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Bob Dylan & The Poetry of The Blues |
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This is more a one-man show than a talk. Michael Gray is the world authority on the work of Bob Dylan. The author of The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia (2006 & 2008) and Song & Dance Man III: The Art Of Bob Dylan (2000) - the definitive studies of Dylan’s 48-year body of work - uses a surprising selection of great records and rare footage to show how hugely Dylan has been inspired by the blues and how much of its poetry has been smuggled inside his own. The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia earned outstanding reviews from fans and the establishment alike: it won the CB Oldman Prize for the year’s outstanding work of research and scholarship from the International Association of Music Libraries, while e-fanzine The Dylan Daily declared it “the most important Dylan book, bar none.” Andrew Motion named Song & Dance Man III as one of the best three books of 2000 and it is the classic work in its field. Called ‘endlessly illuminating’ (Rolling Stone) and ‘magnificent’ (Record Collector), it gained 5-star reviews in Q and Uncut. Greil Marcus admired ‘Gray’s reach, tone and acuity’ and called the book’s research ‘amazing’; Christopher Ricks called the book ‘wonderfully comic and serious and sharp’ and ‘monumentally illuminating’. Nine years later it is still in print. The books may be immense but there’s nothing dry about Michael’s talks. He has been a sell-out on American college campuses and in the UK & Ireland at festivals, theatres and arts centres. In late 2006 he performed at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, and at the University of Texas at Austin he drew the largest crowd of any external speaker in the previous two years. Michael Gray’s events are always lively and spontaneous, witty and acute, using unpredictable slices of loud music to offer a thoroughly entertaining, fresh account of Dylan’s achievement. Michael launches a new tour of talks, starting in February 2009 and running through till the end of May 2009. More dates will be added in the new few weeks but firm dates so far, are: BOB DYLAN & THE POETRY OF THE BLUES "wit, erudition, loud music and rare footage" Thu Feb 19, 8pm Colchester Arts Centre, UK Church St., Colchester, Essex Box Office: 01206 500900 / www.wegottickets.co.uk/event/41101tickets £10, £8 concessions Fri Feb 20, 8pm Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick, Ireland temporarily at 36 Cecil Street, Limerick, Eire Box Office: ticketline 061 319 866 or: boxoffice@belltable.ie tickets €15, €12 concessions Fri Mar 6, 7.30pm Birkenhead Pacific Road Arts Centre, UK Pacific Road, Birkenhead, Wirral CH41 1LJ Box Office: 0151 666 0000 or: http://www.pacificroad.co.uk/webpages/booking.asp tickets £10, £8 concessions Tue Mar 31, 7pm Daemen College, Amherst NY, USA 4380 Main Street, Amherst NY 14226 Box Office: n/a; free admission (may be campus members only) Thu Apr 2, 4.30pm Washington College, Chestertown MD, USA The Rose O’Neill Literary House, 300 Washington Avenue, Chestertown, Maryland 21620 Box Office: n/a; free admission (may be campus members only) Fri Apr 3, 7.30pm Nyack Village Theatre, Nyack NY, USA 94 Main Street, Nyack NY 10960 Box Office: [001] 845-367-1423 tickets $20 Fri Apr 17, 8pm Buxton Opera House, UK Water Street, Buxton, Derbyshire SK17 6XN Box Office: 0845 1272 190 tickets £8 Thu Apr 23, 7.30pm Herne Bay Little Theatre, UK 44 Bullers Avenue, Herne Bay, Kent CT6 8UH Box Office: 01227 366004 tickets £12, £10 concessions Wed Apr 29, 5.30pm Farmingdale State College, State Univ. of New York, USA English & Humanities Department, Farmingdale State College 2350 Broadhollow Road, Farmingdale (Long Island) NY 11735-1021, USA; Tel: [001] 631-420-2050 Box Office: n/a; free admission (may be campus members only) Sat May 2, 8pm Bridgwater Arts Centre, UK 11-13 Castle Street, Bridgwater, Somerset TA6 3DD Box Office: 01278 422700 tickets £12, £10 concessions Fri May 8, 7.30pm Doncaster Little Theatre, UK 1 East Laith Gate, Doncaster, DN1 1JD Box Office: 01302 340422 / doncasterlittletheatre@yahoo.co.uk /www.thedoncasterlittletheatre.co.uk/index.shtml tickets £10, £8 concessions Sat May 9, 8pm The Market Theatre, Ledbury, UK Market Street, Ledbury, Herefordshire HR8 2AQ Box Office: c/o Tourist Information Office 01531 636147 tickets £10 Wed May 13, 7.30pm Uppingham Theatre, Rutland UK 32 Stockerston Road, Uppingham, Rutland LE15 9UD Box Office: 01572 820820 / upp.the.arts@uppingham.co.ukwww.uppthearts.co.uk / or in person at Uppingham Bookshopor at Stamford Arts Centre tickets £8.50 Fri May 15, 7.30pm Cotswold Playhouse, Stroud Parliament Street, Stroud GL5 1LW Box Office c/o Stroud Tourist Office: 01453 760960 tickets £12, £11 priority booking, £10 concessions Sat May 16, 7.30m Festival of the Spoken Word, Berwick-on-Tweed, UK The Main House, The Maltings Theatre & Arts Centre, Eastern Lane, Berwick upon Tweed TD15 1AJ Box Office: 01289 330999 / www.maltingsberwick.co.uktickets £10, £8 concessions Wed May 27, 8.30pm Whelan’s, Dublin, Ireland 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2 Box Office: 01 4780766 / WaV Box Office Lo Call 1890 200 078 / www.ticketmaster.ie/venue/198293 tickets €14 Fri May 29, 7.30pm Exchange Studio, Hazlitt Arts Centre, Maidstone Earl Street, Maidstone, Kent ME14 1PL Box Office: tel 01622 758611/ www.hazlittartscentre.co.uk/pages/booking.html tickets £12.50, £10 concessions Sat May 30, 8pm Bridport Arts Centre, Dorset UK South Street, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3NR Box Office: 01308 424204 / www.bridport-arts.comtickets £10 |
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