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Bob Dylan: New Morning

21 October 1970 · 57 YEARS

New Morning

Bob Dylan

The songwriter moved away from the intense public focus of the sixties to embrace a quiet life in Woodstock. This record signals a change in direction, favoring warm and melodic styles over the protest anthems fans anticipated.

Sessions for the project feel loose, creating an intimate space where the piano leads rather than the usual acoustic guitar. It represents a time of personal satisfaction, replacing earlier, surreal complexity with sincere and direct melodies.

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