Archive for the ‘Folk’ Category
Bob Dylan Bootleg Series Vol 9
Written by admin on August 3, 2010 – 10:04 pm - |
Bob Dylan is to release a new volume of his Bootleg Series in October. |
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Leonard Cohen – Bird on a Wire DVD
Written by admin on July 20, 2010 – 8:15 pm - |
The long lost movie “Bird on a Wire” will be released as a deluxe DVD package in September. The film, which was directed by British filmmaker Tony Palmer, follows Leonard Cohen’s 1972 European tour. |
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Bob Dylan’s voice – the debate
Written by admin on July 9, 2010 – 6:19 am -| Reading highly contradictory reviews of Bob Dylan’s performance at last weekend’s Hop Farm Festival left me wondering if there is anything more polarizing in popular music than Dylan’s voice.
It’s fair to say – and I think even the most faithful Dylan fan would agree – Dylan’s voice has much less range now than in his early years as a performer. The mysterious thing is that, while some listeners clearly believe that he still adds gravitas to the material and sings with authority, others hear nothing more than a tuneless noise. |
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Judy Collins “Paradise” – CD review
Written by admin on July 6, 2010 – 7:26 am - |
Last week saw the release of Judy Collins’ “Paradise,” which is her first album since “Judy Collins Sings Lennon and McCartney” from 2007. |
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Happy Fourth of July
Written by admin on July 4, 2010 – 3:51 pm -Happy Fourth of July to all our American readers.
Here’s a trio of great American songs to mark America’s Birthday.
Ray Charles – “America the Beautiful”
The words to America the Beautiful were written by Katharine Lee Bates in 1895. The song didn’t come together as “America the Beautiful” until 1910 when the words were added to music that Samuel A. Ward had written for the hymn “O’ Mother dear, Jerusalem” in 1882.
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