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Bob Dylan’s ‘Basement Tapes’ BY CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL http://www.weeklystandard.com/ March 16, 2015, Vol. 20, No. 26 In the mid-1960s the most celebrated folk musician of his era bought a house for his growing family at the southern edge of the Catskills...

A new book from the Band’s lead guitarist and songwriter Robbie Robertson, “Legends, Icons & Rebels: Music That Changed the World” (Tundra Books, $29), is impressive both for the concisely illuminating text and richly evocative...

Photograph by Mark Mawston An Interview with Stephen John Kalinich Stephen John Kalinich is a prolific poet and songwriter who wears eye catching hats and the color orange on an almost daily basis. He is warm and nurturing to almost everyone in...

Hawa Allan Bulwarks against the tidal wave of horror . . . #SelfCare Poem: “In Service of Staying Alive“, by Lynne Procop. Novel: That would be Deep Singh Blue, by Ranbir Singh Sidhu — a coming-of-age novel about a Sikh-American teen growing up in...

Chris Lackner “The hardest song to write is a protest song, a topical song with meaning.” — Joan Baez Bob Dylan famously asked, “How many times can a man turn his head, pretending he just doesn’t see?” If Donald Trump’s presidency lives up to his often...