“I’m listening to Billy Joe Shaver/I’m reading James Joyce/Some people think I have the blood of the lamb in my voice,” Bob Dylan wheezes on “I Feel a Change Comin’ On,” the penultimate track on his new album, Together Through Life, which hit record stores today. It’s a pretty good self-portrait of a Great American Artist who, in the past decade, has rediscovered the freedom to ignore his unique stature and have fun with his music again.
I meant to post this at the beginning of the day, but production on this week’s paper (see the mammoth $5 Cover cover story, on the street tomorrow) and various “breaking” “news” distractions prevented that. I just got the record yesterday and am still working my way through it, but I’ve responded to Together Through Life quicker than I did Dylan’s last record, 2006’s Modern Times.
