Tempest

Tempest, released in 2012, is a Bob Dylan album that blends folk rock and singer-songwriter traditions with blues and roots-inflected arrangements. The record features both acoustic and electric textures, rough-edged vocals and long narrative songs, most notably the lengthy title track which recounts the sinking of the Titanic. Lyrically it emphasizes storytelling, mortality, dark humor and mythic imagery, continuing Dylan's late-career exploration of American roots forms.