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
10/8/2020: The Rock Era
This week's episode celebrates "The Rock Era" in popular music: 1954-2007, and, of course, Dylan's place in it (to a small extent...mostly we are just playing great rock music and discussing it). We …
01:06:11 |
Fri 09 Oct 2020
10/1/2020: Instrumentals
This week we feature Dylan's instrumental performances, with a detour into a handful of instrumental versions of Dylan tunes. "Who Did It Better?" takes a week off, but it will be back next week. Why…
01:01:32 |
Fri 02 Oct 2020
9/24/2020: An Episode to Play For Your Friends That Don't Like Bob Dylan But Wish They Could!
This week's episode is for those who know that there must be something to Dylan's music but have never been able to get into it. Don't worry, we got you covered: just press play and we will open you …
01:04:40 |
Fri 25 Sep 2020
9/17/2020: The Return of Theme Time Radio Hour
This week we revisit Bob Dylan's 2006-2009 run of his weekly satellite radio show, Theme Time Radio Hour. The occasion is the announcement that next week, on September 21, 2020, Theme Time Radio Hour…
01:00:56 |
Wed 16 Sep 2020
9/10/2020: Wheel on Fire: The First Album
After so many episodes dedicated to Dylan's most recent album, let's dial back the clock 59 years to the recording of Dylan's self-titled first album. Recorded in Studio A of Columbia Recording Studi…
01:01:23 |
Thu 10 Sep 2020
9/3/2020: Last Ones Standing part 3: Harry Belafonte
The third episode featuring fellow travelers who first recorded in the 1950s and who are still with us (the previous one is from 5/14/2020). This episode features Harry Belafonte and Mighty Sparrow. …
01:07:33 |
Fri 04 Sep 2020
8/27/2020: The Caboose of the Train: Murder Most Foul and the Art of the Closer
In episode 77 we close out our song-by-song consideration of ROUGH & ROWDY WAYS by featuring "Murder Most Foul" and other closers for Bob Dylan albums; they tend to be long, so we do not have time to…
01:05:56 |
Thu 27 Aug 2020
8/20/2020: False Profits, Dead Presidents, Grail Nights, & Grave Landscapes
In episode 76 we approach the conclusion of our song-by-song consideration of ROUGH & ROWDY WAYS by featuring "False Prophet," second song from the new album and first played during our 5/14/2020 "La…
01:04:06 |
Thu 20 Aug 2020
8/13/2020: Bye Bye Gospel; Hello Blues: "Goodbye Jimmy Reed"
In episode 75 we continue to explore Dylan's new album ROUGH & ROWDY WAYS by featuring "Goodbye Jimmy Reed," sixth song from the new album. In this episode, we play songs to which Dylan alludes in "G…
00:59:40 |
Fri 14 Aug 2020
8/6/2020: "Black Rider"
In episode 74 we continue to explore Dylan's new album ROUGH & ROWDY WAYS by featuring "Black Rider," fifth song from the new album. In this episode, we play songs to which Dylan alludes in "Black Ri…
01:01:24 |
Thu 06 Aug 2020
7/30/2020: I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You: Stars, Snow, & Angels Landing
In episode 73 we continue to celebrate the release of Dylan's new album ROUGH & ROWDY WAYS by featuring "I've Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You," fourth song from the new album. In this episode, …
01:01:29 |
Thu 30 Jul 2020
7/23/2020: My Own Version of Frankenstein
In episode 72 we continue to mark the release of Dylan's new album ROUGH & ROWDY WAYS by featuring "My Own Version of You" in the context of songs about the Pygmalion myth and Frankenstein story. Thi…
01:03:27 |
Thu 23 Jul 2020
7/16/20: "Crossing the Rubicon"
We continue to mark the release of Dylan's new album ROUGH & ROWDY WAYS by featuring one of its songs, "Crossing the Rubicon," in the context of songs about crossing the Rubicon and songs about myste…
01:05:32 |
Fri 17 Jul 2020
7/9/2020: "Mother of Muses"
We continue to mark the release of Dylan's new album ROUGH & ROWDY WAYS by featuring one of its songs, "Mother of Muses," in the context of songs that invoke the Muse and even a song about Mnemosyne,…
01:04:59 |
Thu 09 Jul 2020
7/2/2020: I Contain...Openers!
We continue to mark the release of Dylan's new album ROUGH & ROWDY WAYS by featuring its opening song, "I Contain Multitudes," in the context of other opening songs from Bob Dylan studio albums. This…
01:01:35 |
Thu 02 Jul 2020
6/25/2020: "Key West"
We continue to mark the release of Dylan's new album ROUGH & ROWDY WAYS by featuring one of its songs, "Key West," playing songs that both help to place it in context and that also are akin to it in …
01:04:01 |
Thu 25 Jun 2020
6/18/2020: Rough & Rowdy Ways
Tonight we celebrate the release of Dylan's new album ROUGH & ROWDY WAYS by featuring four songs from it. "Twenty Pounds of Headlines" features news from the world of Bob Dylan. This week on "Who Did…
00:55:32 |
Fri 19 Jun 2020
6/11/2020: Bosses, Bonfires, & Burnside
Hard Rain & Slow Trains: Bob Dylan & Fellow Travelers playing music that remains relevant year-in-and-year-out. "Twenty Pounds of Headlines" features news from the world of Bob Dylan. This week on "W…
01:05:38 |
Fri 12 Jun 2020
6/4/2020: Blackout
Blackout. Song of the week: "Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll"; please vote for "Who Did It Better?" at our Twitter page: https://twitter.com/RainTrains.
01:01:30 |
Thu 04 Jun 2020
5/28/2020: Bucky Baxter In Memoriam
Remembering Bucky Baxter (1965-2020), who played pedal steel, steel guitar, dobro, & mandolin with Bob Dylan from 1992-1999, including over 740 shows. Baxter passed away Monday, May 25th and we are f…
00:59:32 |
Fri 29 May 2020
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