Bob Dylan: Fallen Angels review – unfaithful and lovely

(Sony/Columbia)The thought strikes, part-way through Bob Dylanâ€™s second album of standards from the mid-20th century American songbook, that it sounds like nothing so much as the unreleased soundtrack to a later Woody Allen movie. It has the same tastefully muted jazzy arrangements, the same love for the music combined with a slight sense of didacticism (Listen! You WILL love these songs as much as I do), the same oddly absurd disconnection from modernity. The arrangements arenâ€™t f...

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15:18 on May 18 2016

Bob Dylan's new album – as performed by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and more

Guardian Music — Bob Dylanâ€™s new album, Fallen Angels, brings together 12 mid-20th century standards. Weâ€™ve compiled a playlist of the finest versionsWriters: Johnny Richard... more info

18:15 on May 19 2016

Bob Dylan: Fallen Angels review – unfaithful and lovely

Guardian Music — (Sony/Columbia)The thought strikes, part-way through Bob Dylanâ€™s second album of standards from the mid-20th century American songbook, that it sounds like nothing... more info

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21:32 on May 18 2016