Bob Dylan was announced earlier this year as having written separate appreciations of more than 60 different songs for his forthcoming book, “The Philosophy of Modern Song.” Now, the names of all 66 ...
Bob Dylan has written his first book since his 2004 memoir Chronicles: Volume One. The Philosophy of Modern Song, out November 8th, will be a collection of over 60 essays focusing on songs by other ...
Sprinkled with photos of record stores and record pressing plants, LP covers, Elvis postcards and similar ephemera, the book conjures a far-away world—not the Old Weird America, but the old physical ...
So right there may be your first clue (or your hundredth, depending on whether you read the chapters in order or not — no need for that) that “The Philosophy of Modern Song” is going to be rife with ...
Willie Nelson fans are about to find out what was really on his mind while writing the hits that made him an icon. Nelson, who turned 90 this year, is offering a behind-the-scenes look at lyrics from ...
Jeff Tweedy has been making music with Wilco and, before that, with Uncle Tupelo for nearly four decades, and he’s been an avid listener for even longer. To Tweedy, songs are a conversation between ...