Together Through Life by Bob Dylan

On his latest CD, Together Through Life, Bob Dylan tries to go lo-fi. If you look clodely at the CD case, it looks almost, but not quite self-produced. The case looks like the type of cases you buy at staples for data CDs. It has the black plastic ridge down the side. On the inside, the CD sits on a simple black pastic tray. The liner notes are minimal. And from a music perspecitive, Dylan seems to be going for a lo-fi approach as well. Most of the songs feel like blues numbers that are approximately a 1000 years old, performed by a bunch of guys that are almost that old themselves. The stroll through these numbers with an easy going grace. Dylan's vocals are, well, the usual. obtuse, hard to hear, secondary almost to the music lines. But the lo-fi facade can't hide the fact that these musicians know what they're doing and every track is a good listen. Highlights for me are:

Beyond Here Lies Nothin' / Together Through Life / Bob Dylan / 3:51
Jolene / Together Through Life / Bob Dylan / 3:51
This Dream Of You / Together Through Life / Bob Dylan / 5:54
Shake Shake Mama / Together Through Life / Bob Dylan / 3:37