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  • The Oldie

    RADIO VALERIE GROVE

    Jun 02, 2021 2 minutes

    Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday on 24th May came along just in time, because I’d practically given up listening to radio altogether - avoiding news bulletins.

    Then I heard a trail for Sean Latham’s . Latham, director of the Institute for Bob Dylan Studies at Tulsa, took us at a gallop through the life via the songs, and plundered the archives for Bob’s voice. Earlier, a play, , by ‘Bobaholic’ Jon Canter, introduced us to the obsessive world of ‘Bobcats’.

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