Beautiful Black Women with Beautiful Voices
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Bob Dylan’s mention of Alicia Keys prompts an essay on the beautiful black female vocalists he’s admired.
In fact, Keys is just the latest in a long line of black female singers who have besotted Dylan since his youth. (OK, Keys is half black, and maybe Dylan learned that from Wikipedia, too.) Dylan has long worshiped at the shrine of the black female voice, a source of musical inspiration, erotic obsession, and even religious conversion.
Tangled Up in Keys Why does Bob Dylan namecheck Alicia Keys in his new song?
