Bob Dylan closed the 1980s with the Daniel Lanois-produced Oh Mercy, an acclaimed return-to-form after more than a decade of bad reviews and being “written off,” as his concert introductions voiced by stage manager Al Santos dryly made clear, “as […]
The release of the 16th installment in Bob Dylan’s ongoing Bootleg Series, Springtime in New York, marks 30 years since the first three volumes appeared as a three-disc boxset in 1991. Three decades is an impressively lengthy career for anyone […]
A person could be forgiven for wondering how much is still hidden away in Bob Dylan’s vaults that is worth hearing, and even more to the point, what’s left to say about Dylan’s music that hasn’t been said a thousand […]
Rough and Rowdy Ways, Bob Dylan’s first album of new songs since Tempest (2012), has been rumored since last fall, and much anticipated after its formal announcement last month. His 17-minute “Murder Most Foul” appeared on March 27, and two other songs […]
Even in American history, 1975 was one hell of a year. A country reeling from the resignation of President Nixon in August 1974 saw the ignominious end to the Vietnam War as Saigon fell, on April 30, 1975. The Pine […]
Michael Ubaldini – ‘The Rock n roll Poet’ – is a singer songwriter of Raw Folk & roots music w 21st century words- the songs sound old and new at the same time -songs filled with Protest ,Social rebellion,sex,romance ,poetry […]
https://www.axs.com/interview-with-michael-ubaldini-16793
When I was a child, I was lucky to have parents who encouraged me to listen to all kinds of music, as they themselves had always done. There was a magical record shop called The Record Exchange in the one […]
In what is likely Shakespeare’s final play, The Tempest, Prospero, the great magician who has controlled much of the play’s action, reminds us of the razor-thin line between our waking life and our sleeping life: “We are such stuff / […]
Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series began relatively modestly back in 1991, with a three-disc collection (labeled Volumes 1–3) that featured a grab bag of previously unreleased material recorded over nearly 30 years. Volume 4 didn’t appear until seven years later, but […]
Sign up for our twice-weekly email newsletter for roots music reviews, stories, columns, and more from No Depression.
We respect your privacy and will never sell our email list to a third party.
