The Streets of Rome: The Classical Dylan

At the end of the day Dylan defies identification, and perhaps "singer-songwriter" works fine for him, as it does too for Homer or Virgil. Dylan has been dressing in the costume of mid-nineteenth or early mid-twentieth century Americana, the world that his songs have brought back to life. But he has also been going back much further in his mind's time. I don't expect him to turn up in the toga or with any old laurel leaves on his head, but that doesn't matter since he's already back there in my mind and that's good enough for me.