On his new album, Modern Times, Bob Dylan seems to have borrowed some lyrics from a little known Civil War-era poet named Henry Timrod. Albuquerque, N.M.-based disc jockey Scott Warmuth has found a ...

We’re living in an age of word crimes, and Bob Dylan is the latest alleged felon. With his new best-selling album, “Modern Times,” Dylan stands accused of the enduring crime of word theft. His alleged ...

Timrod did not fight in the Civil War, but he wrote poems about it and its effect on life in the South. While he became known as the poet laureate of the Confederacy, he is a relatively obscure poet ...

Who are these people, and why are they ragging on Bob Dylan? First comes the criticism that he lifted lines from Civil War–era poet Henry Timrod for several of his new songs—a critique that bears ...

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This song, When the Deal Goes Down, is from Bob Dylan's new album, Modern Times. (Soundbite of When the Deal Goes Down) Mr. BOB DYLAN (Singer): (Singing) In the still of the night, in the world's ...