Chris examines the brilliant FORGETFUL HEART from 2009's TOGETHER THROUGH LIFE and examines its links tonPoe, Shakespeare and Charles Aznavour
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BOB DYLAN’S SONGS OF SOCIAL PROTEST Part Two: NOW’S THE TIME FOR YOUR TEARS…
Part Two of Chris Gregory's examination of Bob Dylan's songs of social protest looks at two songs about the killing and oppression of black people, OXFORD.
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PODCAST: BOB DYLAN A Headful of Ideas Extract from ‘DETERMINED TO STAND’: Tempest
Chris Gregory dives into a sinking ship, as he looks in detail at Bob Dylan's rather bizarre song TEMPEST from the album of the same name.
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Bob Dylan’s NEW MORNING: A Pastoral Dream (Part Two)
Chris looks at songs from NEW MORNING, Dylan's bucolic 1970 album.
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Bob Dylan’s BROWNSVILLE GIRL: If There’s An Original Thought Out There…
Chris Gregory takes a detailed look at Bob Dylan and Sam Shepard's BROWNSVILLE GIRL from 1986
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Bob Dylan’s SARA: FORGIVE ME MY UNWORTHINESS
Bob Dylan has written many love songs in his career, many of which, like Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right or One of Us Must Know, adopt a resigned or philosophical approach to a failed relationship. Some, like Girl from the North Country or Boots of Spanish Leather, take a more romantic, if...
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IN THE DARKNESS: TWISTED LOVE SONGS FROM BOB DYLAN’S STREET LEGAL
An examination of five songs from Dylan's 1978 album STREET LEGAL
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Bob Dylan’s BLACK RIDER: Extract from ‘Determined to Stand’
This is an extract from my recent book DETERMINED TO STAND: THE REINVENTION OF BOB DYLAN dealing with Dylan's slyly ambiguous BLACK RIDER
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Bob Dylan’s BLACK DIAMOND BAY: ANOTHER HARD LUCK STORY
An examination of Dylan's underated epic from 'Desire' BLACK DIAMOND BAY
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Bob Dylan’s A PRICE ON MY SOUL: THREE SONGS FROM ‘JOHN WESLEY HARDING’
Chris examines three key songs from JOHN WESLEY HARDING