The one song that defines Bob Dylan at his very best
A portrait of a singer on fire.
From The Vault Archives: 04/2026
“Hit after hit for 50 years”: the songwriter Noel Gallagher calls one of the best
The best melodies of anyone.
The only song Rod Stewart doesn’t want to listen to ever again: “There’s some right bum notes in there”
Finding all of the bum notes.
The Beatles song Paul McCartney could never understand: “The message is rather complex”
Losing the meaning along the way.
The musician who shaped Bruce Springsteen’s America: “As big as the whole country itself”
Getting the ball rolling for everyone.
The one musician Ringo Starr and John Lennon said was better than The Beatles: “Always at a higher level”
Far greater knowledge than any of them.
Nude dancers, beheaded chickens, and a large black snake: Inside a Dr John show in the 1960s
“Nobody else was doing that kind of stuff.”
The genre Billy Joel never wanted to become: “Groups I think are horrible”
Not his brand of rock and roll.
Why did Foo Fighters use the British spelling for ‘The Colour and the Shape’?
Dave Grohl goes British.