The first sounds you hear when you drop the needle — or click the digital file — on Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks are guitars ringing and chiming, almost like bells. They serve as a kind of preface or overture or opening statement or call to prayer for what the listener is about to hear: 56 minutes of a journey through dark heat into the heart and soul of an artist at the depths of sadness driving him to the heights of creative achievement.

The beloved director was known for his surreal works like "Blue Velvet," "Mulholland Drive," and "Twin Peaks."

Barry Goldberg, the blues and rock keyboardist, songwriter, and producer who worked with artists from Percy Sledge to the Ramones to Bob Dylan, is dead. Goldberg died in hospice care after 10 years battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma,

The Oscar-winning actor reflects on a lifetime of work with the filmmaker, with whom she collaborated on 'Blue Velvet,' 'Wild at Heart' and 'Inland Empire.'

The top lot in this Bob Dylan sale was #19, three progressive drafts of Mr. Tambourine Man working lyrics. They were estimated at USD 400,000 to $600,000 and sold for $508,000. This grouping included two sheets of yellow paper and three pages of typescript lyrics,

Garth Hudson, the multifaceted keyboardist of The Band, passed away at 87. Renowned for his innovative style, Hudson's contributions shaped classics like The Weight and Up on Cripple Creek. The Band,

Garth Hudson, the Band’s virtuoso keyboardist and all-around musician who drew from a unique palette of sounds and styles to add a conversational touch to such rock standards as “Up on

Robbie Robertson, the Band’s guitarist and songwriter in the group’s years of stardom (who himself passed away in August of 2023 ), offered a far more effusive assessment of what Hudson brought to the table in his 2016 memoir “Testimony”

In the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, we discuss the performances of Timothée Chalamet and the rest of the cast in A Complete Unknown, look forward at the Springsteen and Beatles movies, and discuss what might be next, with Andy Greene joining host Brian Hiatt.

The world lost one of its premiere film auteurs when David Lynch died last week. It also lost a fascinating visual artist.

Joe Russo's Almost Dead paid tribute to David Lynch and Link Wray at The Capitol Theatre for the band's first shows of 2025.

The decades-long valorization and near-deification of the late filmmaker David Lynch is a sign of declining cultural standards and decaying societal values. Long ago, the public flocked to films by directors whose artistic visions,