Songs Of Bob Dylan

2017 release. On Songs of Bob Dylan, Joan Osborne unleashes her sizable gifts as a vocalist and interpreter upon The Bards celebrated canon. With performances honed by the time Osborne spent polishing them during Joan Osborne Sings The Songs Of Bob Dylan two critically acclaimed two-week residencies she performed at New York Citys Caf Carlyle in March 2016 and 2017, the seven-time Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum-selling singer and songwriter, whom The New York Times has called a fiercely intelligent, no-nonsense singer, winds her supple, soulful voice around Dylans poetic, evocative lyrics, etching gleaming new facets in them along the way. The album spans Dylans beloved standards from the 60s and 70s (Masters of War, Highway 61 Revisited, Rainy Day Women #12 & 35, Buckets of Rain, Tangled Up In Blue) to some of Osbornes favorites from his later albums including Dark Eyes (from 1985s Empire Burlesque), Ring Them Bells (from 1989s Oh Mercy), Tryin To Get To Heaven (from 1997s Time Out of Mind),and High Water (from 2001s Love and Theft). His versions are legendary and Im not trying to improve on them, Osborne says. Im just trying to sing beautiful songs and let people hear them. Its about trying to give a different shade of meaning to something thats already great.