John Prine, the original “new Dylan,” has always written songs with a deep heart and a strong empathy for the people who go unseen. Veterans ensnared in addiction, old people who are forgotten and alone, alienated women ignored in their […]
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A new book on the history of the Newport Folk Festival is a treasure trove for music fans. Former Providence Journal reporter Rick Massimo has written the first complete account of the legendary festival, describing its many successes and occasional blunders. […]
The cover song is a tough thing to nail. Too close to the original and you risk leaving the audience wondering “why bother?” Too far removed from the original and you risk a backlash from fans who feel you’ve mangled […]
The Bank Holiday weekend at the end of April is everyone’s favorite in England. Not only does it mark the heart of springtime but heralds the popular holiday kept for many centuries on the island: May Day. Celtic and Anglo-Saxon […]
Triplicate—a three-CD, 30-song set—represents Bob Dylan’s third exploration of the Great American Songbook, following 2014’s Shadows in the Night and 2016’s Fallen Angels. Like those albums, it was produced by Jack Frost (aka Robert Zimmerman, Blind Boy Grunt, and you […]
Bob Dylan played some shows in Stockholm last weekend, and while he was in the neighborhood he arranged to swing by and pick up his Nobel Prize in literature. It was a small, quick ceremony, with no cameras inside, and […]
Mesa, Arizona: July 1988 In the summer of 1988, I had my first truly fabulous and lucrative job in a big city: Philadelphia. Dapper in my professional Brooks Brothers suits from Filene’s Basement, and sober closed-toed shoes, I was making what seemed (then […]
“Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.” -Andy Warhol When Beth Bombara and I […]
Any Bob Dylan fans out there? Yeah? Maybe just a few? Then you probably already know that his latest album is coming out this Friday. Triplicate is a three-disc monster of songs by American songwriters who aren’t Bob Dylan. You […]
At 75 years old, Bob Dylan continues to hit new heights, continuously refining his abilities, his career, and journalists’ expectations of the folk bard. He’s been a roots singer, an activist, a novelist, and now — more than ever — a standards singer. Triplicate, reviewed by […]
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