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Word of Mouth: 04/01/2011

04/01/2011

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Michael Rosen lends an ear to the last fifty years of the song-lyric.

Michael Rosen lends an ear to the last fifty years of the song-lyric and debates the influence of Bob Dylan.

In January 1961 in New York's Greenwich Village, Bob Dylan was beginning a career that would revolutionise song-writing. Michael Rosen lends an ear to the last fifty years of the song-lyric.

Dylanologist Michael Gray explains why Bob matters. A sceptical David Quantick argues that Dylan's influence was not entirely helpful to rock music. And singer-songwriter KT Tunstall pays tribute to one of her biggest influences.

Producer: Peter Everett.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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