New Bob Dylan Album to See ‘Late April’ Release

This entry was posted by owl and bear staff on Thursday, March 5th, 2009 at 12:39 pm.

The as-yet-untitled album will arrive in “late April,” and it “came as a surprise,” says a source close to Dylan’s. Last year, filmmaker Olivier Dahan, who directed the 2007 Edith Piaf biopic, La Vie en Rose, approached Dylan about writing a song for his next feature. Dylan responded with “Life Is Hard,” a bleak ballad with mandolin, pedal steel and him singing ina dark, clear voice, “The evening winds are still/I’ve lost the wayand will.”

[RS]