Boston Harold Podcast

Credit: SONY/Searching For A Gem Just over ten years ago,on December 22, 2009, I published this review of Bob Dylan's 2009 holiday album, Christmas in the Heart, for my Bob Dylan Examiner column, which is no longer available online. I thought I'd re-post it here for 'tis the season. Note the preview of the so-called Sinatra-era. Enjoy! Review: Dylan, 'Christmas In The Heart,' and the Kubler-Ross model - National Bob Dylan | Examiner.com ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT DECEMBER 22, 2009 BY: HAROLD LEPIDUS (c) When there is some sort of shock in one's life, there is a theory that one goes through five stages of grief, also known as the Kubler-Ross model. These stages are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Bob Dylan fans are familiar with these feelings. When he went electric. When he went country. When he put out Self Portrait. When he "found Jesus" and stopped singing his old songs. When he made Hearts...

Episodes 6 and 7 of THE BOSTON HAROLD, chronicling the two recent Bob Dylan shows I attended - in Lowell and Providence -  have been posted. Episode 6 was a quick review of the November 19 concert at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts. You can access it here.  Episode 7 -  An Elegy for a Lost America- Bob Dylan live in New England 2019 - has just been posted. It's a more in-depth analysis of the 19 songs Dylan chooses to play night after night. Here's the link.  All episodes are also easily available on the Podbean app. Feel free to subscribe. Photo: Mark Scalise SET LISTS: ( Courtesy Bob Links ) 1. Things Have Changed  (Bob center stage on guitar, Donnie on violin) 2. It Ain't Me, Babe  (Bob on piano, Donnie on violin) 3. Highway 61 Revisited  (Bob on piano, Donnie on lap steel) 4. Simple Twist Of Fate  (Bob on piano then center stage on harp, Donnie on violin) 5. Can't Wait  (Bob center stage...