Listening Closer: ‘Bringing It All Back Home’ with Joe Henry
This week in Listening Closer, Jeffrey Overstreet interviews Joe Henry about Bob Dylan’s ‘Bringing It All Back Home.’
Listening Closer: Bettye LaVette Steals a Great Song Back From Madonna
Sometimes a cover version of a song reveals that different artists discover new possibilities, new interpretations, new insights in borrowed material. And sometimes it makes you wonder if the performer ever really listened to the words that they were singing.
Listening Closer: The Mysterious Flight of Joe Henry’s “Sparrow”
“Sparrow” gives us much to consider: Music. Lyrics. Vocals. Musicianship. Recording dynamics. But for our purposes, a quick “sentence diagram” of the lyrics will help us pry it open and discover its still beating heart.
