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Six Degrees of Dylan - Audio Episodes
Join me, Colin Macgadie, on a journey through six songs and five unexpected connections, tracing each episode’s opening track back to Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone”. Through stories, musical insights and guided listening cues, I’ll invite you to pause, explore the accompanying Spotify playlist and hear the connections for yourself.
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Episodes
Six Degrees of Dylan - Audio EpisodesCoyote
Joni Mitchell’s “Coyote” opens a journey through desire and the stories people tell about it. Patti Smith makes the night her own; Bruce Springsteen’s “Fire”…
Six Degrees of Dylan - Audio EpisodesI Want Your Love
A bell figure keeps time while the strings rise on CHIC’s “I Want Your Love”. Colin follows Nile Rodgers through sessions with Diana Ross, David Bowie and Jeff…
Six Degrees of Dylan - Audio EpisodesStraight To Hell
The Clash’s Straight to Hell opens a journey through repetition and the voices it can carry. Colin follows its sample into M.I.A.’s Paper Planes, then moves…
Six Degrees of Dylan - Audio EpisodesMohabbat
Arooj Aftab’s Mohabbat begins a journey through inherited poetry and the power of interpretation. Colin follows a spacious ghazal setting into Nusrat Fateh Ali…
Six Degrees of Dylan - Audio EpisodesI Put a Spell On You
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins casts the first spell; Nina Simone reveals how differently the same song can speak. Colin follows her repertoire into Jacques Brel, David…
Six Degrees of Dylan - Audio EpisodesFirestarter
A jagged guitar fragment sends The Prodigy’s “Firestarter” into a wider story about borrowing, influence and reinvention. Colin follows The Breeders, Pixies…
Six Degrees of Dylan - Audio EpisodesThis Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
Talking Heads’ “This Must Be the Place” opens a journey through belonging, city nights and the possibility of breaking free. Colin Macgadie follows the CBGB…
Six Degrees of Dylan - Audio EpisodesWichita Lineman
Glen Campbell’s “Wichita Lineman” opens a journey through the people who carry songs between different lives. Colin Macgadie follows Jimmy Webb’s writing into…
Six Degrees of Dylan - Audio EpisodesGlory Box
Colin Macgadie follows the Isaac Hayes sample inside Portishead’s “Glory Box” into Alessia Cara’s “Here”, then moves through Lorde and David Bowie to Bob…
Six Degrees of Dylan - Audio EpisodesWater No Get Enemy
Fela Kuti’s “Water No Get Enemy” opens a journey through rhythm, political testimony and the changing meanings of freedom. Colin Macgadie follows Talking…
Six Degrees of Dylan - Audio EpisodesSign of the Times
Harry Styles opens “Sign of the Times” as if he’s speaking to one person. What happens when a whole room can sing the answer? Follow the piano into Bowie’s…
Six Degrees of Dylan - Audio EpisodesWork It
Missy Elliott’s Work It begins a journey through the power of a repeated phrase. Colin follows a sample into Run-D.M.C.’s Peter Piper, crosses into rock with…
Six Degrees of Dylan - Audio EpisodesPrivate Life
Grace Jones’s “Private Life” opens a journey through personal boundaries, emancipation and collective hope. Colin compares Jones with the Pretenders’ original…
Six Degrees of Dylan - Audio EpisodesNorthern Sky
Nick Drake’s “Northern Sky” opens a journey from tentative hope to the unsettled world of Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone”. Colin Macgadie follows John Cale…
Six Degrees of Dylan - Audio EpisodesLet It Happen
Tame Impala’s “Let It Happen” opens a journey through repetition, reinvention and the uncertain pleasure of change. Colin follows Kevin Parker’s songwriting…
Six Degrees of Dylan - Audio EpisodesFunky Stuff
Kool & the Gang’s “Funky Stuff” opens a journey through music’s borrowed fragments and shared hands. Colin follows its sample into the Beastie Boys, then…
Six Degrees of Dylan - Audio EpisodesCold Little Heart
Michael Kiwanuka’s “Cold Little Heart” opens a journey into songs that make room for uncertainty. Colin follows its documented connection to Funkadelic’s…
Six Degrees of Dylan - Audio EpisodesStrange Things Happening Every Day
From gospel’s rhythmic confidence to soul’s public demands and Dylan’s insistent questions, this episode explores how a singer can change a song’s meaning…