubicon, as he did in the most dangerous month of the year, … Continue reading “Sing in me, oh Muse, and through me tell the story” – Bob Dylan in Killarney, 24th of November 2025

On my internal list of favorite Dylan live moments, this night's surprising ending, with a deeply heartfelt and very touching version of "Lakes of Pontchartrain", easily entered the company of so many great performances through the years. Dylan went directly from a beautiful "Every Grain of Sand" with nice harmonica ending, into searching for some … Continue reading “What are you lookin’ at – there’s nothing to see/Just a cool breeze encircling me” Bob Dylan in Killarney, 23rd of November 2025

"Sing of the heroes who stood aloneWhose names are engraved on tablets of stoneWho struggled with pain so the world could go freeMother of Muses, sing for me"*--------"Sing of Sherman, Montgomery, and ScottAnd of Zhukov, and Patton, and the battles they foughtWho cleared the path for Presley to singWho carved the path for Martin Luther … Continue reading “I’m The Enemy of Treason, The Enemy of Strife” – Bob Dylan, Paris, 31st of October 2025

"Well, I’ve been to London and I’ve been to gay PareeI’ve followed the river and I got to the seaI’ve been down on the bottom of a world full of liesI ain’t looking for nothing in anyone’s eyesSometimes my burden seems more than I can bearIt’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there"(Bob Dylan, 1997) … Continue reading “I’ll keep the path open – the path in my mind” Bob Dylan in Paris, 30th of October 2025.

Every year seems to be a Dylan-year, one way or another. This year we can celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Bringing it all Back Home & Highway 61 Revisited, the 50th Anniversary of Blood On The Tracks & Basement Tapes, the 40th Anniversary of Empire Burlesque, the 30th Anniversary of MTV Unplugged (and yes - … Continue reading Still Going Strong, Still in a State of Becoming. Happy 84th Birthday, Mr Dylan!

"All across the telegraphHis name it did resoundBut no charge held against himCould they proveAnd there was no man aroundWho could track or chain him downHe was never knownTo make a foolish move"(From "John Wesley Harding", Bob Dylan) "The truth is obscure, too profound and too pure, to live it you'll have to explode."(From "Where … Continue reading “It’s Either Fortune or Fame”. About “A Complete Unknown”

Another year has gone by in an accelerating tempo, bringing both misery and joy. To be hopeful on behalf of humanity seems to be more and more challenging. There are wars and rumors of wars, there are fires raging in all meanings of the word, and some of us are lucky enough to still be … Continue reading Another Year Gone By, and Bob Dylan is still out there, singing for us, at his own expence. About Bob Dylan in 2024.

“You can’t be who you want to be in daily life — I don’t care who you are, you are going to be disappointed in daily life. The cure for all that is to get up on stage and that is why performers do it. But in saying that, I don’t want to put on … Continue reading “Strike Another Match, Go Start Anew, And It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” – Bob Dylan in Royal Albert Hall, London, November 14th 2024