Bob Dylan Gets Honorary Doctorate, Radiohead's First Concert in Seven Years
New Interviews with Greensky Bluegrass and Cyro Baptista
Relix Daily
November 05, 2025
November 5, 2025
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Berklee College of Music has bestowed Bob Dylan with an honorary Doctor of Music degree, in recognition of his lifetime achievements as a songwriter and figurehead in the modern development of the craft. The honoris causa comes six decades into Dylan’s career, touching folk, blues, gospel, country, and rock while coursing tales of American living, and putting a magnifying glass up to the feelings and sensations derived from poetic truth-telling.
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Radiohead reunited on Tuesday for their first public performance in seven years. At Madrid’s Movistar Arena, the legendary avant-rock quintet introduced their eagerly anticipated new era through a refreshed stage setup and a carefully curated selection of hits from throughout their discography.
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“For our 25th anniversary, we were talking about what we were going to do, and I started making this joke that we should release a greatest hits record. Except I thought we should go in and make new recordings of all of these songs, not just compile the songs from their original recordings,” says Greensky Bluegrass co-founder Paul Hoffman of the band’s initial plans to celebrate their quarter-century as a vibrant unit. “But when we started to open the door to the album, we had all these additional ideas. We said, ‘What if we have guests? What if we rerecord songs with our older voices and better playing?’ Then we just started doing all of those things.”
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When Cyro Baptista first arrived in America from Brazil, he would often busk in the streets of Manhattan to help make ends meet, including next to a nut cart in Columbus Circle. Now, over four decades later, the percussionist and consummate collaborator staple is being feted directly across the street in a far grander setting, New York’s famed Jazz at Lincoln Center. Dubbed Cyro Baptista at 75: A Banquet for the Spirits, the two-day event will take place on November 7 and 8, nodding to his singular career that has included work with the likes of Paul Simon, Herbie Hancock, John Zorn, Laurie Anderson, Medeski Martin & Wood and David Byrne, as well as his own Beat the Donkey.
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Brooklyn, N.Y.’s nonprofit arts and culture center Pioneer Works has announced a new star-studded benefit show for the American Civil Liberties Union. On Nov. 22, Creatives for Freedom will unite a bill of arena-packing artists to support the organization and its tireless defense of civil rights nationwide, helmed by Sheryl Crow.
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Dark Star Jubilee will return to Legend Valley Concert Venue and Campground in Thornville, Ohio, May 22-24, 2026. The 13th annual outdoor concert weekend is rooted in a three-night rollout of two set performances by festival hosts, Dark Star Orchestra. Now, the Grateful Dead cover band, known for recreating full performances with historical accuracy and attention to detail, has extended an invitation to a roster of bands that share a similar aptitude for delivering community-driven music.
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Bob Minkin stepped on the scene with a camera in hand at age 15, shooting New Riders of the Purple Sage during their 1974 appearances at New York’s Academy of Music. The experience had a significant impact on his trajectory, leading to the Senior Photographer title at Relix [1970s-90s] and a stockpile of Big Apple concert photos spanning B.B. King, the Grateful Dead and more. Now, Minkin has launched a Kickstarter campaign, where folks support the project by pre-ordering a copy of New York Rocked!
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Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country is getting in the Yuletide spirit. The band, known for its high-frequency performances that lean into rock, country, and psychedelic tropes, will continue the tradition of the Donato-led Christmas Jam at Brooklyn Bowl Nashville. The third annual celebration of the season’s sensations and songs will bolster a directory of talented guests over two nights, Dec. 5 and 6, 2025.
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Cat Power has announced her plans to celebrate the 20th anniversary of her landmark 2006 album, The Greatest, with a new three-song EP titled Redux. Set to release on Jan. 23 via Domino Recording Company, the upcoming set from the artist born Chan Marshall features two new covers and a fresh take on a standout from the album, all backed by Dirty Delta Blues, a supergroup assembled for the album’s initial tour. To preview the project, she’s released her treatment of James Brown’s classic “Try Me.”