Let Me Recommend...

Together Through Life, the latest from Bob Dylan. It is a fairly quick turnaround to release this new album and it is a different direction from his excellent previous trilogy. It is not his greatest album. But it is Dylan at his high quality best.

What makes this different is the sound. It is Zydeco and some Tex-Mex added with some rock and ballads and well, it's Dylan. His voice is as gravelly as ever- and actually continues to add new elements to his style as he ages. There can now be a tenderness to his voice that turns the gravel into a pleasant rod through his musical thoughts.

It is important to remember that in three weeks Dylan will be 68. Yes, 68! I don't expect him to make the kind of pulsing energy in his songs that led to his early fame. But what he still has is his music. Underneath the gravel of age and the generally easy, bluesy, jazzy rock is still Bob Dylan. As one person said in an iTunes review we don't know how many more original Dylan albums we will have. I for one celebrate this one!