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10:52 AM GMT 16/03/2009

Dylan Talks New Album!

Bob Dylan's new studio album, Together Through Life, will be released on April 27 through Columbia Records.

The album was recorded in late 2008 and was prompted by the composition of Life Is Hard. The song was written by Dylan for My Own Love Song - a forthcoming film helmed by La Vie En Rose director Olivier Dahan.

Dylan tours the UK in April and May. The dates look like this:

Sheffield Arena (April 24)
London O2 Arena (25)
Cardiff CIA (28)
Birmingham NIA (29)
Liverpool Echo Arena (May 1)
Glasgow SECC (2)
Edinburgh Playhouse (3)

A new interview with the man himself has been posted on www.bobdylan.com. Here's what he had to say about Together Through life:

Bill Flanagan: The new record's very different from Modern Times which was a number one hit. It seems like every time you have a big hit, the next time out you change things around. Why don't you try to milk it a little bit?

Bob Dylan: I think we milked it all we could on that last record and then some. We squeezed the cow dry. All the Modern Times songs were written and performed in the widest range possible so they had a little bit of everything. These new songs have more of a romantic edge.

How so?

These songs don't need to cover the same ground. The songs on Modern Times songs brought my repertoire up to date, and the light was directed in a certain way. You have to have somebody in mind as an audience otherwise there's no point.

What do you mean by that?

There didn't seem to be any general consensus among my listeners. Some people preferred my first period songs. Some, the second. Some, the Christian period. Some, the post Colombian. Some, the Pre-Raphaelite. Some people prefer my songs from the nineties. I see that my audience now doesn't particular care what period the songs are from. They feel style and substance in a more visceral way and let it go at that. Images don't hang anybody up. Like if there's an astrologer with a criminal record in one of my songs it's not going to make anybody wonder if the human race is doomed. Images are taken at face value and it kind of freed me up.

To read the full tête-à-tête, head over to Dylan's official site HERE.

You can read MOJO's exclusive preview of the album HERE!.

Posted by Ross_Bennett at 10:52 AM GMT 16/03/2009

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  • Is it Together Through Life or To Get Her Through Life? Gotta love that Bob Dylan geezer.

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