Hard Rain & Slow Trains: Bob Dylan & Fellow Travelers
A weekly radio program featuring the music of Bob Dylan, his contemporaries, and his antecedents. Broadcast weekly on Thursdays from 8-9 pm PST on KEPW (97.3 FM-LP), available on www.kepw.org. Hosted by Dan. Artwork by Selena Dugan-Fields.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 71 minutes
- Episodes
- 171
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
2/25/2021: "My Country" (Minneapolis): Cities Where Bob Dylan Recorded pt 3
We continue our twelve-part series featuring the cities where Dylan recorded his studio albums over the decades. Part three features Minneapolis, the city where half of the masterful BLOOD ON THE TRA…
01:04:19 |
Thu 25 Feb 2021
2/18/2021: "I've Had the Mexico City Blues": Cities Where Bob Dylan Recorded pt 2
This week we continue our twelve-part series featuring the cities in which Dylan recorded his studio albums over the decades. Part two features Mexico City; Dylan only recorded one song in Mexico Cit…
00:58:21 |
Fri 19 Feb 2021
2/11/2021: "I've Been to London": Cities Where Bob Dylan Recorded pt 1
We begin a twelve-part series tonight featuring the cities in which Dylan recorded his studio albums over the decades. Part one begins in London; Dylan only recorded two songs in London that made the…
01:01:57 |
Fri 12 Feb 2021
2/4/2021: Playing the Hundreds
We celebrate the 100th episode of Hard Rain & Slow Trains by "Playing the Hundreds": playing a bunch of quirky #100 milestones from Bob Dylan's career. In "20 Pounds of Headlines" we round up news fr…
01:01:33 |
Thu 04 Feb 2021
1/28/2021: The Rough & Rowdy Crew
Tonight we explore the music of the musicians who played with Dylan on ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS, released this past June. Some have have been playing with Dylan for decades and some joined him for the fi…
01:03:55 |
Fri 29 Jan 2021
1/21/2021: Block Off the Old Chip: Jakob Dylan pt 2
Tonight we conclude our two-episode feature on Dylan's youngest son, Jakob Dylan, frontman for The Wallflowers. We continue to delve into his music by listening to his songs that reflect on what he c…
01:06:14 |
Fri 22 Jan 2021
1/14/2021: "My Blue-eyed Son": Jakob Dylan pt 1
This week we begin a two-episode feature on Dylan's youngest son, Jakob Dylan, frontman for The Wallflowers. We delve into his music and hear from him in interviews. As usual, we round up news from t…
00:59:50 |
Fri 15 Jan 2021
1/7/2021: New Mournings
We enter 2021 listening to songs that marked new beginnings in Dylan's creative life, featuring lesser-known Dylan performances of such songs amidst a sobering tumult in the United States. This episo…
01:02:41 |
Fri 08 Jan 2021
12/31/2020: "The Turning of the Page": 2020 in Review
Our second annual end-of-year, year in review episode of Hard Rain & Slow Trains: Bob Dylan & Fellow Travelers emphasizes "the turning of the page." We remember those who we lost in 2020 and also rev…
00:57:20 |
Fri 01 Jan 2021
12/24/2020: Noël
Our second annual Christmas episode of Hard Rain & Slow Trains: Bob Dylan & Fellow Travelers. This episode includes "20 Pounds of Headlines: News From the World of Bob Dylan" and "Who Did It Better?"…
01:05:12 |
Thu 24 Dec 2020
12/17/2020: "My Name It Is Nothin'": Songs About Bob Dylan pt 3
Tonight we conclude our three-episode series featuring other people's songs about Bob Dylan with an episode dominated predominantly by musicians and singers from the British Isles. In "20 Pounds of H…
01:11:03 |
Thu 17 Dec 2020
12/10/2020: "My Name It Is Nothin'": Songs About Bob Dylan pt 2
This week we continue our three-episode series featuring other people's songs about Bob Dylan with a music-filled episode packed to overflowing. In "20 Pounds of Headlines: News From the World of Bob…
01:25:00 |
Fri 11 Dec 2020
12/3/2020: "My Name It Is Nothin'": Songs About Bob Dylan pt 1
This week we begin a three-episode series featuring other people's songs about Bob Dylan; the entire three-part series will be covering fifty songs. In "20 Pounds of Headlines: News From the World of…
01:08:10 |
Thu 03 Dec 2020
11/26/2020: Grateful Beauty (Thanksgiving Episode)
In this week's episode we express our gratitude for the many especially beautiful versions of Bob Dylan songs we have been bequeathed, both by Dylan and also other singers: Nina Simone, Gillian Welch…
01:07:37 |
Thu 26 Nov 2020
11/19/2020: "All Those Who've Sailed With Me": Bob Dylan & His Bands pt 6
Tonight we conclude our six-episode series featuring Dylan's bands over the decades by covering 2003-2019. On "Who Did It Better?" the song is "Not Dark Yet," and we ask you who did it better live, E…
01:03:00 |
Fri 20 Nov 2020
11/12/2020: "All Those Who've Sailed With Me": Bob Dylan & His Bands pt 5
Continuing our multi-episode series featuring Dylan's bands over the decades; tonight, we feature Dylan's tours from 1988-2002. In 1988, Dylan assembled his own band and toured the United States for …
01:07:31 |
Fri 13 Nov 2020
11/5/2020: "All Those Who've Sailed With Me": Bob Dylan & His Bands pt 4
Continuing our multi-episode series featuring Dylan's bands over the decades; tonight, we feature Dylan's tours in 1986 & 1987 with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and The Grateful Dead. On "Who Did It…
01:37:30 |
Fri 06 Nov 2020
10/29/2020: "All Those Who've Sailed With Me": Bob Dylan & His Bands pt 3
Continuing our multi-episode series featuring Dylan's bands over the decades; tonight, we feature Dylan's tours abroad in 1978 and 1984. On "Who Did It Better?" the song is "License to Kill," and we …
01:11:03 |
Fri 30 Oct 2020
10/22/2020: "All Those Who've Sailed With Me": Bob Dylan & His Bands pt 2
We continue our multi-episode series featuring Dylan's bands over the decades. Tonight, it is Dylan's bands from 1975-1981, including Little Feat (by way of Fred Tackett and Richie Hayward) and The A…
01:05:38 |
Fri 23 Oct 2020
10/15/2020: "All Those Who've Sailed With Me": Bob Dylan & His Bands pt 1
This week we begin a multi-episode series featuring Dylan's bands over the decades. Tonight, it is the Paul Butterfield Blues Band - three members of which joined him on stage at the infamous Newport…
00:59:11 |
Fri 16 Oct 2020
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