MARK TURNER holds on tight for a mesmerising display of Neath-born ragtime virtuosity
Albums with Ian Sinclair
DAMN GOOD: Bob Dylan
ALAN MORRISON introduces a UK poet whose despised daytime occupation provides the subject for his writing
MARK TURNER wallows in the virtuosity of Swansea Jazz Festival openers, Simon Spillett and Pete Long
PAUL DONOVAN recommends three new books that explore the human relationship with nature
Doomed adolescents, when the missing person is you, classic whodunnit, and an anti-capitalist eco-thriller
WILL STONE takes a ticket to indie disco heaven, but misses the rarely performed tunes
RELEASED online in March, Bob Dylan’s 17-minute Murder Most Foul felt, in some strange way, in close step with our difficult times.
Ostensibly about the 1963 assassination of John F Kennedy, the monumental song ominously unspools like a slow-paced American Pie, with the now 79-year old mesmerisingly listing popular 20th-century artists and hit songs.
This extraordinary track closes his new album Rough and Rowdy Ways (Columbia), which was pretty damn good too. Perhaps rejuvenated by his previous five records of American standards, highlights include I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You and the nine-minute Key West (Philosopher Pirate).
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