Though Led Zeppelin’s music is a far cry from Dylan’s, the folkie’s influence in the ’60s and ’70s was inescapable. Popular music was forever changed by Dylan and his singular songwriting.

Bob Dylan is once again in the national spotlight. For me, the film provided a welcome excuse to read up on Dylan, who has always been a reputable source of enjoyably gnomic quotes, self ...

Bob Dylan (pictured in 1963) is one of the most influential people in music, and his rise to fame is being depicted on the silver screen in A Complete Unknown. (Getty Images) ...

By Corey Kilgannon At a recent showing of “A Complete Unknown,” the new Bob Dylan ... as one of Dylan’s keenest observers and fans, so intent on digging into the singer’s life that he ...