Lost on the river : the new basement tapes

"Given that Bob Dylan and the Band recorded more than 100 tracks when they were holed up in rural Woodstock in 1967 (many of which have only just been released as an expanded Basement Tapes package) it's extraordinary that Dylan had written lyrics to a further 40 songs, brought to life here by T Bone Burnett. The producer has assembled a cast of worthies - Elvis Costello, Marcus Mumford, Jim James (My Morning Jacket), Rhiannon Giddens (Carolina Chocolate Drops) and Taylor Goldsmith (Dawes) - to put music to Dylan's unpublished lyrics".

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"Supergruppen får også følgeskab af Taylor Goldsmith fra Dawes, men dennes anonyme vokal gør ikke meget interessant for de sange, han står i front på. Så er der straks mere liv i Rhiannon Giddens fra Carolina Chocolate Drops' americana-klang på den sprælske Duncan & Jimmy. Andre højdepunkter finder vi med James' velourbløde vokal på Nothing To It, der swinger som vintage Van Morrison, den florlette When I Get My Hands on You med Mumford i front eller Six Months in Kansas City (Liberty Street) med Costellos bevægende nasale croon".