Bob Dylan’s Long Road to ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’
In contemplating the Bard’s remarkable new album, Rob Nicklin obsessively revisits his mammoth 60-year career, before bringing it all back home. (Long read ahead).
Rob Nicklin
I just love music. I go to sleep thinking about music and I wake up feeling the same way. (Bruce reference!) Not fussed about the genre. Music is music. If it makes me sit up and take notice, then I’m all in.
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The indie monolith’s 11th LP is a restrained but relentless symphony.
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