Today’s the birthday of Bob Dylan. Here’s a piece I wrote in 2005 when Dylan was nominated (unsuccessfully – again) for the Nobel Prize: It was an odd kind of funeral. The deceased had lived a full and somewhat rackety life, and most of those who had come to bid farewell were, like him, brave… Continue reading ‘Tricked once more…’. Happy birthday, Dr Dylan
Read moreBefore long there will probably be a Rufus Wainwright song about his mother, the great – and now late – Kate McGarrigle. Rufus’s sister, Martha, might soon be working on a musical tribute, too. There could be something from Kate’s sister, Anna, with whom she sang down the years. A different perspective, more hard-eyed and… Continue reading A musical dynasty true to its art
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