[2025-09-12] Steve Howe "Portraits Of Bob Dylan" and "Natural Timbre" remasters (Howesound UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Aug 05, 2025 2:30 pm

Portraits Of Bob Dylan
US - Available for pre-order soon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FL87B2KP/?tag=imwan-20
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UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FL87B2KP/?tag=imwan-21

Natural Timbre
US - Available for pre-order soon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FL89K3TX/?tag=imwan-20
CA - Available for pre-order soon: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FL89K3TX/?tag=imwanca-20
UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FL89K3TX/?tag=imwan-21

Description
Originally released in 1999 ‘Portraits Of Bob Dylan’ saw Howe paying tribute to one of his main inspirations in his own inimitable way, with an impressive array of guests performing an intriguing selection of Dylan songs, digging deep into his repertoire rather than the obvious hits. The album features intriguing collaborations with guest vocalists including Jon Anderson (Yes), Max Bacon (GTR), Allan Clarke (The Hollies), PP Arnold, Annie Haslam (Renaissance), Keith West (Tomorrow) and Phoebe Snow along with extra special guest Dylan Howe on drums, bringing a whole fresh approach to Dylan’s classics. Steve Howe: “What I loved about it was having the chance to arrange them as I wasn’t going to copy what Dylan had done; I wanted to bring a little bit more to it.” He goes on to say: “The ‘Portraits’ idea was always a sort of pipe dream, and I originally recorded one song to start the project, and I thought, this will be good, I’ll do lots of Bob.”

‘Natural Timbre’ features Howe, joined by his son Dylan on drums, in an acoustic setting with an array of instruments including acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin, dobro, lap steel guitar, mandocello and koto across a range of original instrumental compositions and Classical interpretations to produce a deeply intimate collection of moving, atmospheric and stunningly beautiful music. Steve Howe: “The idea behind ‘Natural Timbre’ was to show that the beauty of acoustic instruments is universal.” He goes on to say: “I really set about it, putting the electric guitar away wanting to do another kind of exploration, because like the piano, you can’t get away from the tonality of acoustic sound. It’s one of those beautiful, harmonising, soothing things.”

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Aug 06, 2025 2:40 pm

The cover images have been added to the first post.

[2025-09-12] Steve Howe "Portraits Of Bob Dylan" and "Natural Timbre" remasters (Howesound UK)

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