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Bob Dylan on his influences, heroes, rock ‘n’ roll, and the people who immortalized his legacy. A demonstration of his obsession with words and an open letter against music journalists and critics.

“The ‘godfather of punk’, Iggy Pop returns to 6 Music with even more eclectic and exciting music choices, delving into his personal record collection to give listeners an exclusive insight into the mind of one of the most influential rock stars of the last 40 years. This week he’s dealing with the Complaint Department […]

“The ‘godfather of punk’, Iggy Pop returns to 6 Music with even more eclectic and exciting music choices, delving into his personal record collection to give listeners an exclusive insight into the mind of one of the most influential rock stars of the last 40 years. This week’s show is In Praise of Beauty.”

Preceded by two magnificent shows from the underrated Birmingham-based Nick Drake-like Dan Whitehouse, and David Ford´s Tom Waits-obsessed dark atmospheres, it seemed like New York raconteur Simone Felice would have a tough night surpassing his opening acts.

It has been more than 70 years since Woody Guthrie changed the direction of popular music when he used the singing voice, an acoustic guitar, and his sanity as a weapon to spread a mindset that slammed injustice and the disparities of an oppressive western society.

Since more than five decades, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen´s writing has been the subject of a deep study of bohemian inteligencia. Their work require and exhaustive analysis that leads to endless conclusions and infinite reinterpretations of western wisdom and human behavior.

“The Godfather of Punk turns his attention to the themes of love and sex, this show is both sweet and down right dirty.” [BBC Radio]

n Hard Rain – her last collection of reinterpretations – Jungr pays her respects (again) to the septuagenarian genius from Minnesota, Bob Dylan, and Canada´s dark bohemian wise baritone, Leonard Cohen.