Bob Dylan's
widely-anticipated world
tour is set to
hit UK in April 2009.
Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, 24 May 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota) is
an American singer-songwriter, author, poet, and painter, who has been a major
figure in popular music for five decades. Much of Bob Dylan's most
celebrated work dates from the 60s, when he became an informal chronicler and a
reluctant figurehead of American protest. A number of his songs, such as "Blowin'
in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'", became anthems of the civil
rights movements. Bob Dylan's most recent studio album, Modern Times, was
named 2006 Album of the Year by Rolling Stone magazine.
Bob Dylan's early lyrics incorporated political, social, philosophical, and
literary influences, defying existing pop music conventions and appealing widely
to the counterculture. While expanding and personalizing musical styles, he has
explored many traditions of American song, from folk, blues and country to
gospel, rock and roll and rockabilly to English, Scottish and Irish folk music
and even jazz and swing. Dylan performs with the guitar, piano and harmonica.
Backed by a changing line-up of musicians, he has toured steadily since the late
1980s on what has been dubbed the "Never Ending Tour". Although his
accomplishments as performer and recording artist have been central to his
career, his songwriting is generally regarded as his greatest contribution.
Throughout his career, Dylan has won many awards for his songwriting,
performing, and recording. His records have earned Grammy, Golden Globe, and
Academy Awards, and he has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2008,
Bob Dylan was awarded a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation for his "profound impact
on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of
extraordinary poetic power."
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