US-President Barack Obama presented the “Presidential Medal of Freedom”, the nation’s highest civilian award, to Bob Dylan among other political and cultural greats. Obama spoke of how the recipients were his “heroes individually”, and about how they all “marked (his) life in profound ways.” Looking back on his college days, the President remembered listening to …
Bob Dylan performed his 1965 classic “Maggie’s Farm” at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 13, accompanied by a backing band including members of the younger folk-based bands “Mumford & Sons” and “The Avett Brothers”. Enjoy!
For his “profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power” Bob Dylan received a Special Citation at the Pulitzer Prizes 2008 on Monday. It was the first time the Pulitzer Prize Board awarded an art form once dismissed as subversive. So the times have changed again and …
Cate Blanchett has won the Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe award for playing Bob Dylan in the biopic “I’m Not There”. “I wish circumstances would allow me to be there,” the actress said in a statement, adding “None of this would be possible without the great man himself, Bob Dylan, wherever you are, whoever you …
On June 13, 2007 Bob Dylan has been given the 2007 Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts. As the jury announced, “Bob Dylan is considered to be one of the most important songwriters, masterly combining the beauty of his poetry and his commitment to principles. ” This years a total of 58 candidatures from …