Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan (nacido como Robert Allen Zimmerman; May 24, 1941) is an American cantautor, poeta y pintor. He has been a major figure en music for five decades. Much of his most celebrated de trabajo dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler, y en apparently reluctant figurehead, of social disturbios. Sin embargo he is a well-known for revolutionizing perceptions of the limits of popular music, en 1965 with the six-minuto single "Like a Rolling Stone," a number of his earlier canción such as "Blowin' in the Wind" y "The Times They Are a-Changin'" became anthems for the US civil rights and anti-guerra movimientos. His early lyrics incorporated a variety of political, social y filosófica, as well as literaria de influencias. They defied existing pop music convenciones and appealed hugely to the then burgeoning counterculture. Initially inspired by the songs of Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, Hank Williams, and the performance styles of Buddy Holly and Little Richard, Dylan has both amplified and personalized género musical, explorando numerous distinct traditions en American song from folk, blues y country to gospel, el rock and roll y rockabilly, al Inglés, Escocés, and Irish folk music, embracing even de jazz y swing. Dylan performs with guitar, teclados y armónica. Backed by a changing line-up of musicians, he has toured steadily since the late 1980s on what has been apodado the Never Ending Tour. His accomplishments as a recording artist and performer have been central to his career, but his greatest contribution is generally considered to be his de la composición. Since 1994, Dylan has published three books of drawings and paintings and his work has been exhibited en major galerías de arte. As a songwriter and musician, Dylan has received numerous awards over the years including Grammy, Globo de oro y Premios de la Academia; he has been sido investido into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame. En 2008, a road called the Bob Dylan Camino lo abrió en the singer's honor en su birthplace of Duluth, Minnesota. The el premio Pulitzer, el Premio del jurado en 2008 awarded him a, mención especial para "his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poético de la potencia.