“Someone’s got it in for me,
They’re planting stories in the press,
Whoever it is, I wish they’d cut it out quick,
But when they will, I can only guess …”
“Idiot Wind” [Bob Dylan 1975]
Poor Bob. They stoned him when he was trying to be so good - and they stoned him, just like they said they would. Dylan’s influence on popular music is, by now, immeasurable. That it kick-started the electrified Folk-Rock boom in the ‘60s and the development of Country-Rock in the ‘70s as well as prompting John Lennon toward writing songs as introspective as “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)” is now well beyond argument. Dylan’s career has quite literally changed the world of music. And still, they stoned him. In this edition of JR we check out the 10th volume in Dylan’s ever-expanding Bootleg Series, to revisit the infamous stoning that welcomed the release of his ‘Self Portrait’ album in 1970. Titled ‘Another Self Portrait’, the new album presents a wealth of alternate versions, demos and previously unreleased songs recorded between 1969 and 1971.
Fans of the TV series “Boardwalk Empire’ are certainly familiar with the show’s production values in lavishly recreating the Jazz Age of the 1920s in Atlantic City, during the midst of the (doomed-to-fail) Prohibition era. Great attention has also been given to recreating the music of the time and in this edition we dip into the 2nd volume of music made for the show’s soundtrack featuring the voices of contemporary singers including David Johansen, Patti Smith, Elvis Costello and Neko Case.
And speaking of Neko Case, the flame-haired American singer/songwriter is celebrating her 43rd birthday with her own new album, which we check out in this edition along with new releases for singer/songwriters Jack Johnson and Amos Lee. And there’s more Folk/Rock with 7th album releases from the Portland, Oregon band, Blitzen Trapper and Austin, Texas group, Okkerville River.
It seems like ages since we previewed the debut song by English Pop trio, London Grammar. It was 7 months ago to be exact and with their first album now just released, we can see the irony in its title of ‘If You Wait’.
Meanwhile, the JR Radar this week picked up on the debut single by Austrian Electro-Pop duo, Klangkarussell. In English, their name translates to Sound Carousel, while their song (a digital-only single) called “Sonnentanz” means, “Sun Don’t Shine”.
Neko Case: “Man”/”Calling Cards” (from the album, ‘The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You’)
Amos Lee: “The Man Who Wants You” (preview from the album, ‘Mountains Of Sorrow Rivers Of Song’)
Jack Johnson: “Radiate" (preview from the album, ‘From Here To Now To You’)
David Johanssen: “Strut Miss Lizzie” (from the Soundtrack album, ‘Boardwalk Empire Volume 2’)
Bob Dylan: “Pretty Saro”/”Wigwam (without overdubs)” (from the album, ‘Another Self Portrait’)
London Grammar: “Strong” (from the album, ‘If You Wait’)
Klangkarussell: “Sonnentanz” (digital single)
Okkerville River: “It Was My Season” (from the album, ‘The Silver Gymnasium’)
Blitzen Trapper: “Ever Loved Once” (preview from the album, ‘Vll’)
Bob Dylan: “I Threw It All Away (alternate)” (from the album, ‘Another Self Portrait’)
Bob Dylan: “Wigwam (original)” (from the album, ‘Another Self Portrait’ Deluxe Edition)
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