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Kevin Norton

Dylan, Springsteen and Waits: Three of the Essentials. An Essay

What is it about any particular musician that makes them essential to us?  Is it the way they craft a lyric, render joy in our hearts with their voice, or how reverently we attend upon their music?  It can be many things. The wild surge of emotion that floods us
Kevin Norton 05 Mar 2012

Blind Willie McTell by Bob Dylan: A Review

It is difficult to think of a greater gift that Dylan has given us than the way he handles the opening piano chords of “Blind Willie McTell”. They are, of course,the melody of “The Saint James Hotel Infirmary Blues", given a fresh suit and new shoes by Bob
Kevin Norton 04 Feb 2012

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