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BOB DYLAN Released His 17th LP ‘DESIRE’ 50 Years Ago Today

Significant longplayers from the past

5 January 2026

Living, 84-year-old, singer-songwriter icon BOB DYLAN released one of his
best longplayers in his illustrious career, with DESIRE, on 5 January 1976,
today 50 years ago.

Seven of the songs were co-written with Jacques Levy.

It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart for five weeks, becoming
one of his best-selling LPs, and was certified double Platinum. It reached
No. 3 in the UK.

It’s one of Dylan‘s most collaborative efforts, featuring the same caravan of
musicians as the acclaimed Rolling Thunder Revue tours the previous year.

Back sleeve

Rolling Stone said: “Love songs aren’t the focus of Desire, which is one of the things
that differentiates it from Dylan‘s other post-rock work. On the best songs, he returns
to the fantastic images, weird characters and absurdist landscapes of the Sixties.”

The record opened with the single Hurricane.

A song about the imprisonment of boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter (1937–2014).
It describes acts of racism and profiling against Carter, which led to a flawed trial
and a murder conviction that was eventually overturned.

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ALBUM

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Instagram – Website – All Albums

THE GLASS HOURS – Wholehearted Country Folk Duo Touch Heart And Soul With Their Self-Titled Debut Album

Posted on March 1, 2024 by JL

1 March 2024

Album cover

Artists: THE GLASS HOURS

Who: Seasoned American songwriters Brad Armstrong and Megan Barbera.
Their music blurs between Sunday afternoon country-folk and the golden age
of the 1970s. Combining influences from Megan’s mountain roots and Brad’s southern roots, The Glass Hours is currently based in New York’s Hudson Valley. Prior to start the project, they have written, performed and recorded for various independent projects.

Debut album: THE GLASS HOURS

Press info: “The songs go where they want to go; Brad and Megan simply try to stay
out of the way. Although it is nearly impossible, in this new world of niche artistry, not
to pick a genre camp and pitch a tent, The Glass Hours seem intent on trying.

Yet, there is a thread that ties the whole thing together, and that is the constant tension and tapestry of their voices harmonizing. Every song on The Glass Hours was written with the idea of this harmony and interaction, point and counterpoint, between two voices trying to come together as one.”

Photo: Braden Chattman

TUTV: This is the kind of record I love to play at the end of a busy day and after
listening to too much, noisy stuff. The soothing mix of melancholic country, musing
folk, sepia-colored blues, some bluegrass, roots, and pop/rock influences can work magically to slow down your stressed mind, as happens here.

The heroes of the sensitive songs here are the duo’s wholehearted voices, solo or harmonizing together. Armstrong and Barbera are both blessed with a characteristically warm, tender and yearning Americana voice. Of course, you need the right, affective tunes that can entertain people’s ears. There are 9 of them here. All enchanting and heart-and-soul touching. References? Young and old(er) artists such as Angel Olsen, Sharon Van Etten, Lana Del Rey, Willie Nelson, Crystal Gayle, Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris. Impressive, right? You betcha.

Add romanticized stories about all things good and sad, bright and dark in life, and you get a lasting record and sonic companion for quiet moments, away from this world’s rat race.

Get a drink of your choice, dim the lights, sit down,
relax, let the music come to you, and start dreaming.

SINGLES: Hurricane / Scarlet Tongues / Same Old You

– HURRICANE –

– SCARLET TONGUES –

– SAME OLD YOU –

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THE GLASS HOURS: Instagram – Website

For Your Eyes – AFTER LONDON Drop Action Movie Inspired Video Clip For Rad Single ‘HURRICANE’

Posted on June 24, 2022 by JL

Eye-catching clips

24 June 2022

Band: AFTER LONDON
Who: London quartet producing a striking sound with
infectious hooks, truly unique delivery, and effortless swagger.

At the start of this month After London launched their new rad single HURRICANE.

The band about the song: “Hurricane” is about coming up for air after a long time in deep water. It’s a commentary on anxiety as our new age common plague – ‘pit in my stomach, learnt to serve it’, the dark undercurrent of technology – ‘white screen with a blue tick mural, your fix is somebody’s flaw though’ and genuine need for human contact ‘hard embrace,
saves the intervention’. Best listened to on a late-night drive.”

Artwork single

Turn Up The Volume named it Pick Of The Day and wrote: The combination
of a funky and foot-tapping groove, a bouncy rhythmic, spry and soulful vocals
by the band’s charismatic Amazon, and a sprightly and sticky as A-1 glue chorus
help you to breathe again in these alarming times. Play it everywhere, any time.
It’ll enliven your worrying state of mind. Don’t miss this hopeful injection.

And here’s the brand new video clip for the cracker.

Anything can happen at night, just like anything
happened in the action movie Heist…

AFTER LONDON: Instagram

British Indie Quartet AFTER LONDON Breathe With Hope On Their New Funky Stroke ‘HURRICANE’

Posted on June 1, 2022 by JL

Daily electricity to load your batteries

1 June 2022

Band: AFTER LONDON
Who: London quartet producing a striking sound with
infectious hooks, truly unique delivery, and effortless swagger.

New Single: HURRICANE

“Hurricane” is about coming up for air after a long time in deep water. It’s a commentary
on anxiety as our new age common plague – ‘pit in my stomach, learnt to serve it’, the dark undercurrent of technology – ‘white screen with a blue tick mural, your fix is somebody’s flaw though’ and genuine need for human contact ‘hard embrace, saves the intervention’. Best listened to on a late-night drive.”

Artwork single

Turn Up The Volume: The combination of a funky and foot-tapping groove,
a bouncy rhythmic, spry and soulful vocals by the band’s charismatic Amazon,
and a sprightly and sticky as A-1 glue chorus help you to breathe again in these
alarming times. Play it everywhere, any time. It’ll enliven your worrying state of
mind. Don’t miss this hopeful injection.

Press play…

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Also streaming on Spotify

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AFTER LONDON: Facebook – Instagram

(Pics via Roadkill Records, UK)

BOB DYLAN Defending Convicted Black Boxer Robert ‘HURRICANE’ Carter 45 Years AGo

Posted on January 3, 2022 by JL

Top singles from the past

3 January 2022

At the end of 1975 living legend BOB DYLAN released single HURRICANE.
A protest song co-written with Jacques Levy, about the imprisonment of black
boxer Rubin Carter, whose nickname was Hurricane.

“Carter and a man named John Artis had been charged with a triple murder at the Lafayette Grill in Paterson, New Jersey, in 1966. The following year Carter and Artis were found guilty of the murders, which were widely reported as racially motivated. In the years that followed, a substantial amount of controversy emerged over the case, ranging from allegations of faulty evidence and questionable eyewitness testimony to an unfair trial.”

The song entered the US Singles charts this day 45 years ago.
It peaked at #33 and was part of his stellar 1976 album Desire
released on 5 January 1976.

Lyrics video…

Live…

BOB DYLAN: Facebook

Barded Wire Garage Rockers THE COATHANGERS Release Their First LIVE Album…

Posted on May 19, 2018 by JL

19 May 2018

Atlanta garage squad THE COATHANGERS release a live album, simply titled LIVE,
on 1 June. It was recorded across two nights at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach, California
last November. The record is a career-spanning collection, with songs from their
2007 self-titled debut through 2017’s Parasite EP. “It’s like our anthology… our
entire career in 38 minutes,” says guitarist/vocalist Julia Kugel.

Along with the longplayer, the band will also launch some live videos from those shows. Here’s the first clip, a hot rendition of HURRICANE from 2011 LP ‘Larceny & Old Lace’…