Bob Dylan’s Love and Theft

Released in 2001, Love and Theft is a self-produced Bob Dylan album credited to his Jack Frost pseudonym and recorded largely with musicians from his touring band.

Songs such as “Mississippi,” “High Water,” “Po’ Boy,” and “Lonesome Day Blues” draw on blues, rockabilly, country, swing, vaudeville, and older American song traditions while allowing for flexible, conversational ensemble playing. The album is also associated with debates about lyrical borrowing, its release-day historical context, and Dylan’s late-career renewal. It received major critical recognition, including a Grammy for Contemporary Folk Album.