The question uppermost on everyone’s mind has now been answered: What the heck would a Bob Dylan Christmas album even sound like? Although the actual album won’t be released until October 13th, a full tracklist, along with thirty-second audio samples, has now been revealed on Amazon UK. Listen for yourself , if you dare. [Or try this YouTube link if the Amazon samples are no longer there.]
reportedly already committed to donating the value of four million meals, this year, to a charity organization named “Feeding America.” It remains to be seen how well the album will actually sell, of-course. Perhaps, as at other points during his nearly-fifty-year-old career when he’s caused some shock, the listeners who reject his new move will be compensated for by other listeners who will embrace it, and the whole crazy myth, legend and even-more-unlikely reality of Bob Dylan’s contribution to American culture will just become that much more enormous.
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