'A man of contradictions': Bob Dylan turns 80
This classification of Dylan as a political troubadour is borne out as recently as last yearâs Murder Most Foul, his rumination on the Kennedy assassination and what he sees as its ripple effect on America up to the present day. This epic narrative may be driven by Dylanâs apocalyptic account of the JFK killing but the state of the nation almost 60 years later in the Trump era is its bubbling subtext. America, its history and sprawling geography, has been central to Dylan as poet and songmaker. In a sense he came full circle with Murder Most Foul. He had already addressed AmericaâÂ...