"Vicious currents blew through a majority of the material. Violence cast a pall over 'Ain't Talkin',' while a re-imagined 'Just Like a Woman' threw sarcastic daggers. Better still, the scampering 'Highway 61 Revisited' and scathing 'Ballad of a Thin Man' evoked sinister desires." That was excellently written, by Bob Gendron, for the Chicago Tribune. We were at that concert last night, at...
Dylan Different is an unusual sort of Bob Dylan tribute album. Jazz icon Ben Sidran adds his musical style and a lifetime of reflection to 12 of Dylan's most memorable songs ("Highway 61 Revisited," "Tangled up in Blue" and "Blowin' in the Wind" among them). Dylan Different was recorded in an Alsatian farm house with French musician/singer Rodolph Burger as well as Italian...
The second leg of the fan-friendly Allman Brothers Band / Widespread Panic co-bill tour continued this weekend at the BJCC Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. As with most of the other shows on the tour, the Birmingham shows contained plenty of collaborations between the two bands along with this weekend’s co-conspirators DJ Logic and Colonel Bruce Hampton. On Friday night, Derek Trucks joined Panic...
Well, not really but it sounded good. Now, I love Bob Dylan but there are a few songs of his that others have done far better (in my humble opinion). First up, a Jimi Hendrix cover: Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower And then: Johnny Winter - Highway 61 Revisited It's the guitar work ...
My big three Dylan albums* will forever be The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan , Bringing It All Back Home and Blood on the Tracks , but Love and Theft is top of the second tier. It's an album about staying in Mississippi a day too long, then finding there's now no reason to leave. On "Po' Boy" he employs the novel concept of playing the Fool for laughs, not tragedy. He sings like an old man, but...
If you saw Noah’s video coverage, Apple’s recent music-oriented announcements may not come as news. (If you haven’t, the links are included at the bottom of the page.) As a companion guide, here’s the written round-up, summed up here for your reading pleasure (or pain). First and foremost: The iPod Touch did not get a camera. Instead, it got a performance improvement. Adding...
Apple announced iTunes 9: Apple® today introduced iTunes® 9, the latest version of the world's most popular software application to purchase, manage and play media, packed with innovative features such as iTunes LP, Home Sharing and Genius Mixes, as well as a redesigned store and improved syncing. iTunes 9 makes it easier than ever to discover, purchase and enjoy your music, movies, TV shows,...
Steve Jobs began Apple's annual iPod event today by unveiling iTunes 9 and a new-look iTunes Store. The biggest news is the much-anticipated launch of Apple's new music format, iTunes LP, marking a return to the liner notes, cover art, lyrics of the vinyl years, as well as multimedia extras. iTunes also adds Home Sharing, letting you transfer media files and iPhone Apps between five computers at home,...
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