Bob Dylan Tribute 2011-05-18
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - A Folk Tribute, BBC Radio Presentation, England
Set 1
Blowin' in the Wind - Seth Lakeman
Girl from the North Country - Thea Gilmore
Masters of War - Martin Simpson
Down the Highway - While and Matthews
Bob Dylan's Blues - Ewan McLennan
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - Karine Polwart
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - Ralph McTell
Bob Dylan's Dream - Martin Carthy
Oxford Town - Coope, Boyes and Simpson
Talkin' World War III Blues - Billy Bragg
Corrina, Corrina - Cara Dillon with The Scoville Units
Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance - Rory Mcleod
I Shall Be Free - Rab Noakes with Fraser Speirs
Girl from the North Country - Thea Gilmore
Masters of War - Martin Simpson
Down the Highway - While and Matthews
Bob Dylan's Blues - Ewan McLennan
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - Karine Polwart
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - Ralph McTell
Bob Dylan's Dream - Martin Carthy
Oxford Town - Coope, Boyes and Simpson
Talkin' World War III Blues - Billy Bragg
Corrina, Corrina - Cara Dillon with The Scoville Units
Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance - Rory Mcleod
I Shall Be Free - Rab Noakes with Fraser Speirs
Set 2
Set 3
Comment
As Radio 2 celebrates Bob Dylan's 70th birthday, the cream of the British folk scene re-interprets songs from his
iconic album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Mark Radcliffe guides us through a collection of specially recorded songs
that illustrate not only Dylan's great writing skills, but also the inventiveness and creativity of British folk
artists, some of whom inspired a young Dylan when he first visited Britain in the early 1960s.
Although Freewheelin' is Dylan's second studio album, it initiated the process of writing contemporary words to
traditional melodies. Eleven of the thirteen songs on the album are original compositions and it contains several
that came to be regarded as his best and classics of the 1960s folk scene: Blowin' in the Wind, Masters of War,
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall and Don't Think Twice, It's All Right.
In December 1962, partway through recording Freewheelin', a young Bob Dylan came to London for the first time where
he met English folk singer Martin Carthy. Carthy taught Dylan the traditional songs Scarborough Fair and Lord
Franklin, both of which would appear on the album just months later as Girl from the North Country and Bob Dylan's
Dream. Almost fifty years on, we come full circle, as Bob Dylan's Dream is performed by Martin Carthy himself.
iconic album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Mark Radcliffe guides us through a collection of specially recorded songs
that illustrate not only Dylan's great writing skills, but also the inventiveness and creativity of British folk
artists, some of whom inspired a young Dylan when he first visited Britain in the early 1960s.
Although Freewheelin' is Dylan's second studio album, it initiated the process of writing contemporary words to
traditional melodies. Eleven of the thirteen songs on the album are original compositions and it contains several
that came to be regarded as his best and classics of the 1960s folk scene: Blowin' in the Wind, Masters of War,
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall and Don't Think Twice, It's All Right.
In December 1962, partway through recording Freewheelin', a young Bob Dylan came to London for the first time where
he met English folk singer Martin Carthy. Carthy taught Dylan the traditional songs Scarborough Fair and Lord
Franklin, both of which would appear on the album just months later as Girl from the North Country and Bob Dylan's
Dream. Almost fifty years on, we come full circle, as Bob Dylan's Dream is performed by Martin Carthy himself.
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Created At
Tue Jul 19 2011 10:13:19 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Updated At
Mon Jul 18 2011 20:30:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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