Hard Rain: Bob Dylan media A career-spanning account of the

A career-spanning account of the artistry and politics of Bob Dylan’s songwriting

All over the world and throughout time

di Prima got to work on the final iteration of this lifelong project

as he enters his eighth decade

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Hard Rain: Bob Dylan media A career-spanning account of theAuthor: Alessandro Portelli Bob Dylans iconic 1962 song A Hard Rains A Gonna Fall stands at the crossroads of musical and literary traditions. A visionary warning of impending apocalypse, it sets symbolist imagery within a structure that recalls a centuries old form. Written at the height of the 1960s folk music revival amid the ferment of political activism, the song strongly resemblesand at the same time reimaginesa traditional European ballad sung