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Dylan's voice is not for everyone, but his songwriting is beyond reproach. As he turns 80, here are the most unforgettable Dylan covers

While U2 is still largely considered one of, if not the greatest rock band in the world, the group’s singer and frontman, Bono, is not quite the beloved figure he was when the band first exploded on the scene in the mid-1980s. His hobnobbing with world and corporate leaders is very un-rock ’n’ roll, and his campaigns addressing serious global issues like debt and AIDS have made him seem, at least to some, to be smug and self-righteous. Combine all that with his preachy anthems of transcendence and deliverance, and Bono becomes a world-class target for cynics and haters of all kinds. Whi...

I had my own encounter with the ghost in 1984. It was backstage at a massive open-air concert in Ireland, at a time when Dylan had emerged from his fierce Born Again Christian phase with the shiny and beguiling Infidels and was touring with a starry rock band featuring guitar supremos Mick Taylor and Carlos Santana with The Faces’ Ian Maclagan on keyboards. I had blagged my way backstage alongside my friend Bono. The U2 star was escorted to a Winnebago, where Dylan was inside playing chess with Van Morrison, all of which completely boggled my young brain. It was Bono’s first meeting with ...

Article content Black Butterfly was written by Duke Ellington & Irving Mills and Brad Mehldau’s piano playing would make Duke proud on this one. It’s delicate and tasteful, reflective and intentional. Lloyd floats with a tender restraint throughout. Charles Lloyd – Lift Every Voice (ECM Records, 2002) This album was Charles Lloyd’s musical response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11. The songs he chose were songs of hope, faith, resilience and compassion in the wake of tragedy. What’s Going On is a soulful Marvin Gaye classic, interpreted here with a sensitivity and tenderness that is...

(5 out of 5 stars) "LATE AGAIN forms the final third of a trilogy, in my mind, with ALBUM and ALBUM 1700. These were the last three really good studio albums (PETER, PAUL & MOMMY doesn't count) that were released before the group "retired." Several years later they came back together and recorded the disastrous REUNION album, and that's when I was sure that the magic was gone for good. Of course, they fooled everyone when they not only continued as important political and social activists, but also enjoyed yet another musical rebirth in the late `80's that lasted through the `90's. Howeve...