Bob Dylan

Singer and songwriter Bob Dylan admitted in the Nobel Prize speech he penned that he was always so caught up in his musical endeavors that he had never stopped to consider whether his lyrics had any literary merit.

Colombia's peace deal is a model for countries at war like Syria, President Juan Manuel Santos said Dec. 10 as he accepted his Nobel Peace Prize, though a ceremony for other laureates was marked by Bob Dylan's no-show.

Though Bob Dylan will not be attending the Nobel prize award ceremony in Stockholm due to “pre-exisiting engagements,” he is sending musician and singer Patti Smith in his stead.

Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and guitar virtuoso José Feliciano will take the stage at Zorlu PSM Center on Nov. 29.

Feliciano gained worldwide success in the 1960s when he covered the famous The Doors hit, "Light My Fire" in 1968, the same year in which he won two Grammy Awards.

Feliciano later combined flamenco, soft rock, pop and Latin to create a unique blend of sound.

BELGRADE - The 3rd Belgrade singer-songwriter festival "Kantfest", dedicated to Bob Dylan, will be held on November 24-27.

Over forty contestants from Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Montenegro, BiH, Macedonia and Serbia will perform.

In the competitive part of the program, singer-songwriters will only perform their original songs accompanied by one instrument.

Singer and pianist Maria Markesini will be accompanied by accordionist Bert van den Brink in an evening of works penned by Manos Hadjidakis, Mimis Plessas, Michel Legrand, Kurt Weill, Bob Dylan and Stephane Grappelli, among others, at the Athens Concert Hall on Tuesday, November 1. The event starts at 8.30 p.m. and admission costs 10 to 15 euros.

Before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, and how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?

One-woman plays are risky business - particularly when they aim to condense a complicated play within a play that addresses many different concepts, such as revolution, civil disobedience, murder and insanity.

Robert Allen Zimmerman was born in Duluth, Minnesota, in 1941. The balladeer, artist and actor who took his stage name from the poet Dylan Thomas – had long been tipped as a potential prize recipient.

Bob Dylan has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for 2016, announced Reuters.

The Swedish academy awarded the prize to the singer for "the creation of a new poetic language in the American song tradition."

With this prize, the 75-year old rock musician has been officially recognised as a poet.