Archive - Definitely Dylan

Bob Dylan at Farm Aid 2025 (with Rebecca Slaman and Britt Eisnor) Laura Tenschert Just over a week after I published a whole episode about how Bob Dylan doesn’t want to be filmed or photographed, he appeared as part of the 40th Farm Aid benefit concert, which was broadcast and live streamed, giving us rare good quality footage of a present day Bob Dylan set! I invited friends of the pod Rebecca Sl...

Bob Dylan the Gemni Laura Tenschert An episode about twins, doubles & duality from the radio archives. Get your Definitely Dylan baseball cap here. You can support Definitely Dylan on Patreon or with a one-off donation at buymeacoffee.com/definitelydylan.

Bob Dylan's iPod (with Tim Swaddling) Laura Tenschert Legend has it that Bob Dylan once left his iPod behind and someone copied the contents. With Canadian musician and songwriter (and future Bob Dylan podcaster) Tim Swaddling). Find the Spotify playlist “Bob Dylan’s iPod” here . Get your Definitely Dylan baseball cap here. You can support Definitely Dylan on Patreon or with a one-off donation at...

"April is the cruelest month": Shipwrecks, Heartbreak & TS Eliot Laura Tenschert Download Laura revisits a radio episode from the archives about April anniversaries, some good, many disastrous. And there’s a little side quest about Bob Dylan and Modernist poetry. One note – I forgot to mention that the performance of “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most” is by Betty Carter. Get your Definitely...

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN II with Rebecca Slaman and Britt Eisnor Laura Tenschert Laura is joined by Britt and Rebecca to talk about A Complete Unknown , the new Bob Dylan biopic directed by James Mangold, starring Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, and Monica Barbaro.  We talk about letting go of the pressure to be chill about the film, biopics as acts of translation, and the sexual te...

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN with Michael Glover Smith Laura Tenschert It’s taken over five years, but the new Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown (directed by James Mangold and starring Timothée Chalamet) is finally hitting cinemas. So… is it good? I called up Chicago-based filmmaker Michael Glover Smith to talk about the film, what it gets right, what it gets wrong, and how it compares to other films like...

Bob Dylan’s Tweets (with Rebecca Slaman and Britt Eisnor) Laura Tenschert Bob Dylan has been tweeting and it’s high time we talk about it. In this conversation with Rebecca and Britt we cover what’s been going on the World of Bob, including his social media presence and the TWO biopics he’s involved in this year! Follow Rebecca on Twitter and Britt on Instagram or Twitter . Theme music by Robert C...

Photo by Paolo Brillo "Slow coming home": Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour Finale (with Ray Padgett) Laura Tenschert Ray and I sit down in the garden of the Troubadour to talk about the final shows of Bob Dylan’s Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour (2021-24) at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Subscribe to Ray’s Substack, Flagging Down the Double E (but get the paid membership if you can), and buy his book P...

Post-Show Giddiness with Ren Harvieu (Royal Albert Hall 13/11/24) Laura Tenschert A conversation with Ren Harvieu after seeing night two of Bob Dylan’s three night stay at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Ren Harvieu is on Patreon , Instagram , and her music is available on all streaming platforms. You can support Definitely Dylan on Patreon or with a one-off donation at buymeacoffee.com/definitelydyla...

Bob Dylan and the Truth Laura Tenschert Download In this episode, Laura revisits a radio episode from September of 2018, all about Bob Dylan's relationship to the truth, and his different attempts to define, grasp, or circumscribe it. You can support Definitely Dylan on Patreon or with a one-off donation at buymeacoffee.com/definitelydylan .

Outlaw Festival Recap with Britt Eisnor Laura Tenschert Download A conversation with Britt Eisnor about the recent Outlaw Festival shows and more. Follow Britt on Instagram . You can support Definitely Dylan on Patreon or with a one-off donation at buymeacoffee.com/definitelydylan . Songs that appear in the episode: “Desolation Row” (Buffalo, NY, 17 September, 2024) “Love Sick” (Mountain View, CA,...

The Female Bob Dylan Laura Tenschert Download A new podcast reconsiders the legacy of female singer songwriters that have all at one point been dubbed “the Female Bob Dylan”. Laura talks to its creators, Sophie Abramowitz, Sarah Bachman, and Emily Hilliard. Find The Female Bob Dylan on the podcast app of your choice, and follow them on Instagram and Twitter/X . You can support Definitely Dylan on...

"Just to think that it all began": Beginnings, Births, and Rebirths [from the Radio Archives] Laura Tenschert This is a slightly updated version of the first ever Definitely Dylan episode, which aired on Resonance. FM in January of 2018. You can find a version with the full length songs over on Patreon , where I will also be revisiting other radio episodes in the future, so follow along if you're...

Photo by Hedi Slimane for Celine Homme, 2023 2023 Recap with Rebecca Slaman Laura Tenschert “Life is short even on its longest days”, Bob Dylan sang in Indianapolis, covering John Cougar Mellencamp. But a year is pretty long, so I invited Rebecca Slaman to do a recap with me. We talk about the releases, live shows, and our general highlights of 2023. Check out Rebecca’s PhilosopHER of Modern Song...

"She's an Artist, She Don't Look Back": A Conversation With Cat Power Laura Tenschert In this episode, Laura talks to the one and only Chan Marshall (Cat Power) about her project of recreating Bob Dylan’s iconic 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert. In our conversation about art, love, and resilience, she shares stories about meeting Bob Dylan, how she first got into his music, and which song makes her...

LESE/BACKGRID Mixing Up the Medicine: an "Inside-Out Biography" Laura Tenschert In this episode, Laura talks to Mark Davidson and Parker Fishel, the authors of Mixing Up the Medicine, the 600 page “inside-out biography” that tells the story of Bob Dylan’s career through pieces from the Bob Dylan Archive. Buy the book at your local bookshop (or check it out at your local library – it’s unfortunatel...

Bob Dylan & The Heartbreakers at Farm Aid '23 with Rebecca Slaman Laura Tenschert In this episode Laura talks to writer and friend of the pod Rebecca Slaman about Bob Dylan’s surprise appearance at this year’s Farm Aid, where we played a short set with the Heartbreakers. Here’s a fun fact I only figured out after the episode was finished: the song that preceded Dylan’s remarks about American farme...

"Dear Bob": Sinéad O'Connor's Letters to Bob Dylan Laura Tenschert In this episode, Laura welcomes back Harry Hew for a conversation about Sinéad O’Connor’s open letters to Bob Dylan. A quick note – after converting to Islam in 2018, she adopted the name Shuhada’ Sadaquat, but since she continued to work under her birth name, we refer to her as Sinéad O’Connor in this episode. Head over here to re...