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In a uncommon interview, <\/i>Bob Dylan<\/a> has revealed that he\u2019s a fan of Eminem<\/a> and Wu-Tang Clan<\/a>, praising the 2 rap acts alongside a bunch of different musicians.<\/p>\n The Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a> interview was revealed yesterday (December 19), and options the singer-songwriter discussing a variety of subjects from the rise of know-how and streaming to his favorite tv exhibits. When questioned about how he discovers new music, Dylan stated it arrives \u201cmostly by accident\u201d, earlier than itemizing greater than 20 musicians who he\u2019s been listening to of late.<\/p>\n Among the cohort was Eminem and Wu-Tang Clan, each of whom Dylan stated he’s \u201ca fan of\u201d. The singer-songwriter praised each for his or her \u201cfeeling for words and language\u201d, saying he enjoys \u201canybody whose vision parallels mine.\u201d Also included in that reward have been Royal Blood<\/a>, Celeste<\/a>, Leonard Cohen<\/a>, Rag N\u2019 Bone Man<\/a> and Nick Cave<\/a>.<\/p>\n Dylan beforehand talked about Eminem in a 2001 interview with Time<\/a>. <\/i>Dylan revealed that he hadn\u2019t listened to a lot of Eminem\u2019s music, however stated that the rapper was \u201cdoing something right.\u201d He continued: \u201cI almost feel like if anything is controversial, the guy\u2019s gotta be doing something right.\u201d<\/p>\n Aside from the aforementioned musicians, Dylan additionally talked about a variety of what he known as extra \u201cobscure artists\u201d, saying he\u2019s been listening to the likes of bandleader Tiny Hill, saxophonist Teddy Edwards and guitarist Teddy Bunn, all of whom have been most lively through the Forties to Sixties. Dylan additionally referenced musicians like Ella Fitzgerald<\/a>, Brenda Lee and Janice Martin, the final of whom he described as \u201cthe female Elvis.\u201d<\/p>\n Of the artists who he has seen reside, Dylan recalled attending two Metallica<\/a> performances, along with concert events by Oasis<\/a> and Klaxons<\/a>. The singer went on to disclose that he\u2019s \u201cmade special efforts\u201d to see Jack White<\/a> and Arctic Monkeys<\/a> frontman\u00a0Alex Turner<\/a>. Later within the interview, Dylan stated The Beatles<\/a> drummer Ringo Starr<\/a> is \u201cnot a bad singer, and he\u2019s a great musician\u201d, and referred to composers like Hans Zimmer<\/a> as \u201ca new kind of superstar\u201d.<\/p>\n Accounting for this broad vary of musicians, Dylan went on to debate his favorite genres, saying he listens to \u201can abundance of them.\u201d The singer cited nation blues, western swing, hillbilly, and bluegrass among the many genres he listens to. \u201cMusic historians would say when you mix it all up it\u2019s called Rock and Roll\u201d, he stated. \u201cI guess that would be my favorite genre.\u201d<\/p>\n Dylan additionally mentioned the influence of streaming and social media on at this time\u2019s music panorama, saying the convenience of entry to music means \u201cthere\u2019s a sameness to everything nowadays.\u201d He continued: \u201cEverything\u2019s too easy. Just one stroke of the ring finger, middle finger, one little click, that\u2019s all it takes, and we\u2019re there\u2026 It\u2019s all too easy, too democratic.\u201d<\/p>\n Dylan\u2019s interview served as promotion for his current e book, The Philosophy of Modern Song<\/a>, <\/i>which hit cabinets final month. The e book courted controversy after it was revealed that Dylan had used an autopen to inscribe his signature on choose copies which had been marketed as hand-signed. Both the singer and the e book\u2019s writer, Simon & Schuster, apologised for the error<\/a>, which Dylan described as an \u201cerror in judgment\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n