Posts Tagged ‘Bob Dylan’
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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Tags: Bob Dylan, Hop Farm Festival
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Song of the Week #7 – “Like a Rolling Stone”
Written by admin on June 21, 2010 – 7:22 am -| For this week’s Song of the Week we go back to 1965 and Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone.”
“Like a Rolling Stone” is widely regarded as a musical milestone and one of Dylan’s finest achievements. Rolling Stone magazine rates it as the number one song of all time in its list of 500 great songs. |
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Tags: Barb Jungr, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Judy Collins, Like a Rolling Stone, The Rolling Stones
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Bob Dylan to play 40th anniversary Bumbershoot Festival
Written by admin on June 12, 2010 – 7:34 am -Bob Dylan will play the 2010 Bumbershoot Festival at the Seattle Center in Seattle, Washington.
Tags: Bob Dylan, Bumbershoot Festival, Mary Jane Blige, solomon burke
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Song of the Week #5 – “That’s All Right”
Written by admin on June 7, 2010 – 6:01 am -| Elvis Presley’s very first single, “That’s All Right,” is this week’s song of the week.
This is one of the most important songs ever recorded. Nineteen-year-old Elvis Presley, with sidemen Scotty Moore (guitar) and Bill Black (bass), were on a break during a studio session when they began improvising on an old blues song by Arthur Crudup. Producer Sam Phillips was amazed by what he heard and asked them to back up and try it again. The result was a new and unique sound which became known as rockabilly. |
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Tags: Arthur Crudup, Bill Black, Bob Dylan, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Scotty Moore, That's All Right
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Paul Simon hints at Dylan duet
Written by admin on June 2, 2010 – 10:53 pm - |
Paul Simon is thinking of asking Bob Dylan to duet with him on his latest album, according to Roger Friedman of showbiz411.com. |
Tags: Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Simon and Garfunkel
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