Generally, RWB only discusses Dylan-related music in this space, but, back in March, an exception was made to note the forthcoming release by one T-Bone Burnett. Well, today, the folks at BobDylan.com made a similar exception, sending out a message to everyone on that mailing list about the T-Bone albums being released on May 16th (one double CD retrospective, and one album of brand new songs). Of-course, they are label-mates, so that figures into it, although BobDylan.com subscribers hardly get notifications of every new Columbia/Sony release.

Interestingly, Jakob Dylan (Bob’s son) will be appearing as a “very special guest” on T-Bone’s tour; a fact first brought to RWB’s attention by reader Blake a couple of weeks ago.

Burnett’s forthcoming album includes titles such as “Earlier Baghdad (The Bounce),” “Palestine Texas,” and “Fear Country,” which might lead some to expect some kind of obvious political sloganeering, such as we’ve heard from others lately, but based on what I’ve heard and what I know of T-Bone, there’s something deeper going on. It might actually be possible to write songs that relate to the world we live in without resorting to immature posturing. Who’d a thunk it?

Burnett now has his own website, and even his own MySpace.com page, where you can hear samples of several of the songs. (A warning to all you kiddies who use that site: T-Bone is well over 50 years old, no matter what he may claim.)

The new album is this one:

The retrospective two-CD box is this one:

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