Bob DylanVote: Choose your top 10 essential Bob Dylan songs May 19, 2026In honor of Bob Dylan's 85th birthday (Sunday, May 24), share your 10 favorite songs from his catalog by Monday, May 25, at midnight.
Local Current BlogBob Dylan sued for alleged sexual abuse of 12-year-old in 1965Jay Gabler • Aug 16, 2021On Friday, Aug. 13, a plaintiff identified publicly only as “J.C.” filed suit against Bob Dylan in New York. The suit seeks compensatory damages for lasting emotional, physical, and financial injury stemming from sexual abuse that allegedly took place at the Chelsea Hotel in 1965, when the plaintiff was 12 years old and Dylan was…
Live From The Current's Studio and EventsDylan Cartlidge plays songs from 'Hope Above Adversity,Mary Lucia • Jul 13, 2021Dylan Cartlidge plays songs from his debut record, 'Hope Above Adversity,' in a virtual session. Plus, Dylan catches up with Mary Lucia about recording in his laundry room, and finding an escape through music.
Jakob Dylan on the Wallflowers' new album 'Exit Wounds'Jill Riley • Jun 21, 2021Jakob Dylan has announced his first Wallflowers album in nine years: 'Exit Wounds' is out July 9 on New West Records. He joined Jill Riley to talk about the making of the new album, and about a Minnesota connection you probably *didn't* know about.
Rock and Roll Book ClubRock and Roll Book Club: 'The World of Bob Dylan'Jay Gabler • May 20, 2021The first publication to come out of a new Institute for Bob Dylan Studies, editor Sean Latham's new book brings a range of contributors' insights to bear on the endlessly fascinating artist.
Listen to LoochListen To Looch: Bob Dylan, 'Dont Look Back'Mary Lucia • May 19, 2021It's all things Bob Dylan at The Current as we look forward to Dylan's 80th birthday. Mary Lucia talks about D.A. Pennebaker's 1967 documentary 'Dont Look Back,' which, even if you're not a fan of the music, will likely make you a fan of Bob Dylan the person.
DuluthBob Dylan at 80: Celebrate with The CurrentJay Gabler • May 14, 2021Bob Dylan was born in Duluth and raised in Hibbing, and went on to become the most acclaimed singer-songwriter of his generation. On May 24 he turns 80 years old, and The Current has planned a wealth of programming to celebrate this landmark birthday.
MusicheadsMusicheads Essential Album: 'Blood on the Tracks'Jay Gabler • May 14, 2021Only once in his career has Bob Dylan recorded as much as half of a studio album in Minnesota. As it happened, that album turned out to be the most beloved he's ever made.
MusicheadsMusicheads Essential Album: 'Highway 61 Revisited'Jay Gabler • May 14, 2021It's hard to follow 'Like a Rolling Stone' as an opening track, but Bob Dylan more than manages on his epochal album 'Highway 61 Revisited.'
MusicheadsMusicheads Essential Album: 'Blonde on Blonde'Jay Gabler • May 13, 2021Artists aren't typically their own best critics, but Bob Dylan offered the definitive description of his 1966 classic 'Blonde on Blonde' when he said it was 'the closest I ever got to the sound I hear in my mind...that thin, that wild mercury sound.'