John to - I take your comment as asking me for more detail as to what I hear in Dylan’s new album - so hear goes.
The main musical theme in the album is simplicity. You can still make great music with limited musicians - piano, Hammond B3, acoustic guitar guitar, snare drum. He focuses on delicate rhythms for the majority of the album. He did I add strings to ‘Murder Most Foul’.
oOn ‘Mother of Muses’ he adds a bass drum to the rear of the soundstage to great effect.
Two of the cuts are what I consider Honky Tonk - ‘Goodbye Jimmy Reed and Crossing The Rubicon’. More guitar and drum kit and cymbals.
The star of the album are the lyrics in all of the songs - like I said in my original post - he is a Poet - his ability to paint a picture in my mind while he sings is a gift he offers to those who want to listen, he makes me think, and he creates a musical web to help me focus on the story he is telling in his lyrics.
enjoy the music