May 2020 Is Official Bob Dylan Celebration Month

Over the 50 years in which his influence has transcended both music and modern literature, he also helped set the stage for an entire generation of beat fashion icons, helping popularise modern day staples like leather jackets, Wayfarers and roll-necks. His style was never one that really broke the mould – his songs did that for him – but he embodied the kind of effortless style and confidence that would become a vital part of the rock and roll identity, both in its stars and in its fans, for decades to come.

Even so, despite many hipster millennials’ claims to the contrary, scant few young people are adequately acquainted with the life, times, style and work of Dylan, an artist so influential, let’s not forget, who won the frickin’ Nobel Prize for Literature. So get him on repeat (in accordance with the wishes of those who live around you, of course), pull your shades on, and make the next month one that celebrates an icon.