Blonde On The Tracks
by Emma Swift
Kirk Gauthier
Kirk Gauthier
If it’s been said once, it’s been said a thousand times: “I love his songs, but I just can’t stand Bob Dylan’s voice!”. My brother in Christ, people have been covering his songs since the ‘60s, and all of them—ALL OF THEM—have better singing voices. But what we have here is Bob Dylan songs sung by an angel. Emma Swift’s voice is rich, lush, and absolutely gorgeous, and the love and care she takes in these performances can be both heard and felt. Every ounce of this album is sheer perfection.
Favorite track: One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later).
mstipe
mstipe
Great renditions with a fantastic voice from the huge catalogue of His Bobness; successor highly expected!
Favorite track: One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later).
Frank Hill
Frank Hill
I love listening to Emma Swift's renderings of these songs. Her voice is mesmerizing and her interpretations add new dimensions to these mostly well-worn tracks. Well done! Thank you, Emma!
Favorite track: You're A Big Girl Now.
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Queen Jane Approximately
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Simple Twist of Fate
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The Man In Me
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Going Going Gone
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You're A Big Girl Now
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“Robyn Hitchcock and Wilco's Patrick Sansone guest on this nifty collection of Dylan covers, including a quick-on-the-draw 'I Contain Multitudes'." -UNCUT MAGAZINE
"There’s a Byrdsian chime here, a Carnaby Street lilt there, and pedal steel swoons bolstering Emma’s seemingly effortless vocals. Swift, like Dylan himself, contains multitudes.” - Jody Denberg, KUTX Austin
“An Emma Swift performance can bring you to the edge of tears, because her voice is both heartbreaking and heartbroken all at once. It takes a lot of resilience to be so vulnerable. She brings this strength and beauty to her upcoming album “Blonde On The Tracks,” a collection of her interpretations of Bob Dylan songs.” - Gina Frary Bacon, WFMU New York
"Australian singer-songwriter Emma Swift has recorded an album of Dylan covers titled Blonde on the Tracks which is set for release in August. And the first track she opted to release was not a familiar classic but a stunningly warm, heartfelt version of “I Contain Multitudes.” She serves it up as a hypnotic, melodic hymn, very reminiscent in style of vintage Gillian Welch, resulting in something exceptionally beautiful." - Hope Silverman, Cover Me Songs
"There’s a Byrdsian chime here, a Carnaby Street lilt there, and pedal steel swoons bolstering Emma’s seemingly effortless vocals. Swift, like Dylan himself, contains multitudes.” - Jody Denberg, KUTX Austin
“An Emma Swift performance can bring you to the edge of tears, because her voice is both heartbreaking and heartbroken all at once. It takes a lot of resilience to be so vulnerable. She brings this strength and beauty to her upcoming album “Blonde On The Tracks,” a collection of her interpretations of Bob Dylan songs.” - Gina Frary Bacon, WFMU New York
"Australian singer-songwriter Emma Swift has recorded an album of Dylan covers titled Blonde on the Tracks which is set for release in August. And the first track she opted to release was not a familiar classic but a stunningly warm, heartfelt version of “I Contain Multitudes.” She serves it up as a hypnotic, melodic hymn, very reminiscent in style of vintage Gillian Welch, resulting in something exceptionally beautiful." - Hope Silverman, Cover Me Songs
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released August 14, 2020
Blonde on the Tracks by Emma Swift
Recorded in Nashville, TN at Magnetic Sound, Tiny Door and Tubby Towers.
Produced by Patrick Sansone (WILCO)
Guitar, keyboards, bass, percussion: Patrick Sansone
Guitar: Robyn Hitchcock
Pedal steel: Thayer Serrano
Bass: Jon Estes
Drums and percussion: Jon Radford
All songs written by Bob Dylan BIG SKY MUSIC
Blonde on the Tracks by Emma Swift
Recorded in Nashville, TN at Magnetic Sound, Tiny Door and Tubby Towers.
Produced by Patrick Sansone (WILCO)
Guitar, keyboards, bass, percussion: Patrick Sansone
Guitar: Robyn Hitchcock
Pedal steel: Thayer Serrano
Bass: Jon Estes
Drums and percussion: Jon Radford
All songs written by Bob Dylan BIG SKY MUSIC
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Emma Swift Nashville, Tennessee
Emma Swift is an Australian songwriter. She lives in Nashville, TN with the British cult musician Robyn
Hitchcock.
A gifted singer inspired by Sandy Denny, Marianne Faithfull and a plethora of dead poets, her new album "The Resurrection Game" explores themes of sex, death, spirituality, depression, redemption and radical self-acceptance.
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Dec 6Nashville, TN
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Sep 2025
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Aug 2020
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Oct 2016
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