What Did You Hear?

Folk troubadour, rock star, country crooner – for a musician who adopted so many personas, Bob Dylan always sounds like himself. While he’s written many of the most iconic and impactful lyrics of the past sixty years, Dylan’s music has also reshaped our sonic imagination with his ragged voice, wailing harmonica and rough-hewn guitar. A close look at an underdiscussed but essential aspect of Dylan’s oeuvre, ‘What Did You Hear?’ offers a fresh understanding of a singular performer, his musical choices, and the meanings that we can hear in his imperfect sounds.