Bob Dylan

Hollywood celebrities are paying the price for taking sides in the Gaza war, plastering their social media accounts with slogans such as "Free Palestine" or "I stand with Israel."

From music legends Bob Dylan, Lionel Richie and Iggy Pop to newer stars like Gayle and Sam Smith, the Montreux Jazz Festival unveiled on April 5 a vast and varied line-up for this summer's shows.

David Crosby, the trailblazing singer-songwriter whose time with The Byrds and later Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young expanded rock's range, has died, his publicist said. He was 81.

A documentary tracing an artist's campaign against the family behind the U.S. opioid drug epidemic scooped the Golden Lion, the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, on Sept. 10.

Cate Blanchett won her second Venice acting award for her performance as a predatory classical music conductor in "Tar," having won in 2008 for her unexpected turn as Bob Dylan in "I'm Not There."

Leonard Cohen's song "Hallelujah" pretty much flopped when it came out nearly 40 years ago.

Today, it enjoys cult status and has been performed by everyone from Bob Dylan to Jeff Buckley and Bon Jovi - even appearing in animated hit "Shrek" - in a unique evolution detailed in a new documentary film.

Universal's publishing arm will represent Elvis Presley's song catalog, according to the terms of a new deal announced on April 12 by the company and Authentic Brands Group, an intellectual property management outfit.

The companies did not provide the financial terms of the deal, which builds on a pre-existing relationship between them.

Sting has sold his songwriting catalog, including solo works as well as hits with The Police like "Roxanne," to Universal Music Group, the company said on Feb. 10, the industry's latest such blockbuster transaction.

Bob Dylan sold his entire back catalog of recorded music along with "the rights to multiple future new releases" to Sony Music Entertainment, the company announced on Jan. 24, the latest high-profile deal of the recent music rights purchasing rush.

Bob Dylan has been telling stories through songs for 60 years. But recently America's master lyricist has also captured moments in a new series of paintings that, just like his songs, are intimate and a bit of a mystery.

An unnamed woman has sued folk singer-songwriter Bob Dylan alleging he sexually abused her after giving her drugs and alcohol in 1965 when she was 12 years old.

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A spokesman for Dylan, now 80, said the allegations were false. "The 56-year-old claim is untrue and will be vigorously defended," the spokesman said.