BOB DYLAN, THE PHILOSOPHER PIRATE, RELEASES HIS BEST WORK IN DECADES
“I'll take the Scarface Pacino and The Godfather Brando/ Mix it up in a tank and get a robot commando,” Bob Dylan sings in “My Own Version of You,” skulking by night around “morgues and monasteries/ L...
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MICAH NELSON RECORDS BOB DYLAN’S ‘WITH GOD ON OUR SIDE’; FREE DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE
Micah Nelson of Promise of the Real released his version of Bob Dylan's "With God On Our Side" this week. The track, which Nelson recorded about a year ago with Megan Pfefferkorn (vocals), Paul Bushne...
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WEEKEND ROUNDUP: LEONARD COHEN & LEON RUSSELL PASS, BOB DYLAN RELEASES MINI-DOCUMENTARY
The week in music was bookended by the deaths of two uniquely talented and somewhat underrated artists, with Leonard Cohen, 82, passing on Monday, and Leon Russell, 74, leaving us on Sunday. Plenty of...
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AN INTERVIEW WITH GRATEFUL DEAD LYRICIST ROBERT HUNTER, PART TWO
By Michael Lello There are musical partnerships that are so intertwined, you can’t consider one without the other. Lennon and McCartney. Simon and Garfunkel. Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Jer...
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“IN THE POCKET” HONORS PHILADELPHIA ROCK TRADITION
By Michael Lello When Philadelphia is discussed – especially Philadelphia sports – the word “passion” is often thrown around quite freely. So it is not surprising to hear the passion in David Uosikk...
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SARAH JAROSZ: “I SORT OF PINCH MYSELF”
By Michael Lello With Grammy nominations, critical acclaim (“one of acoustic music’s finest talents,” says the New York Times) and collaborations with some of Americana’s biggest names, Sarah Jarosz ...
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WILD FEATHERS: “THERE ARE NO BANJOS IN THIS BAND”
By Joe Student For a band that’s only been together a few years, the Wild Feathers’ sound has been around for decades. “We all grew up listening to Fleetwood Mac, The Band and other groups like that...
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BOB DYLAN, WILCO AND MY MORNING JACKET IN CAMDEN
By Michael Lello CAMDEN, N.J. – It’s easy for music fans that missed the 1960s to feel they were shortchanged. Woodstock; the New York folk scene; Monterey Pop; The Allman Brothers, The Band and the...
ReadmoreBOB DYLAN TO RELEASE “ANOTHER SELF PORTRAIT”
By Michael Lello Columbia Records announced this week that it will release Bob Dylan’s “Another Self-Portrait” on Aug. 27, Vol. 10 in Dylan’s “Bootleg Series” and a follow-up of sorts to “Self Portra...
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ALBUM REVIEW: DAWES — “STORIES DON’T END”
While Mumford and Sons and The Avett Brothers have stomped and strummed their way to the forefront of the latest folk revival, Dawes have forged a quieter path. And as the California band shows in it...
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