--- title: Bob Dylan: Amy Winehouse Was the 'Last Real Individualist' description: Bob Dylan revealed he's a fan of Amy Winehouse and The Stereophonics in an interview about the making of his new album, Triplicate. canonical: https://time.com/4711095/bob-dylan-interview-2017/ author: Kate Samuelson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-23T17:24:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:42:11.066Z og:title: Bob Dylan on the Popular Musicians He Approves of og:description: Dylan spoke about his current favorite music for a rare interview og:url: https://time.com/4711095/bob-dylan-interview-2017/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bob Dylan on the Popular Musicians He Approves of twitter:description: Dylan spoke about his current favorite music for a rare interview twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's What Bob Dylan Has to Say About His Favorite Popular Musicians Right Now by [Kate Samuelson](https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Mar 23, 2017 5:24 PM UTC by [Kate Samuelson](https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Mar 23, 2017 5:24 PM UTC [Bob Dylan](http://time.com/4658477/bob-dylan-grandson/) has revealed that he is a fan of music by [Amy Winehouse](http://time.com/4497179/adele-amy-winehouse-tribute/) and The Stereophonics and even likes [Adele’s](http://time.com/4710712/adele-concert-bag-of-air/) cover of his song, in a rare detailed interview about the making of his new album, _Triplicate_. [Speaking to the American author Bill Flanagan](https://bobdylan.com/news/qa-with-bill-flanagan/) in a piece for Dylan’s website, the rock legend said he was currently enjoying Amy Winehouse’s last record, even though it was released years ago. When asked whether he was a fan of the late singer songwriter, Dylan remarked that she was “the last real individualist around.” Dylan, who won the [Nobel prize for literature](http://time.com/4529418/bob-dylan-nobel-prize-literature/) last year, also cited Iggy Pop’s _Après_, Willie Nelson, Norah Jones and Wynton Marsalis’ album _Here We Go Again_ and music by Imelda May, Valerie June and The Stereophonics as tracks he was listening to. The Stereophonics were so thrilled to be included in the music legend’s list that lead singer Kelly Jones tweeted: > [](https://twitter.com/stereophonics/status/844877796761636864) Flanagan asked what the ‘Like a Rolling Stone’ singer thought about his 1997 track, ‘Make You Feel My Love,’ being covered by numerous singers including Adele, Garth Brooks, Billy Joel. “Yeah, one after the other, they all \[knocked me out\],” Dylan replied. _Triplicate_, which is released at the end of this month, includes 30 songs that are divided thematically over three CDs. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4711095/bob-dylan-interview-2017/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4711095/bob-dylan-interview-2017/"},"headline":"Here's What Bob Dylan Has to Say About His Favorite Popular Musicians Right Now","datePublished":"2017-03-23T17:24:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:11.066Z","description":"Dylan spoke about his current favorite music for a new interview on his website","url":"https://time.com/4711095/bob-dylan-interview-2017/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","Albums","Bob Dylan"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kate Samuelson","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4711095/bob-dylan-interview-2017/","name":"Here's What Bob Dylan Has to Say About His Favorite Popular Musicians Right Now"}}]}] ```