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On Monday, March 26, The Current broadcast live from outside The Weisman Art Museum on The University of Minnesota's East Bank campus. Our broadcast was part of a a three-day Dylan symposium called "Highway 61 Revisited: Dylan's Road from Minnesota to the World." Steve Seel interviewed several Dylanologists, and the audio from the event is available in the right column.
More about the event:
Designed as a lively and stimulating assessment of Bob Dylan's work, sources, influences, and aimed at a diverse audience of scholars, students, avid fans, journalists, musicians, and other Dylanologists, "Highway 61 Revisited" was a landmark international gathering. Speakers included many key writers on Dylan's work and other scholars of music, American culture, literature, history, and international subjects as well as musicians and writers. Presentations gave particular emphasis to Dylan's Minnesota roots, his routes to other places, cultures, and musical traditions, and his international sources and impact. Featured speakers included Greil Marcus, Michael Gray, Christopher Ricks, Alessandro Carrera, Anne Waldman, Daphne Brooks, Matt Friedberger, Gayle Wald, Dave Marsh, Thomas Crow, CP Lee, Darcey Steinke, Robert Polito, Stephen Scobie, Dylan Hicks and a line up of Minneapolis musicians, and more.
More from MPR:
He's an artist, he don't look back - February 2, 2007
From a celebrated autobiography and PBS biopic to a satellite radio show and chart-topping CD, Bob Dylan is once again capturing America's imagination. A touring exhibition that's about to open at the Weisman Art Museum explores Dylan's ability to transform himself artistically by focusing on a pivotal period in his career, a period that includes his Minnesota years.
Finding and losing home in "Tangled Up in Bob" - May 24, 2006
In celebration of Bob Dylan's 65th birthday, Dylan's hometown of Hibbing, Minnesota will host Dylan Days, a four-day event packed with activities including a bus tour, a singer-songwriter contest and a special screening of a new documentary about Bob Dylan's Hibbing years.
Will Duluth get a Dylan Boulevard? - May 22, 2006
A major street in Duluth could get a new name tonight. City councilors will consider adding Bob Dylan's name to a few blocks of London Road.
Bob Dylan - No Direction Home - September 28, 2005
"Bob Dylan: No Direction Home" is a music-intensive radio special featuring exclusive music, interviews and other content from Bob Dylan's personal archives. It's a companion to the Martin Scorsese film about Dylan, featured on PBS.
Cloud Cult perform in studio - July 13, 2005
Cloud Cult is the local group led by Craig Minowa. Along with a few members from the group, he joined Mary Lucia in the Current studios to perform stripped down versions of songs from their latest release.
Bob Dylan at the crossroads - April 8, 2005
The idea of writing an entire book around a single song would be considered a daunting task by most authors. Griel Marcus, however, just thought it was a bad idea.
Dylan's Minnesota party tape surfaces - January 14, 2005
It is the stuff of legend among Bob Dylan devotees -- an early recording of Dylan singing folk songs with friends in a Dinkytown apartment. But apparently only a few diehards have ever heard the "Minnesota party tape." Until now. The tape has been donated to the Minnesota Historical Society by the man who recorded it, Cleve Pettersen, in a Dinkytown bar in 1960.
Dylan on Dylan - October 6, 2004
Singing legend Bob Dylan's autobiography "Chronicles" was released this week. Since Dylan rarely gives interviews and has never written about his life before, the book is a unique opportunity to learn more about the life of an American icon.
The making of Dylan's Blood on the Tracks - February 23, 2004 Thirty years ago, at a time when his marriage was falling apart, Bob Dylan recorded Blood on the Tracks, considered by many critics as one of the great breakup albums of all time. Rolling Stone magazine ranks it as one of the top 20 albums of the rock era. A new book explores the creation of that record, including the story of a group of unknown Minneapolis musicians who helped shape its sound.
Dylan Turns 60 - May 23, 2001
On May 24, 60 years ago, an American legend was born in Duluth, Minnesota. Robert Allen Zimmerman, better known as Bob Dylan, would become one of the century's most influential artists. MPR marks Dylan's birthday with music and interviews.
More about the event:
Designed as a lively and stimulating assessment of Bob Dylan's work, sources, influences, and aimed at a diverse audience of scholars, students, avid fans, journalists, musicians, and other Dylanologists, "Highway 61 Revisited" was a landmark international gathering. Speakers included many key writers on Dylan's work and other scholars of music, American culture, literature, history, and international subjects as well as musicians and writers. Presentations gave particular emphasis to Dylan's Minnesota roots, his routes to other places, cultures, and musical traditions, and his international sources and impact. Featured speakers included Greil Marcus, Michael Gray, Christopher Ricks, Alessandro Carrera, Anne Waldman, Daphne Brooks, Matt Friedberger, Gayle Wald, Dave Marsh, Thomas Crow, CP Lee, Darcey Steinke, Robert Polito, Stephen Scobie, Dylan Hicks and a line up of Minneapolis musicians, and more.
More from MPR:
He's an artist, he don't look back - February 2, 2007
From a celebrated autobiography and PBS biopic to a satellite radio show and chart-topping CD, Bob Dylan is once again capturing America's imagination. A touring exhibition that's about to open at the Weisman Art Museum explores Dylan's ability to transform himself artistically by focusing on a pivotal period in his career, a period that includes his Minnesota years.
Finding and losing home in "Tangled Up in Bob" - May 24, 2006
In celebration of Bob Dylan's 65th birthday, Dylan's hometown of Hibbing, Minnesota will host Dylan Days, a four-day event packed with activities including a bus tour, a singer-songwriter contest and a special screening of a new documentary about Bob Dylan's Hibbing years.
Will Duluth get a Dylan Boulevard? - May 22, 2006
A major street in Duluth could get a new name tonight. City councilors will consider adding Bob Dylan's name to a few blocks of London Road.
Bob Dylan - No Direction Home - September 28, 2005
"Bob Dylan: No Direction Home" is a music-intensive radio special featuring exclusive music, interviews and other content from Bob Dylan's personal archives. It's a companion to the Martin Scorsese film about Dylan, featured on PBS.
Cloud Cult perform in studio - July 13, 2005
Cloud Cult is the local group led by Craig Minowa. Along with a few members from the group, he joined Mary Lucia in the Current studios to perform stripped down versions of songs from their latest release.
Bob Dylan at the crossroads - April 8, 2005
The idea of writing an entire book around a single song would be considered a daunting task by most authors. Griel Marcus, however, just thought it was a bad idea.
Dylan's Minnesota party tape surfaces - January 14, 2005
It is the stuff of legend among Bob Dylan devotees -- an early recording of Dylan singing folk songs with friends in a Dinkytown apartment. But apparently only a few diehards have ever heard the "Minnesota party tape." Until now. The tape has been donated to the Minnesota Historical Society by the man who recorded it, Cleve Pettersen, in a Dinkytown bar in 1960.
Dylan on Dylan - October 6, 2004
Singing legend Bob Dylan's autobiography "Chronicles" was released this week. Since Dylan rarely gives interviews and has never written about his life before, the book is a unique opportunity to learn more about the life of an American icon.
The making of Dylan's Blood on the Tracks - February 23, 2004 Thirty years ago, at a time when his marriage was falling apart, Bob Dylan recorded Blood on the Tracks, considered by many critics as one of the great breakup albums of all time. Rolling Stone magazine ranks it as one of the top 20 albums of the rock era. A new book explores the creation of that record, including the story of a group of unknown Minneapolis musicians who helped shape its sound.
Dylan Turns 60 - May 23, 2001
On May 24, 60 years ago, an American legend was born in Duluth, Minnesota. Robert Allen Zimmerman, better known as Bob Dylan, would become one of the century's most influential artists. MPR marks Dylan's birthday with music and interviews.
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More from MPR
- Deconstructing Bob Dylan (03/27/2007)
- Dylan at the Crossroads (04/09/2005)
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