The cynic in me - and cynicism occupies a large part of my soul - says "best Christmas song" is a bit like "best trainspotter" or, worse, "best thing about medieval dentistry". But I'm not entirely Scrooge. I like John... Read more →
Colin Randall writes: of the three Salut! Live contributors who have been posting items relating to Bob Dylan to coincide with the arrival of A Complete Unknown in UK cinemas, I was last to see the movie and the least... Read more →
Andrew Curry writes: To mark the 50th anniversary of the release of Blood on the Tracks this week, we’re running a three part series about the record. Part 1 is here, and Part 2 is here. Today: the songs. Dylan’s... Read more →
Andrew Curry writes: To mark the 50th anniversary of the release of Blood on the Tracks this week, we’re running a three part series about the record. Part 1 is here. Today is about ‘managing the melancholy’. There’s a clear... Read more →
Andrew Curry writes: It is 50 years since Blood on the Tracks was released—perhaps Dylan’s most complete record. On Salut! Live this week, we’re running a long article in three parts to mark the anniversary. Now that Blood on the... Read more →
Andrew Curry writes: Over at our Facebook group, the first Album of the Month in our new Facebook series is Joan Baez’s Diamonds & Rust, released in 1975. It’s a fine album, of course, but the reason for choosing it... Read more →
Andrew Curry writes: A Complete Unknown is not the first time that Hollywood has wandered into the world of the early-60s folk scene in New York’s Greenwich Village. The Coen brothers’s film Inside Llewyn Davis, released in 2013, is a... Read more →
