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Bob Dylan to Release New Album

Can we just give him another Grammy now?

Bob Dylan is releasing a new record.  That should be all that you need to know.  I mean.  It's Dylan.  You're going to listen to it.  You're going to talk about it.  You're going to love it.  Or, at least you are if you want to ever talk to me again.  I do not have time for any of you people who insist he's "lost his edge" or any of that crap.  Don't screw with Dylan, I won't screw with you.

In typical Dylan style, there are almost no specifics about the album yet, not even an album name or cover image.  In a press release, the ten-song album is slated to be released in "late April."  David Fricke of Rolling Stone says that it has a "seductive border-cafe feel," and that there's an accordion on every track.  A sample lyric that's been floating around, "I'm listening to Billy Joe Shaver / And I'm reading James Joyce / Some people tell me I got the blood of the land in my voice" proves that, yes, this will be another "Dylan" record.

Hey, why mess with success?  If 2006's Modern Times is any indicator, the Freewheeler is back on his game and I'm just plain excited to hear what's next. 

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Posted by Mark Steffen on Mar 05, 2009 @ 11:45 am