Finally got a chance to watch/listen to the CUNY Graduate Center program 'Bob Dylan: American Poet.' It's always interesting to hear Dylan's music deconstructed, to hear about the details behind the making of and meaning of his songs. Especially the political ones, which while they may have timeless meaning, can have a lot of mentions of events that happened when they were written or before.

The music performed is interesting - I didn't really care too much for the classical-type interpretations of John Corigliano, but that's more because I'm not too much for that style of singing (I was subjected to way too much opera as a child). It is interesting to hear how he interpreted the lyrics poetry of Dylan in the music, not having much reference to the original music.

I like the Howard Fishman stuff. He sings with good understanding of the lyrics, and the arrangements are well matched. I'll have to go back and listen to 'I'm Not There' from The Basement Tapes and see how his interpretation jives with I think it should be.