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“The event organizer said, ‘You know that little fellow who followed you around with his briefcase? He’s Bob Dylan.’ I said, ‘Who’s Bob Dylan?’” Peggy Seeger on the first time she unknowingly met a future folk icon

Seeger recalls meeting Robert Zimmerman – better known as Bob Dylan – back when he was a student

Guitar World

‘Climate change is going to cull us as a species’: folk hero Peggy Seeger on Bob Dylan, the ultimate love song and touring at 90

The musician and activist answers your questions about her marriage to Ewan MacColl, being the inspiration for The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, and her mother’s legacy

The Guardian - UK

Post your questions for folk music legend Peggy Seeger

As she marks her 90th birthday with a UK tour and new album, the singer and activist will answer your questions

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A new exhibition highlights how German artist Anselm Kiefer was inspired by Vincent van Gogh

When he was 17 years old, German artist Anselm Kiefer retraced the footsteps of Vincent van Gogh from the Netherlands through Belgium and into France

The Independent UK

Anselm Kiefer review – creative giant crushed under Van Gogh’s starry might

This alienating exhibition makes the German artist look like a kitsch cabaret version of the Dutch master – the comparison is catastrophic for Kiefer

The Guardian - UK

Why A Complete Unknown should win the best picture Oscar

Despite being freewheelin’ with the facts, this Bob Dylan biopic has delighted fans old and new, with Timothée Chalamet proving more than just a Zimmerman mimic

The Guardian - UK

A Complete Unknown director forced to clarify Bob Dylan fake scene request

‘But anyone can disbelieve me and search about for whatever fiction they think meets the criteria of the story’

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Director of A Complete Unknown denies Bob Dylan requested a fake scene be added

Edward Norton – who plays folk singer Pete Seeger – said Dylan, who approved the script, had wanted one lie added to the screenplay about his life.

Evening Standard

‘The hair, the voice, the casual cruelty – they nailed it!’ Bob Dylan experts rate A Complete Unknown

Are the guitars right? Is Joan Baez sidelined? Who is this Sylvie Russo? And why is it an American shouting ‘Judas’? A Dylan tribute singer, two biographers, a superfan and more weigh in

The Guardian - UK

A Complete Unknown review – Timothée Chalamet radiates charisma in evocative Dylan biopic

James Mangold’s handsome portrait of the enigmatic singer’s stratospheric early career boasts a barnstorming lead performance yet often slips into heavy-handedness

The Guardian - UK

Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown is an enthralling depiction of the emergence of a singular musical genius and cultural disruptor, with Timothée Chalamet superb as a young Dylan

James Mangold's excellent Bob Dylan biopic will introduce a whole new generation to the icon's rough and rowdy ways

Louder

Timothee Chalamet fined after riding e-bike to A Complete Unknown premiere

Timothee Chalamet was fined after arriving to the London premiere of 'A Complete Unknown' on an e-bike because he failed to park it correctly.

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Peter Yarrow obituary

Singer and songwriter with the American folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary who found fame in the 1960s

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s full of things that didn’t happen – but it feels right!’ Inside the making of Bob Dylan film A Complete Unknown

Starring an Oscar-tipped Timothée Chalamet, James Mangold’s biopic retells Dylan’s electric early career, but it resonates with today’s toxic fame and politics. The creative team explain their process – and what Dylan makes of it

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Salon

Unmasking the "contrarian" Bob Dylan

Filmmaker James Mangold spoke with Salon about the musician's not-so-oblique songwriting and the women in his life

The Independent UK

How Bob Dylan stole Christmas and made himself the crotchety elf-in-chief

IN FOCUS: With much-anticipated Dylan biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’ arriving in the US on Christmas Day, Kevin E G Perry looks at how the gravelly singer-songwriter became an unlikely festive favourite

WhatToWatch

A Complete Unknown review: Timothée Chalamet's Bob Dylan biopic perfectly suits its subject

Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown offers a look into iconic musician Bob Dylan’s rise that rarely strikes a false chord.

The Guardian - UK

A Complete Unknown review – Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan is an electric revelation

James Mangold’s biopic follows the rise of the era-defining star with Chalamet brilliantly embodying his shapeshifting allure

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The Independent UK

Timothée Chalamet tries his best in A Complete Unknown, a Bob Dylan biopic that plays too safe

3/5 There’s something a touch too uncrumpled about the ‘Dune’ star here, in a movie that lacks the required bite

The Independent UK

Critics rave that Timothée Chalamet gives ’performance of the year’ as Bob Dylan

‘I am not exaggerating when I say that Timothée Chalamet delivers the performance of the year’ said one critic

Guitar World

“I’m making mistakes in the guitar a little bit but I went home and wept that night. It’s a song I’ve been living with for years and could relate to deeply”: Timothée Chalamet on playing guitar in the Bob Dylan biopic – and the song that made it all click

Chalamet discusses the nuances of Dylan’s guitar playing and the moment his portrayal of the legendary songwriter came together

The Independent UK

Timothée Chalamet ‘wept’ after singing as Bob Dylan in new biopic

Chalamet does his own singing in ‘A Complete Unknown’, James Mangold’s film about Dylan’s early years

The Guardian - UK

Francis McPeake obituary

Traditional Irish musician and the third in the lineage of pipers in an internationally renowned family

The Guardian - UK

And the Roots of Rhythm Remain: A Journey Through Global Music by Joe Boyd review – the Proust of music

The producer’s epic account of global music’s cross-pollination is an inspiring tale of seduction, expression and freedom from oppression

Guitar World

Cotten picking, ‘picking and flicking’, open tunings, Travis picking and banjo techniques on guitar – learning Americana guitar styles opens up a whole new world for your acoustic playing

From Maybelle Carter’s famous ‘pick and flick’ approach to Pete Seeger’s banjo-style techniques – it’s all here in a lesson that will make you a more rounded player

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