Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan (lahir Robert Allen Zimmerman; 24 Mei 1941) adalah seorang penyanyi-penulis lagu, penyair, dan pelukis Amerika. Dia telah menjadi tokoh utama dalam musik selama lima dekade. Sebagian besar karyanya yang paling terkenal berasal dari tahun 1960-an ketika ia menjadi penulis kronik informal, dan tampaknya enggan menjadi tokoh dalam kerusuhan sosial. Meskipun ia terkenal karena merevolusi persepsi tentang batasan musik populer pada tahun 1965 dengan single berdurasi enam menit "Like a Rolling Stone", sejumlah lagu sebelumnya seperti "Blowin' in the Wind" dan "The Times They Are a-Changin'" menjadi lagu kebangsaan gerakan hak-hak sipil dan anti-perang AS. Lirik awalnya menggabungkan berbagai pengaruh politik, sosial dan filosofis, serta sastra. Mereka menentang konvensi musik pop yang ada dan sangat tertarik pada budaya tandingan yang sedang berkembang. Awalnya terinspirasi oleh lagu-lagu Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, Hank Williams, dan gaya penampilan Buddy Holly dan Little Richard, Dylan telah memperkuat dan mempersonalisasi genre musik, mengeksplorasi berbagai tradisi berbeda dalam lagu Amerika—mulai dari folk, blues, dan country hingga gospel, rock and roll, dan rockabilly, hingga musik folk Inggris, Skotlandia, dan Irlandia, bahkan mencakup jazz dan swing. Dylan tampil dengan gitar, keyboard, dan harmonika. Didukung oleh perubahan susunan musisi, ia telah melakukan tur terus-menerus sejak akhir 1980-an dalam apa yang dijuluki Never Ending Tour. Prestasinya sebagai artis rekaman dan penampil sangat penting dalam kariernya, namun kontribusi terbesarnya umumnya dianggap dalam penulisan lagunya. Sejak tahun 1994, Dylan telah menerbitkan tiga buku gambar dan lukisan, dan karyanya telah dipamerkan di galeri seni besar. Sebagai penulis lagu dan musisi, Dylan telah menerima banyak penghargaan selama bertahun-tahun termasuk Grammy, Golden Globe, dan Academy Awards; dia telah dilantik ke dalam Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame Penulis Lagu Nashville, dan Hall of Fame Penulis Lagu. Pada tahun 2008, sebuah jalan bernama Jalur Bob Dylan dibuka untuk menghormati penyanyi tersebut di tempat kelahirannya di Duluth, Minnesota. Juri Penghargaan Pulitzer pada tahun 2008 memberinya penghargaan khusus atas "pengaruhnya yang mendalam terhadap musik populer dan budaya Amerika, yang ditandai dengan komposisi liris dengan kekuatan puitis yang luar biasa."

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman; May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and painter. He has been a major figure in music for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler, and an apparently reluctant figurehead, of social unrest. Though he is well-known for revolutionizing perceptions of the limits of popular music in 1965 with the six-minute single "Like a Rolling Stone," a number of his earlier songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" became anthems for the US civil rights and anti-war movements. His early lyrics incorporated a variety of political, social and philosophical, as well as literary influences. They defied existing pop music conventions 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 musical genres, exploring numerous distinct traditions in American song—from folk, blues and country to gospel, rock and roll, and rockabilly, to English, Scottish, and Irish folk music, embracing even jazz and swing. Dylan performs with guitar, keyboards, and harmonica. Backed by a changing line-up of musicians, he has toured steadily since the late 1980s on what has been dubbed 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 songwriting. Since 1994, Dylan has published three books of drawings and paintings, and his work has been exhibited in major art galleries. As a songwriter and musician, Dylan has received numerous awards over the years including Grammy, Golden Globe, and Academy Awards; he has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2008, a road called the Bob Dylan Pathway was opened in the singer's honor in his birthplace of Duluth, Minnesota. The Pulitzer Prize jury in 2008 awarded him a special citation for "his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power."