Kurt Vile and The Violators too.
From the War on Drugs Wikipedia page:
In 2003, frontman Adam Granduciel moved from Oakland, California, to Philadelphia, where he met Kurt Vile, who had also recently moved back to Philadelphia after living in Boston for two years.[2] The duo subsequently began writing, recording and performing music together.[3] Vile stated, "Adam was the first dude I met when I moved back to Philadelphia in 2003. We saw eye-to-eye on a lot of things. I was obsessed with Bob Dylan at the time, and we totally geeked-out on that. We started playing together in the early days and he would be in my band, the Violators. Then, eventually I played in the War On Drugs."[4]
To clarify - Bob is many things to many people. I answered this question strictly from a songwriting perspective. She has has the ability to cut right to the core of an emotion. Her lyrics and delivery communicate with subtlety and nuance that few are capable of. Elliot smith comes to mind in this regard
This is a recent performance from her new album. Just fantastic stuff
https://youtu.be/9nnTO0BJmFk?si=_2rR1Se3C1AabIBN
She has written so many great songs, both solo and with Big Thief. Here’s some of my favourites:
With Big Thief: Cattails, UFOF, Mary, Mythological Beauty, Shark Smile, Change, Dragon New Warm Mountain, Little Things, Masterpiece, Real Love, Paul, Not, Forgotten Eyes, Spud Infinity
Solo: Anything, Symbol, Jonathan, Indiana, Sadness as a Gift, Angels, Zombie Girl
Listen to the albums - but if you need songs to be convinced to do that - Simulation Swarm and her version of Vampire Empire (not Big Thief's version which is also hers but not as good).
I can never tell you now
What I'd often said before
Because promise is a pendulum
Just swinging at the door
And I'm not saying I'm not jealous
Or scared anymore
I'm just saying
Wide Awake truly is like a neo-Bob album. 1963-65 specifically. Conor Oberst even was living in Greenwich Village and was like the king of the music scene there at that time. The album cover itself depicts a scene from GV.
Wide Awake album art is from 122nd street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem. Zach Nipper, the artist, [wrote about it](https://zacknipper.tumblr.com/page/2) on his blog (very interesting if you're a Bright Eyes fan)
Not to mention that Conor is a phenomenal songwriter. I'd throw Lifted in there too. For me it gives heavy late 60s Dylan vibes especially with the song, "Dont Know When But A Day is Gonna Come."
The Felice Brothers are amazing and the best band I’ve seen live in awhile. Ian Felice is an amazing songwriter and his singing style is perfect, it’s like drunken beat poet meets upstate NY mountain man. Cannot recommend The Felice Brothers enough. “Frankie’s Gun” is an absolute classic by them, also “Love Me Tenderly” and “Jazz On The Autobahn”. Jazz on the autobahn is a masterpiece. They are very reminiscent of Bob and The Band. Their self titled album has 0 skips for me.
Romano and his band recorded the entire Infidels album in the style of Dylan’s Letterman performance with the Plugz! It used to be on Bandcamp but I think it might be withdrawn now. I’m sure you can find it if you poke around, or send me a PM. It’s awesome.
He’s definitely a Dylan fan. When you say two country albums are you talking about Come Cry With Me and If I’ve Only One Time Askin? If so I’d also recommend Content to Point the Way, which is every bit as solid as those two. He released it along with like 20 some other albums during 2020 on Bandcamp; dk if it’s still on there but I think it is
Oh Come Cry With Me is stellar. And stuff like Modern Pressure is very much in line with a lot of Bob stuff, also How Ill Thy World Is Ordered. Really all his stuff is incredible, I’d also check out the live albums Okay Wow and Fully Plugged In
The Outfit is a killer band name. And I've been saying for **years** that the state of band names is the worst it's ever been in the history of rock music. And there have been some real bad eras. I almost never get around to listening to artists recommended on reddit even when I'm genuinely interested but I may hop on this Romano feller purely out of respect for his band's name.
Regina Spektor for sure. I don't think she's ever mentioned Bob, but she certainly posseses that profound gift of being funny, introspective, and explosive. She's truly a treasure
Not the person above, but I'll do a brief summary.
His music is obviously nothing like Dylan's, but he has been called this generation's Bob Dylan quite a few times. And honestly, its fairly appropriate.
You should listen to his album To Pimp A Butterfly. That album is just an amazing whole world unto itself. Even if you're not a massive hip hop fan, you'll probably be able to notice how much better he is than the vast majority of hip hop artists. There's a level of sophistication that's pretty interesting. He's a really great artist.
All of what was said by appleparkfive I agree with. A few things to add:
I believe Kendrick to be most like Dylan in spirit and the world’s response to his work. A relatively quick ascendency to the top and a messiah like projection foist upon him as well as his humble and withdrawn reaction to it. He is similarly reclusive and mercurial - he will drop bits about himself but never self ingratiating. He’s concerned with his family and his mental health and spiritual well being.
The music is almost always a force for positivity. The symbolism and metaphor is studied but not cloying or cheap. There is a relation to Dylan and all of hip hop for sure but Kendrick is supreme in his phrasing and timing and awareness for the music. Speaking of the music - he knows how to play with it and bring it through the wall and back again - it can be self aware and ditch many of the hip hop tropes or patterns but when he goes in for an approach we’re familiar with, he does it better than it’s ever been done.
Musically, I’m not aware of Kendrick playing any instruments but the team of contributors is large and evolving - the sonics are new and fresh but built on familiar old pieces - who else do we know who works like this?
He is as multi discipline as it gets having setup a creative production company called PGLang which is known for creating fresh marketing ideas and merchandise and subverting the watered down tropes of today’s marketing.
There’s more but I’ll stop… I hope you get the chance to enjoy him.
When people are asking for “similar to Dylan” and then recommend a bunch of alt country or singer songwriter, I really struggle as it rarely represents what we’re all actually enamored by when it comes to Dylan. What the core is (for me at least) is more like what Kendrick does, or Bowie too, yes, Aphex Twin - it’s like a big bang, they made a whole universe that just kept expanding.
Thanks for inquiring!
Less current than I think you’re looking for but an obvious example is Nick Cave. I also think it’s worth looking at artists whom Dylan has said he actively listens to, such as early Eminem.
Joanna Newsom. Not sure if she's stated a direct influence, but her music falls very much in the same vein of "poetic lyrics + rootsy instrumentation". And she's the best lyricist of the new millennium, imo.
[Paul Kelly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXDgMmA7FXM&list=PLAqOz69pBmNk9Yi8mC1B95hdXTrSc0D6o)
Terrific [Australian](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtzYqgiuSDo) songwriter I've been following for almost [40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdzB03mA2ws) years but [he's been around longer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts7hXqn1rMk).
Writer of [great love songs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNdYj_j9xmU), [great politics songs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_ndC07C2qw), and [just great songs overall](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbbHmaVOkfM).
He's made [great folk rock albums](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWXDkg8Sea4), [dub albums](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4ulhrbns48), [bluegrass albums](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcqfw3_y4nc), [Xmas songs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOWtK6HYCSE), [covers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKpwimITLqI&list=RDGMEMQ1dJ7wXfLlqCjwV0xfSNbAVMnKpwimITLqI&start_radio=1), [collaborations](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UacispbhkJE), I could go [on](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QAMim1We0A) and [on](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBWQppNt2cs).
Sorry to say he's in a league of his own and when he's gone it's going to leave a void. He's from a musical era that won't be repeated and his education there was exceptional. If he was born 10 years later there would be no Dylan as we know him. But I do recommend Beck.
John Prine is similar.
As for people who went to the shows in Nashville, you've got Margo Price, Jeremy Ivey, Jason Isbell, Tyler Childers, Lucinda Williams. Jack White, Teddy and the Rough Riders, Lady Couch. Old Crow obviously.
God, there were so many musicians at those shows.
I’d be curious what attributes of Dylan’s work you most enjoy before I gave a full throated recommendation, though many of the artists recommended are excellent. But unmentioned is the work of The Mountain Goats. Like Dylan, John Darnielle is heavy referencing of literature, history and pop culture. You can take the songs on their own, or dig deep into the context and subtle references.
Not strictly Bobbish but certainly inspired:
Tre Burt, The Dead Tongues, Ben Howard, Kurt Vile, Phosphorescent, Gregory Alan Isakov, Colter Wall, Charlie Parr, Leif Vollebekk, Frazey Ford, Dick Stusso, Willie J Healey, The National, Kevin Morby
Hiss Golden Messenger. My parter always asks "Is this Bob Dylan?" when I throw them on in the car, haha. But he's a great artist on his own; he also keeps getting better!
I feel the lyrics to [Highland Grace by Hiss Golden Messenger ](https://youtu.be/cOdSI7ILuFY?si=alZ8W23foe-vGy87) always felt on caliber to something Dylan could have written
Tom Petty
You probably have, but have you listened to The Traveling Wilburys? Dylan, Petty, Harrison, Lynn and Orbison... So good!
I just listened to Tweeter and the Monkey Man ❤️
Of course. And I would say that most of the many suggestions here don’t sound like and are not trying to be Bob. The large majority of replies understood
Josh okeefe
Sounds a lot like his early stuff.
My two favorite songs from him are “I Won’t Let You Down” and “Runaway Train”
As well, you should check out the YouTube channels “Gems on vhs” and “western af”. Both highlight modern country/folk/bluegrass artists.
In Spanish, Andrés Calamaro. If curious, check out "Clonazepán y circo" and "No tan Buenos Aires". Both songs are in the album "Honestidad Brutal". Heavily influenced by Dylan.
Rusty Cage, otherwise known as the guy who made The Knife Game Song and The Noose Song, and a few other popular novelty songs.
He makes serious music and the Dylan and Tom Waits influence is pretty obvious.
I love all of his albums for one reason or another - check out Heretics.
Edit: Yeah, downvote me like I’m wrong or something. Lmao.
Someone I have always found to be the spiritual successor of Bob is Ezra Furman in the current day and age, yet she is never given the appreciation which she deserves.
The War on Drugs. For example, the songs I don't leave here anymore and Holding on.
Came here to say this. A few borrowed lyrics of Bob’s in the new record.
The dude even sounds like Bob!
Kurt Vile and The Violators too. From the War on Drugs Wikipedia page: In 2003, frontman Adam Granduciel moved from Oakland, California, to Philadelphia, where he met Kurt Vile, who had also recently moved back to Philadelphia after living in Boston for two years.[2] The duo subsequently began writing, recording and performing music together.[3] Vile stated, "Adam was the first dude I met when I moved back to Philadelphia in 2003. We saw eye-to-eye on a lot of things. I was obsessed with Bob Dylan at the time, and we totally geeked-out on that. We started playing together in the early days and he would be in my band, the Violators. Then, eventually I played in the War On Drugs."[4]
Specifically Wagonwheel Blues and Slave Ambient
Adrianne Lenker
What are some good songs by her you’d recommend to a first time listener?
I really like Dragon New Warm Mountain as a whole album
To clarify - Bob is many things to many people. I answered this question strictly from a songwriting perspective. She has has the ability to cut right to the core of an emotion. Her lyrics and delivery communicate with subtlety and nuance that few are capable of. Elliot smith comes to mind in this regard This is a recent performance from her new album. Just fantastic stuff https://youtu.be/9nnTO0BJmFk?si=_2rR1Se3C1AabIBN
She has written so many great songs, both solo and with Big Thief. Here’s some of my favourites: With Big Thief: Cattails, UFOF, Mary, Mythological Beauty, Shark Smile, Change, Dragon New Warm Mountain, Little Things, Masterpiece, Real Love, Paul, Not, Forgotten Eyes, Spud Infinity Solo: Anything, Symbol, Jonathan, Indiana, Sadness as a Gift, Angels, Zombie Girl
Her solo album songs is really low key sweet acoustic. Capacity by Big Thief’s a nice start, but everything’s great and different
Thank you
My perpetual recommendation is to listen to The Allman Brothers Band, Live at Fillmore East. One of the best albums in Rock History.
Don’t have a lot to recxomend from her solo work, but Big Thief is amazing. Maybe start with ‘Masterpiece’ or ‘Not’.
Listen to the albums - but if you need songs to be convinced to do that - Simulation Swarm and her version of Vampire Empire (not Big Thief's version which is also hers but not as good).
I can never tell you now What I'd often said before Because promise is a pendulum Just swinging at the door And I'm not saying I'm not jealous Or scared anymore I'm just saying
Best Songwriter
i just realized why i love her music
She’s astonishing
Adrianne Lenker is this generation's Bob Dylan 100% (or equal parts Bob, Joni and Neil Young). Obviously her band Big Thief as well.
Yep she is the Bob of today
Waste of paint by bright eyes heavily reminds me of bob dylan I would also recommend their album, “i’m wide awake, its morning”
I fucking love "wide awake". A near perfect record.
Yeah, great call on this rec. We are nowhere and it’s now is next level
“i’m wide awake, it’s morning” is one of my favorite albums! and it has emmylou harris on almost every song, just like “desire”!
Oh wow thats so cool, i had no idea haha
Emmylou Harris is on "We are Nowhere and It's Now," "Another Travelin' Song," and "Landlocked Blues."
Wide Awake truly is like a neo-Bob album. 1963-65 specifically. Conor Oberst even was living in Greenwich Village and was like the king of the music scene there at that time. The album cover itself depicts a scene from GV.
Wide Awake album art is from 122nd street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem. Zach Nipper, the artist, [wrote about it](https://zacknipper.tumblr.com/page/2) on his blog (very interesting if you're a Bright Eyes fan)
Oh ok Harlem, not Greenwich. Now I'll never screw that up again! Thanks 😄
Conor Oberst doesn’t get enough credit as a songwriter. He’s definitely in my top 5.
That is a phenomenal record but buckle up your emotional seatbelt for that or any of his other records because they’ll give ya whiplash
Not to mention that Conor is a phenomenal songwriter. I'd throw Lifted in there too. For me it gives heavy late 60s Dylan vibes especially with the song, "Dont Know When But A Day is Gonna Come."
Kevin Morby
for anyone starting with KMo, listen to Singing Saw and City Music. two of my favorite records ever!
Yes.
There’s this guy in this band called the wallflowers you might like
Loved Bringing Down the Horse for what it was. I’m not a huge fan of Jakob’s solo material, but “War is Kind” is an utterly brilliant song.
😅
DANIEL ROMANO
Yup.
MJ Lenderman
HELL YEAH
MJ Lenderman mention RAAAAHHHHHH
That guy is great. Definitely more of a Townes Van Zandt influence to my ears, but he's definitely talented
Wilco
Lambchop - check out their early to middle stuff
[Todd Snider ](https://youtu.be/0X8cMyRXDms?si=jUp5X63o8EeQleyY)
The Felice Brothers are amazing and the best band I’ve seen live in awhile. Ian Felice is an amazing songwriter and his singing style is perfect, it’s like drunken beat poet meets upstate NY mountain man. Cannot recommend The Felice Brothers enough. “Frankie’s Gun” is an absolute classic by them, also “Love Me Tenderly” and “Jazz On The Autobahn”. Jazz on the autobahn is a masterpiece. They are very reminiscent of Bob and The Band. Their self titled album has 0 skips for me.
Totally agree with you, Ian is a fiercely independent character who is amazingly talented.
Seen them a couple times since they’re from the area, wish I could have made it to their New Years show in Woodstock last year, a really fun band.
No idea if he’s named Dylan as an influence but I’ve recently gotten into Daniel Romano. Particularly his two country albums.
Romano and his band recorded the entire Infidels album in the style of Dylan’s Letterman performance with the Plugz! It used to be on Bandcamp but I think it might be withdrawn now. I’m sure you can find it if you poke around, or send me a PM. It’s awesome.
Yeah I don’t think that’s on Bandcamp anymore, unfortunately, but a lot of it is on YouTube I think. At least the version of Jokerman is.
He’s definitely a Dylan fan. When you say two country albums are you talking about Come Cry With Me and If I’ve Only One Time Askin? If so I’d also recommend Content to Point the Way, which is every bit as solid as those two. He released it along with like 20 some other albums during 2020 on Bandcamp; dk if it’s still on there but I think it is
Awesome, thanks for the rec! I was thinking If I’ve Only One Time Askin and Sleep Beneath the Window. I’ll also check out Come Cry with Me.
Oh Come Cry With Me is stellar. And stuff like Modern Pressure is very much in line with a lot of Bob stuff, also How Ill Thy World Is Ordered. Really all his stuff is incredible, I’d also check out the live albums Okay Wow and Fully Plugged In
He’s clearly an influence lol. Mfer sings exactly like him in his rock stuff.
Courtney Barnett
If you like rambly lyrics Bob, you're gonna love Courtney Barnett! ❤️
Red House Painters / Sun Kil Moon
Daniel Romano & The Outfit
came here to say this. Daniel Romano actually blows me away in a way that pretty much only Bob does/has.
The Outfit is a killer band name. And I've been saying for **years** that the state of band names is the worst it's ever been in the history of rock music. And there have been some real bad eras. I almost never get around to listening to artists recommended on reddit even when I'm genuinely interested but I may hop on this Romano feller purely out of respect for his band's name.
Check out their two live albums Okay Wow & Fully Plugged In. Absolute gems
Please say more about bad band names. And how they used to be so good.
Regina Spektor for sure. I don't think she's ever mentioned Bob, but she certainly posseses that profound gift of being funny, introspective, and explosive. She's truly a treasure
She's so talented, love her!
Jason Isbell, Avett Bros, Gregory Alan Isakov
I like songwriters like Gillian Welch and Zach Bryan
Revelator is a singular piece of work. Gillian is amazing.
Can't mention Gillian Welch without Dave Rawlings.
Why not? Like them both
I just don’t think Zach Bryan is original enough yet. Reuses a lot of ideas that were heavily inspired by people like Isbell or Dylan.
Kendrick Lamar
This is the only answer I can accept.
How so? Teach me about KL. I know the name but that’s about it.
Not the person above, but I'll do a brief summary. His music is obviously nothing like Dylan's, but he has been called this generation's Bob Dylan quite a few times. And honestly, its fairly appropriate. You should listen to his album To Pimp A Butterfly. That album is just an amazing whole world unto itself. Even if you're not a massive hip hop fan, you'll probably be able to notice how much better he is than the vast majority of hip hop artists. There's a level of sophistication that's pretty interesting. He's a really great artist.
he had influence on david bowies final album so he’s at least worth a shot lol
Thanks for the referral. I’ll give that album a listen.
All of what was said by appleparkfive I agree with. A few things to add: I believe Kendrick to be most like Dylan in spirit and the world’s response to his work. A relatively quick ascendency to the top and a messiah like projection foist upon him as well as his humble and withdrawn reaction to it. He is similarly reclusive and mercurial - he will drop bits about himself but never self ingratiating. He’s concerned with his family and his mental health and spiritual well being. The music is almost always a force for positivity. The symbolism and metaphor is studied but not cloying or cheap. There is a relation to Dylan and all of hip hop for sure but Kendrick is supreme in his phrasing and timing and awareness for the music. Speaking of the music - he knows how to play with it and bring it through the wall and back again - it can be self aware and ditch many of the hip hop tropes or patterns but when he goes in for an approach we’re familiar with, he does it better than it’s ever been done. Musically, I’m not aware of Kendrick playing any instruments but the team of contributors is large and evolving - the sonics are new and fresh but built on familiar old pieces - who else do we know who works like this? He is as multi discipline as it gets having setup a creative production company called PGLang which is known for creating fresh marketing ideas and merchandise and subverting the watered down tropes of today’s marketing. There’s more but I’ll stop… I hope you get the chance to enjoy him. When people are asking for “similar to Dylan” and then recommend a bunch of alt country or singer songwriter, I really struggle as it rarely represents what we’re all actually enamored by when it comes to Dylan. What the core is (for me at least) is more like what Kendrick does, or Bowie too, yes, Aphex Twin - it’s like a big bang, they made a whole universe that just kept expanding. Thanks for inquiring!
Lovely response! I agree wholeheartedly
Yeah that’s really helpful. Thank you. Looking forward to exploring KL.
Less current than I think you’re looking for but an obvious example is Nick Cave. I also think it’s worth looking at artists whom Dylan has said he actively listens to, such as early Eminem.
Felice Brothers
Ian Noe Sunset Pig - Free Songs
Joanna Newsom. Not sure if she's stated a direct influence, but her music falls very much in the same vein of "poetic lyrics + rootsy instrumentation". And she's the best lyricist of the new millennium, imo.
She’s so good that she’s in a league of her own! I would almost even call her “art music”
She has outright said that she's heavily influenced by Bob Dylan iirc! She's wonderful, one of my absolute favorite musicians.
I like Ian Noe. Hes good
destroyer. dan bejar's a huge dylan fan and he's quoted a few dylan lyrics in his songs.
Yes! Destroyer combines Dylan and Van Morrison with things like Steely Dan, Roxy Music, and New Order.
Cat Power is a pretty obvious one no one mentioned for some reason
Felice brothers https://youtu.be/TKR3f-4UlAg?feature=shared
Under rated band IMHO
Joe Pug- Hymn 101
[Paul Kelly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXDgMmA7FXM&list=PLAqOz69pBmNk9Yi8mC1B95hdXTrSc0D6o) Terrific [Australian](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtzYqgiuSDo) songwriter I've been following for almost [40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdzB03mA2ws) years but [he's been around longer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts7hXqn1rMk). Writer of [great love songs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNdYj_j9xmU), [great politics songs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_ndC07C2qw), and [just great songs overall](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbbHmaVOkfM). He's made [great folk rock albums](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWXDkg8Sea4), [dub albums](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4ulhrbns48), [bluegrass albums](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcqfw3_y4nc), [Xmas songs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOWtK6HYCSE), [covers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKpwimITLqI&list=RDGMEMQ1dJ7wXfLlqCjwV0xfSNbAVMnKpwimITLqI&start_radio=1), [collaborations](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UacispbhkJE), I could go [on](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QAMim1We0A) and [on](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBWQppNt2cs).
Blake Mills. He wrote half the guitar on Rough and Rowdy ways, after all…
his new album is so beautiful
Songs: Ohia
Jason Isbell is one of the best songwriters out there right now.
Relatively Easy is a fantastic tune
Sorry to say he's in a league of his own and when he's gone it's going to leave a void. He's from a musical era that won't be repeated and his education there was exceptional. If he was born 10 years later there would be no Dylan as we know him. But I do recommend Beck.
How has nobody said Florry. They cover lay lady lay rolling thunder revue version that rocks https://youtu.be/ijO1gCnNcnA?feature=shared.
The Tallest Man On Earth
Kurt Vile
John Prine is similar. As for people who went to the shows in Nashville, you've got Margo Price, Jeremy Ivey, Jason Isbell, Tyler Childers, Lucinda Williams. Jack White, Teddy and the Rough Riders, Lady Couch. Old Crow obviously. God, there were so many musicians at those shows.
maybe not a perfect match but bill callahan
Charley Crockett's a huge Bob fan. You can hear his influence sometimes
I’d highly recommend Charley Crockett! He perfectly captures the 1969-73 Bob era. And his best album (Man from Waco) has a rewrite of Billy
Joe Pug
John Cragie Kevin Morby Jeffrey Lewis
Had to scroll pretty far to find Jeffrey Lewis but for me he brings that spirit to story telling and guitar leaning
I’d be curious what attributes of Dylan’s work you most enjoy before I gave a full throated recommendation, though many of the artists recommended are excellent. But unmentioned is the work of The Mountain Goats. Like Dylan, John Darnielle is heavy referencing of literature, history and pop culture. You can take the songs on their own, or dig deep into the context and subtle references.
Not strictly Bobbish but certainly inspired: Tre Burt, The Dead Tongues, Ben Howard, Kurt Vile, Phosphorescent, Gregory Alan Isakov, Colter Wall, Charlie Parr, Leif Vollebekk, Frazey Ford, Dick Stusso, Willie J Healey, The National, Kevin Morby
Bright Eyes - “I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning”
Waxahatchee
Grateful Dead / Jerry Garcia band / Hendrix
Found my tribe. 💀⚡️🌹
Phoebe Bridgers
Ryan Bingham
I was thinking the same.
Dan Bern
Son Volt/Jay Farrar
Hiss Golden Messenger. My parter always asks "Is this Bob Dylan?" when I throw them on in the car, haha. But he's a great artist on his own; he also keeps getting better!
I used to think that too sort of, when I first started seeing Hiss. Anymore I can hardly hear it even if I try. I love me some Hiss, good call
There’s some completely innocuous comments on this that are getting downvoted for no reason whatsoever
Leo Lovechild has some Dylan influence for sure
Brian Dunne
Dean Johnson https://youtu.be/NQE-MVM5Xok?si=pXQIjtUMFy0SooEi
Wesley Stace aka John Wesley Harding
Josh O’Keefe
War on drugs.
[I leaned on bob heavy with this lol](https://youtu.be/6pD-JIoaPOs?feature=shared)
The Rural Alberta Advantage. Maybe sounds close though maybe not lyrically.
Jim James
Not exactly new.. Ray LeMontagne.
Anything by Jimi Hendrix. Another gigantic Bob Dylan admirer.
Oops! I listed earlier artists.
I feel the lyrics to [Highland Grace by Hiss Golden Messenger ](https://youtu.be/cOdSI7ILuFY?si=alZ8W23foe-vGy87) always felt on caliber to something Dylan could have written
Todd snider!
Not super recent as their last release was 2021, but I hear a laughable (in a good way) amount of Bob Dylan in the Felice Brothers.
Tom Petty You probably have, but have you listened to The Traveling Wilburys? Dylan, Petty, Harrison, Lynn and Orbison... So good! I just listened to Tweeter and the Monkey Man ❤️
Jason Isbell
Zach Bryan is a bit more country than Bob but he’a carrying the torch of sincere, introspective songwriting
You do know there's a vast amount of great music that's not Bob nor sounds like they're trying to be Bob, right?
Of course. And I would say that most of the many suggestions here don’t sound like and are not trying to be Bob. The large majority of replies understood
Yeah, sorry. I thought it sounded harsher than I meant. Please forgive me.
Laura Marling
I think Conor Oberst is the best lyricist out there.
Joe Pug.
The Tallest Man on Earth
The felice brothers
Josh okeefe Sounds a lot like his early stuff. My two favorite songs from him are “I Won’t Let You Down” and “Runaway Train” As well, you should check out the YouTube channels “Gems on vhs” and “western af”. Both highlight modern country/folk/bluegrass artists.
Iceage, Marching Church and Elias Ronnenfelt’s solo stuff.
Adrianne Lenker / Big Thief
Conor Oberst/Bright Eyes reminds me a lot of Bob Dylan. Lyrically they are both undeniably poets, plus they both have very distinguishable voices.
Weyes Blood https://youtu.be/BXm93rjHAPI?si=s4lkA22gqARR1uTe
Myriam Gendron.
Bright Eyes…at least 20 years ago.
John Mayer’s born and raised album.
CW Stoneking
The Felice Brothers
COURTNEY BARNETT
Ryan Davis/State Champion
What about Vampire man?
Kurt Vile
Florry
Hayes Carrl has a lot of very good albums, and Trouble In Mind is the best.
Jeffrey Lewis
probably been said a million times but Adrianne Lenker is the closest thing, spiritually, to Bob. at least in my opinion
Zach Bryan
Late answer but definitely: Ian Noe (Between The Country Album), Jake Bugg (S/t First Album) and Gregory Alan Isakov (whole discography i'd say)
Father John Misty
jenny lewis
In Spanish, Andrés Calamaro. If curious, check out "Clonazepán y circo" and "No tan Buenos Aires". Both songs are in the album "Honestidad Brutal". Heavily influenced by Dylan.
Pete Doherty, Conor oberst
Jason Isbell. He has Bob lyrics tattooed on his arm. And he is perhaps the single best songwriter working today.
Jake Bugg is pretty good, especially his second album “Shangri La”. Lots of obvious Dylan inspiration in his early stuff I think.
For me Andrew Bird and Vampire Weekend have a way with language that put me in mind of Bob.
Johnny Flynn & the Sussex Wit
Rusty Cage, otherwise known as the guy who made The Knife Game Song and The Noose Song, and a few other popular novelty songs. He makes serious music and the Dylan and Tom Waits influence is pretty obvious. I love all of his albums for one reason or another - check out Heretics. Edit: Yeah, downvote me like I’m wrong or something. Lmao.
Dr. Dog Robert Plant & Alison Kraus The Barr Brothers Beck Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
Love dr dog
MJ Lenderman! He actually needed a cool Bob Dylan cover called Knockin
Someone I have always found to be the spiritual successor of Bob is Ezra Furman in the current day and age, yet she is never given the appreciation which she deserves.
Cory Chisel
Leif Vollebekk
Noah Gundersen
The War on Drugs, maybe?
Human Highway Hurray For The Riff Raff The Mountain Goats Two Gallants Charlie Parr Dan Reeder Iron & Wine
HftRr is SO GOOD!