Tomorrow is Bob Dylan's 60th birthday so I'll be devoting all three hours of Folk Roots/Folk Branches to Dylan's songs.

In 1999, writing in Sing Out! Magazine, I noted that Bob Dylan redefined "how we make, listen to, and think about folk music, popular music and rock 'n' roll, and how those strands collide, intersect and combine with each other." Because this week's edition of Folk Roots/Folk Branches falls on Dylan's 60th birthday, we'll mark the occasion with an entire show devoted to the songs of this most-influential artist.

We'll hear many of Dylan's own recordings as well as versions of his songs performed by generations of other artists.

The show airs tomorrow (Thursday May 24) from 9:00-noon on CKUT, 90.3 FM in Montreal or in RealAudio from the Folk Roots/Folk Branches website.

Mike Regenstreif