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New Dylan album boasts epic songs
15 July 2006
NEW YORK: Bob Dylan will release his first studio album in almost five years,
Modern Times, on August 29.
Four of the 10 cuts on the Columbia release push the six-minute mark, including
the nearly eight-minute Spirit on the Water and the nearly nine-minute closer,
Ain't Talkin'.
Modern Times was recorded earlier this year with Dylan's touring band of bassist
Tony Garnier, drummer George G Receli, guitarists Stu Kimball and Denny Freeman
and multi-instrumentalist Donnie Herron.
The album will also be available in a special edition with a bonus DVD featuring
four additional songs, details of which have yet to be announced. Dylan will
support Modern Times with his third annual tour of minor league baseball
stadiums, which gets underway August 12 in Comstock Park, Mich.
His last album, Love and Theft, was released on September 11, 2001.
Meanwhile, Dylan will be the subject of a star-studded tribute concert to be
held November 9 at New York's Avery Fisher Hall. Such artists as Patti Smith,
Phil Lesh, Cat Power, Philip Glass, Natalie Merchant and the Black Crowes' Chris
and Rich Robinson will each cover one of Dylan's tunes at the event, proceeds
from which will benefit the Music for Youth Foundation.
Other acts on the bill include Rosanne Cash, Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo, Medeski
Martin & Wood, Gov't Mule and Al Kooper and the Funky Faculty.