It’s rare to find a tribute album that offers more worthwhile performances than sincere yet misguided ones but Chimes of Freedom is fortunate to be one of the pleasing exceptions. Celebrating Amnesty ...
As tribute projects go, “Chimes of Freedom” is a massive one: four CDs – 76 tracks, all newly recorded – of songs written by Bob Dylan, and performed by artists ranging from … well, how do you even go ...
This collection, assembled in honor of Amnesty International’s 50th birthday, is stuffed with 80 artists, from Pete Seeger (folk-music deity, b. 1919) to Miley Cyrus (hot mess, b. 1992). Revelation ...
Bob Dylan never wrote any songs about body glitter or throwing up in the closet. So one may wonder why Ke$ha appears on Amnesty International’s new benefit disc ...
There have been many Bob Dylans: protest singer, psychedelic rocker, country crooner, Vegas show performer, blues musician, roots minstrel performer. But even Bob Dylan’s identity can’t shapeshift in ...
Today is the release date for a fantastic collection called Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan which has 80 artists covering 76 tracks on a 4-disc set. The compilation is being released in ...
Mike Marqusee, Chimes of Freedom: The Politics of Bob Dylan's Art. New Press, 2003, 336 pages, $24.95. MORE NONSENSE has been written about Bob Dylan than perhaps any other popular artist in the ...
The White House has announced that President Barack Obama has named singer songwriter Bob Dylan as one of the reciepients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Dylan is one of 13 recipients announced ...
In this week’s slate of Rolling Stone reviews, Joe Levy assesses Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan, a sprawling and inconsistent 80 track collection of Dylan covers for Amnesty International ...
Covering Dylan seems so hard: The only man who's really the ''new Dylan'' is Dylan himself On Ke$ha's stripped-down ''Don't Think Twice, It's All Right,'' she gets ...