"Dusquesne Whistle": From Bob Dylan's Forthcoming "Tempest"

NPR.org provides a preview of a swinging track from Bob Dylan's upcoming album, co-penned by Robert Hunter. Link here

The album, his 35th, will be released on September 10 in the U.K., and September 11 in the U.S. (Spetember 11 was also the release date of "Love and Theft."

Rolling Stone reported that the fourteen-minute long title track "Tempest" is about the RMS Titanic and includes references to the James Cameron film Titanic (1997). The song "Roll on John" is a tribute to John Lennon, which includes references to some of his songs including The Beatles' "Come Together" and "A Day in the Life."

The album's title initially spurred rumors that it would be Dylan's final album, based on its similarity to the title of Shakespeare's final play. Dylan later dispelled the rumor: "Shakespeare's last play was called The Tempest. It wasn't called just plain "Tempest". The name of my record is just plain Tempest. It's two different titles."

Another clip of a tune, Scarlet Town, was debuted on the new Cinemax series, Strike Back, in addition to a previous cut, Early Roman Kings: