50 Best Bob Dylan Covers of All Time

By Josh Jackson at 6:00 AM on April 28, 2009

As we began to compile this list of the 50 Best Bob Dylan Covers of All Time—asking for input from Paste readers, writers and editors—someone suggested that it might be easier to compile a list of artists who haven't covered Dylan. I've listened to literally hundreds of Dylan covers over the course of the past week, trying to weigh choices like, "Who's version of 'Tomorrow Is a Long Time' is better, Nick Drake or Nickel Creek?" But I don't mean to make it sound like grueling work. My biggest take-away from this exercise is that going to Dylan for source...  read more

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Pete Seeger B-Day Party at Madison Square Garden to Feature Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Eddie Vedder and More

By Jay Sweet at 12:12 PM on March 23, 2009

  Folk legend Pete Seeger is having a birthday party at Madison Square Garden. The fact that the environmentalist crusader and pioneer of protest music is turning a spry 90 is a big reason to celebrate on its own, but when the guest list includes Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Eddie Vedder, John Mellencamp, Ben Harper, Billy Bragg and Emmylou Harris, to name just a few of the 50+ artists scheduled to pay their respects on stage, it's time to kick up your heels and grab a ticket.  ...  read more

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Telluride Bluegrass Festival's 2009 line-up announced

By Matt Goodlett at 9:10 AM on January 16, 2009

The 2009 Telluride Bluegrass Festival has announced the line-up for its 36th annual incarnation, which will include Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello, Sam Bush, Kasey Chambers and many more....  read more

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Nine Great Songs About Roads

By Rachael Maddux, photo by Rachael Maddux at 7:00 AM on January 4, 2009

The Paste staff is slowly trickling back into the office after our holiday trips, and I think I can safely speak for everyone when I say that, if we're not completely happy to be home, then at least we're thrilled to be off the roads for a bit. Not that Atlanta traffic is much better, but hey, better the snarled, congested, crazy-making concrete devil you know, right? In tribute to coming home from the holidays, and in celebration of all the travels 2009 will bring, here are nine great songs about roads. Listen to them all on the last page,...  read more

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Aretha, Wilco and one billion others headline Jazz Fest 2009

By Nick Marino at 12:24 PM on December 16, 2008

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, arguably the grandest of all American music fests, has just announced its staggering 2009 lineup. Let's get right to it, shall we? ...  read more

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Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's All For The Hall - New York, NY - Nokia Theatre - 10/15/08

By Eric Ryan Anderson at 9:35 AM on November 4, 2008

Photos taken at Nokia Theatre by Eric Ryan Anderson ...  read more

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MerleFest announces 2009 line-up

By Mary Kate Varnau at 9:30 AM on October 31, 2008

MerleFest, one of the nation's largest folk music festivals, has just announced the line-up for its 22nd annual festival. Slated to run April 23-26, this year's events include performances by Emmylou Harris, Jim Lauderdale, Travis Tritt and Jerry Douglas, Tift Merritt, the Del McCoury Band, and, of course, the father of MerleFest, Doc Watson. ...  read more

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Emmylou Harris - "Not Enough"

By Culture Clubbers at 8:00 AM on July 21, 2008

Click above to watch "Not Enough" from Emmylou Harris' new record All I Intended to Be, out now on Nonesuch Records. Related Links: Review: Emmylou Harris - All I Intended to Be News: Emmylou Harris prepares for new album, summer tour Review: Emmylou Harris - Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems...  read more

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Emmylou Harris: All I Intended to Be

By Steven Rosen at 2:39 PM on June 23, 2008

The 1995 album Wrecking Ball towers as the Mount Everest...  read more

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Rhymes With Five: Ladies love their mamas, too

By Rachael Maddux at 6:13 PM on May 9, 2008

As Ben Gibbard ponders the meaning of life in our May issue, Brian Howe explores the nature of mother through the song lyrics of rap stars, indie rockers and, uh, Glen Danzig. Though the most important conclusion I drew from the piece is that I am really glad Danzig is not my son, it also reinforced for me the notion that, much like armpits, everybody has a mom—and like armpits, some people’s moms stink. Like, really stink—Ghostface Killah’s mom beat him for peeing the bed! Harsh, Mama Killah! Quite unlike armpits, though, mothers are the subject of a few great...  read more

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