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According to a few sources, a new album by Bruce Springsteen titled Letter To You , is about to be officially announced.  Based on a 2018 photograph by (c) Danny Clinch, taken in Central Park, the artwork has been shared on social media via Backstreets  magazine , Martin Hughes, Michael Evans, and Jonathan Wolpert. Links originally posted on Nail City Records and Amazon U.K. no longer work.  NJ Arts update (via Jay Lustig): Tracklist: “One Minute You’re Here” “Letter to You” “Burnin Train” “Janey Needs a Shooter” * “Last Man Standing” “The Power of Prayer” “House of a Thousand Guitars” “Rainmaker” “If I Was the Priest” * “Ghosts” “Song for Orphans” * “I’ll See You in My Dreams" * New versions of old songs.  Clink above link for more info. According to rumors, an announcement is imminent, with a possible October 23 release.  Previous articles: Has the tracklist for the Beatles' "Get Back" box set been posted?  Information for Harold Lepidus’ online fall cla...

A potential track list for the postponed box set from the Beatles, expected to coincide with the  upcoming 2021  Get Back documentary, has apparently been hiding in plain sight on Spotify. A list of Beatles songs from the Let It Be/Get Back  era, titled "1969 Sessions," posted last December, has been noted by the Blue Mountain (@mojd) and the Nothing Is Real Podcast (@BeatlesPod) on Twitter. As remarked by the folks at @BeatlesPod, since the audio is not currently available for listening, it could have possibly been available briefly late last year to protect the intellectual property under the European 50 year copyright law. It could also be a hint what is planned for the upcoming box set.  The movie was set to premiere this week, but in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, it has been postponed to next summer. Below are screen shots from Spotify: P.S. I would highly recomment the Nothing Is Real Podcast.   

Information for Harold Lepidus’ online fall classes: Solo Beatles, and Dylan & the Dead This autumn, I will be teaching two classes online, one about Bob Dylan’s controversial 1987 collaboration with the Grateful Dead, the other exploring how opinions concerning the solo careers of the four Beatles have changed over the years.  In collaboration with the Community Education programs in Acton-Boxborough and Arlington, Massachusetts, I will be teaching classes over Zoom, and registration is now open. All are welcome. Zoom is an easy-to-use video conferencing program used by many schools and organizations. A meeting link will be sent out on the day of the class which will allow you to attend. If you would like to find more information about Zoom, there are many tutorials available to watch on the Zoom Website . Class descriptions: (Sony) The Grateful Dead’s Influence on Bob Dylan: This class will examine how people’s prejudices and perceptions—even of such rebels as Dylan and the D...

New music from Robyn Hitchcock, Emma Swift's 'Blonde on the Tracks,' and Kimberley Rew. By Harold Lepidus For fans of Robyn Hitchcock and his extended musical family, some exciting news! The self-proclaimed cult figure is working on Midnight Tram to Nowhere, the full-length follow-up to his critically acclaimed eponymous 2017 album, scheduled for release in 2021. He’s recording it in East Nashville, where he shares a home with his partner Emma Swift, who has a new album of Bob Dylan covers, Blonde on the Tracks. Kimberely Rew, Hitchcock’s former band mate in the Soft Boys, also has a couple of recent releases of note. The Man Downstairs (Tiny Ghost Records) UPDATE : Hitchcock has just announced the release of The Man Downstairs: Demos & Rarities , a collection of originals and covers unused on the Joe Boyd-produced The Man Upstairs , including Hitchcockian takes on "Born In Time" by Bob Dylan, Nick Drake's "River Man," Syd Barrett's "A...

 Harold Lepidus, July 16, 2020 (c) On today's Boston Harold (Video) Podcast, I welcome Mojo Magazine' s Michael Simmons. His many accomplishments include writing the liner notes for Bob Dylan's Another Self Portrait: Bootleg Series Volume 10,  as well as a compilation of original Dylan masters called The Music Which Inspired Girl From the North Country , Michael Bloomfield's  From His Head to His Heart to His Hands box set   (produced by his friend Al Kooper), plus releases by Kris Kristofferson, Phil Ochs, Kinky Friedman, Arthur Lee & Love, Gary Stewart, Paul Krassner, and a Mose Allison tribute.  Simmons wrote a review of the new Bob Dylan album, Rough and Rowdy Ways, for the August issue of Mojo magazine, which is currently available in some areas of the world, with U.S. imports on the way (although one may have to look extra hard to find it during these rough and rowdy days). Here we talk about that album, how he got into Dylan and music journalism, ...

Bob Dylan, "STREET-LEGAL," and the Ghost of Elvis  by Harold Lepidus. #WOBD2019 A recreation of my presentation at  THE WORLD OF BOB DYLAN SYMPOSIUM,  Tulsa, OK, May/June, 2019.  Please share and subscribe ...  Credit: SONY Thanks! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdNJkersUFM&feature=youtu.be

BOB DYLAN CONFRONTS HIS OWN LEGACY ON “ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS” “The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about” - Oscar Wilde In “I Contain Multitudes,” the opening number on his new album, Rough and Rowdy Ways, Bob Dylan tells us something we already know. He is a man of contradictions, which he has previously attributed to his astrological sign, Gemini. In interviews, when asked about anything, his answers, like his songs, are almost always a surprise, coming out of nowhere, and heading somewhere unexpected. Offbeat observations and suspicious disclosures. Has he ever uttered the phrase, “Yes, I agree with you?” If he has, would he have been putting us on? When he is praised, he deflects. When imitators steal him blind, he is not flattered. On this song, and album, Dylan finally owns up to his own legacy. Rough and Rowdy Ways, like much of Dylan’s output, is a protest album. What’s he protestin’? Whadaya got? Twenty years ago, if not 50, Bob Dylan had already r...