Bob Dylan: Tempest
Oct 17th, 2012 by dcronin
“Fifty years after Bob Dylan’s debut album appeared, we get Tempest. Since he returned to recording original material on 1997′s Time Out of Mind, he’s been rambling through American musical styles — blues, country, folk, rockabilly, swing — that were popular before he was even on the scene. Tempest continues the exploration, but more urgently than on Modern Times and Together Through Life. It’s a gritty, cantankerous record with abundant images of violence, lust, and humor….Dylan is in mostly excellent form — even when sloppy; it sounds like he’s having the time of his life.” –All Music Guide