Another side of bob dylan

“Hunter is an old buddy,” Dylan explains in our next cover story, which hits newsstands this week. Dylan and Hunter collaborated on 10 songs, all but one of the album’s tracks. “We could probably write a hundred songs together if we thought it was important or the right reasons were there,” Dylan tells Rolling Stone. “He’s got a way with words and I do too. We both write a different type of song than what passes today for songwriting.” … [Read more...] about Bob Dylan Talks About Working With Robert Hunter On ‘Together Through Life’

You’ve got two daughters in the family business now. Did you specifically encourage them to pursue music? Or discourage them?Neither. I sometimes think, “If I was a good mother, would I have discouraged them from this?” [Laughs] The problem is, if you have a passion for this, a desire to do this, and then you don’t, it doesn’t matter how successful you are at something else. It really matters that you pursue what you want to do, what you feel called to do. I do realize that they grew up in a musical home, a music business home, so in some ways they couldn’t get away from it. But they’ve known that they can do whatever they want. We’re not stage parents by any stretch. … [Read more...] about Lee Ann Womack on Recording in Brooklyn and the State of Women in Country

Jim James is a busy man. When he’s not touring (or backing Roger Waters) with My Morning Jacket, he has been working on a solo album and producing artists like Ray LaMontagne on the side. But through it all, he manages to maintain a cool, calm demeanor and a philosophical attitude. How does he do it? In an eclectic conversation with Rolling Stone, the singer-guitarist cites a 1936 children’s book, daily meditation sessions and life with two giant tortoises as key factors in his healthy outlook. … [Read more...] about My Morning Jacket’s Jim James on What You Can Learn From a Tortoise

But I gotta tell you, of course my perspective is my own, but I feel like we wrote some good songs and performed them well, so I think it’ll be something great for the hardcore fans. It is Tom and I doing what we do. I think there’s a different edge to these songs. We both wrote with John Shanks. He’s a great writer and a great producer. He really brought a lot to what we wanted to do and vice versa. He had some ideas going in with us. We had a lot of fun working with him. He had some great energy. It was really great to have his slant on what we’re doing. It was really rewarding. … [Read more...] about Doobie Brothers Guitarist Patrick Simmons on the Hall of Fame: ‘We’re Not Worthy!’

You’re partnering with Courage Campaign and Food & Water Watch to push a petition pressing Jerry Brown for a more stringent water budget, particularly through tougher limits on agriculture. Why respond to the drought in that way?I grew up on the East Coast — in New York and Connecticut — where water was kind of an unlimited resource. Now that I live out in California, I realize water on the West Coast is a really limited, finite resource. It’s stating the obvious, but that means it needs to be allocated responsibly. So I was, in kind of a cursory way, looking at where California water is allocated and I read an article saying that 20 percent of California’s water goes to residences, and 80 percent goes to agriculture. … [Read more...] about Moby on California Drought: ‘The Way We’re Living Is Stupid’