Friday, November 27, 2009
Bob Dylan: Investigating the icon's 'Christmas In The Heart' album
Making an album of Christmas music would seem to be about as middle-of-the-road and as polite and inoffensive a project as a singer could have. So it would seem. CLICK HERE to read more
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Bob Dylan “Saved” By Ilford
Two years before Bob Dylan’s “Saved” was released Estabrook was attended a Dylan show in Fort Worth, Texas. He carried a Nikkormat ELW loaded with Ilford HP-5 film. The photograph was taken from that show, the amazing thing is the film was that he did not developed until recentlyTwo years before Bob Dylan’s “Saved” was released Estabrook was attended a Dylan show in Fort Worth, Texas. He carried a Nikkormat ELW loaded with Ilford HP-5 film. The photograph was taken from that show, the amazing thing is the film was that he did not developed until recently. CLICK HERE to read more
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Patty Griffin readies gospel CD
Griffin said in a statement that she was inspired to write the original material after listening to Bob Dylan's religious work. CLICK HERE to read more
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
SNS – Exclusive Bob Dylan Interview
Christmas In The Heart is another surprising move by an artist famous for surprises. Yet when you hear Dylan’s direct and obviously sincere readings of “O Come All Ye Faithful,” “Little Town Of Bethlehem,” and “The First Noel,” this unlikely exercise seems of a piece with the rest of Dylan’s work. CLICK HERE to read more
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Author writes about overlap between Torah of Dylan and Torah of Moses
Is Dylan a born-again Christian? Rogovoy hears that question frequently. His stock reply: Who knows?
“In any case, it’s beside the point,” Rogovoy says. Although famously private about his private life, Dylan has issued enough on-the-record comments “to support any viewpoint—he’s Jewish, he’s Rastafarian, he doesn’t believe in any religion,” Rogovoy states. Maybe Dylan finds his deity in music, his religion in his songs, Rogovoy speculates. That formulation should serve any Dylan listener well. CLICK HERE to read more
“In any case, it’s beside the point,” Rogovoy says. Although famously private about his private life, Dylan has issued enough on-the-record comments “to support any viewpoint—he’s Jewish, he’s Rastafarian, he doesn’t believe in any religion,” Rogovoy states. Maybe Dylan finds his deity in music, his religion in his songs, Rogovoy speculates. That formulation should serve any Dylan listener well. CLICK HERE to read more
Friday, November 20, 2009
Extra, Extra, Read All About It!--Dylan's Recent Seattle Surprise
Between this and the new Christmas album, is it possible to conceive that Mr. Dylan's experience with Jesus, some three decades ago, wasn't a passing fad? Or a fluke or something he discarded like the black leather jacket he wore during those head-scratching tours? CLICK HERE to read more
Monday, November 16, 2009
Change my way of thinking
They are the modified lyrics from the Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan you can hear them as the last song on the following link. But they need some interpretation. What is the Welcome Table that is referred to? What is this thing about jumping on a Monkey's back? After reflecting on the lyrics I am ready to offer an interpretation. CLICK HERE to read more
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“The highest form of song is prayer.”
-Bob Dylan
-Bob Dylan
STOCKHOLM 04.05.2002
Just a few days after performing at the 2002 Grammy's, Bob Dylan recorded a new re-write of "Gonna Change My Way of Thinking" for "Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan" with longtime friend Mavis Staples. One month later he would kick off a new tour in Stockholm Sweden and perform Solid Rock (what many consider the theme song to his gospel era concerts) for the first time in 20 years. Dylan would continue to perform this rousing song as well as other gospel era songs at numerous concerts across Europe and beyond. The two-time Grammy nominated compilation would be released on Sony/Columbia one year later on April 1, 2003.
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