THURSDAY APRIL 29
THE JOHN HEWITT 8.00PM

Bob Dylan’s lyrics are at once evocative, urgent and timeless. But behind the anarchy and playfulness of Dylan’s imagery lie meanings that are often highly charged with political and social concerns.

In his brilliant study of Dylan’s work, ‘Chimes of Freedom’, Mike Marqusee illuminates the forgotten moral and political contexts of Dylan’s supernova years.

Marqusee’s talk is a brilliant exposition on the way folk tradition, modernism and commercial popular culture are sublimely fused in Dylan’s masterworks of the mid 60’s such as Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde.

The author of the acclaimed study of Muhammad Ali ‘Redemption Song, will give an entertaining, enlightening and impassioned talk which is a journey through the sixties aimed at the challenges of the future.

CLUB POLITICO:
SONGS OF PROTEST AND REVOLUTION.
BBC Radio Ulster’s Stuart Bailie ferments a sonic revolution featuring all the anthemic greats; The Specials, The Clash, Curtis Mayfield, Sly Stone, Boogie Down Productions, Gil Scott Heron, The Redskins, Phil Ochs, The Staple Singers, Steel Pulse, Bob Marley, Manic Street Preachers, Culture, Radiohead and more.

Tickets £4.00 from the Festival Office on 028 9023 2403