Bob Dylan Archives

Margo Price Joins Jesse Welles for Pop-Up John Prine Cover

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Jun 092026

Jesse Welles has a new record out June 12th, and he performed a free pop-up concert in Washington Square Park in New York last week as part of the promotion.

As if a free, surprise concert wasn’t enough for fans, Margo Price joined Welles for a cover of a John Prine classic. With Welles playing guitar and harmonica and Price providing percussion on tambourine, the two performed Prine’s “Angel From Montgomery.” With the crowd singing along, the performance is moving. (Even if Price accidentally started singing the wrong verse at one point.) Continue reading »

The Best Cover Songs of April 2026

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May 012026

Arlo Parks — Yukon (Justin Bieber cover)

The talk of Coachella this year was Justin Bieber—specifically, his controversial headlining set that featured, in part, him singing along karaoke-style to videos of himself he pulled up on YouTube. Plus, Geese debuted their old “Baby” cover live (while Sabrina Carpenter watched sidestage no less). But maybe the best Bieber happening this month was this great lo-fi cover by Arlo Parks.

Jamey Johnson – Pretty When It’s New (Merle Haggard)

Merle Haggard’s birthday saw two new covers drop. One’s in the next section. This first one’s even better though. Country singer Jamey Johnson dug deep—and late—for this pick. The song comes off one of Haggard’s final albums, 2010’s I Am What I Am. This is the same album that included “Bad Actor,” which Bob Dylan covered in concert a couple years ago. The album’s seemingly on its way to be the country version of Blackstar or You Want It Darker, a late-in-life masterpiece for the true heads. Continue reading »

Bob Dylan Is Covering Rockabilly Legend Eddie Cochran on Tour

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Mar 312026

Several years ago, during a work trip to Bristol, England, I learned about the city’s sad connection to the history of American rock n’ roll. The early rock star Eddie Cochran died in a car crash following a show at the Bristol Hippodrome in 1960. Despite penning some of the greatest songs of the early rock n’ roll era, including “Summertime Blues,” Cochran’s death at the age of 21 has been overshadowed by other music tragedies such as “The Day the Music Died.” It’s surprising because Cochran’s amps-to-eleven style of rockabilly influenced the history of rock n’ roll as much as, say, Buddy Holly or Ritchie Valens.

Sixty-six years later, Cochran is still being honored, most recently by Bob Dylan who started covering Cochran’s “Nervous Breakdown” during a show in Omaha and has played it every night since.

Sean Taylor Brings “All Along the Watchtower” Back to Its Roots

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Mar 272026

“All Along the Watchtower” is one of the most famous covers ever. Infamously transformed from its original harmonica- and acoustic guitar-driven story-song from Bob Dylan‘s pivot to country, to one of the iconic psychedelic rock songs of the era. So many people who cover “All Along the Watchtower” are in thrall to the Experience version. Even Dylan. Continue reading »

Nels Cline Joins Tedeschi Trucks Band for “Loving Up” Cover

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Mar 262026

The Tedeschi Trucks Band returned to The Beacon Theater in New York for the second week of their ten-night residency, and for night five, added a few special guests for a few covers. After covering Junior Wells‘ “Little By Little,” and Bob Dylan‘s “Down in the Flood,” the band was joined onstage by Wilco guitarist Nels Cline for a cover of The Rolling Stones‘ classic “Loving Cup.” Continue reading »

Review: The Dandy Warhols’ ‘Pin Ups’

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Mar 242026

You sort of know where you are with Portland’s Dandy Warhols. Their grungy fug of elemental electronica and gritty guitars rarely disappoints, nor does it stray far from their narrowly defined template. Applying a sheen of intelligent and informed dumb to everything they touch, cover versions have always proven sure ground for the quartet, making Pin Ups, their second set devoted thereto, something to relish. Given, too, the influences in their original songs are never that hard to spot, they nail more personality into the songs of others than you might reasonably expect, making this so much more than swoozy re-runs.

It is easy to imagine the discussions leading to this set of 17 songs were as much fun as the making of it. Some songs and some bands were just screaming out for inclusion–witness the Cramps and the Runaways–but I can’t say Dylan and the Beatles were expected to be featured, let alone the particular songs chosen. Of course, this isn’t the first airing for all of these songs, some collated and curated from previous forays into tribute discs and similar. Overall, there is also a stronger UK goth presence than might have been expected, with a song from the Cure and two by the Cult. Any obtusely perceived debt to UK punk is likewise mined through assaults on the songbooks of both the Clash and the Damned. Intrigued? I am.
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