Jim Clark

Mining the Old Weird America:  Bob Dylan and Traditional Country Music

Jim Clark

            Now that Bob Dylan has officially fulfilled his three score and ten, having turned seventy last Tuesday, perhaps it is time to unplug his decades-long apotheosis as…

For the Sake of the Song:  Townes Van Zandt and the Ballad Tradition

Jim Clark

            Critics have often commented upon the “literary” nature of Texas singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt’s songs, from the carefully crafted metrical formality of his ballads to…