Decade of Dissent

Book & Music Reviews: “Decade of Dissent: How 1960s Bob Dylan Changed the World,’ plus the Bongos & Robert Forster

Book & Music Reviews: Decade of Dissent: How 1960s Bob Dylan Changed the World, plus the Bongos & Robert Forster If you lined up every copy of every book by and about Bob Dylan, they’d stretch all the way from Highway 61 to Desolation Row. They include volumes that discuss his songs or contain lyrics […]

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Carly SImon-Grand Central

Music & Film Reviews: Carly Simon ‘Live at Grand Central,’ plus Iggy & the Stooges, R&B from the 1940s, and Robert Forster

Carly’s Surprise The most you can usually hope for when you walk into New York City’s Grand Central Station is that your train will be on time, but travelers on April 2, 1995, got something more: a surprise concert by Carly Simon. The show—the first live performance in 14 years for the performer, who suffers […]

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