Bob Dylan introduces us to his new album by explaining that the whole process began as a ‘one-song recording’ for the French movie My Own Love Song. He needed a ballad for the movie and from there the album took shape.

Although Together Through Life has a ‘live-in-the-studio’ feel, much like Love and Theft and Modern Times, it is still very much an original and fresh piece of work from a man who continues to push boundaries in song-writing and arrangement. Accordion appears on every track and this gives the feel of a street-corner café.

The struggle for love and loss seem to permeate all the songs. Dylan’s enormous legion of fans will embrace this album as they do all new works by a music legend.