Shadow Kingdom

Shadow Kingdom is the fortieth studio album and second soundtrack album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on June 2, 2023, through Columbia Records. The songs were recorded at Village Recorder in West Los Angeles in early 2021 to accompany Alma Har'el's film Shadow Kingdom: The Early Songs of Bob Dylan, which was shot later. Although no musicians are listed in the credits, various sources have identified the session players as consisting of veterans such as T Bone Burnett and Don Was. It is the first album in which Dylan plays with a band that features no drums or percussion. Shadow Kingdom consists of new recordings of 13 songs from the first half of Dylan's career plus a new instrumental track titled "Sierra's Theme". The album was preceded by a single for "Watching the River Flow", which was released on streaming platforms and as a YouTube video on April 13, 2023. The performance of "Forever Young" from Har'el's film was released as a standalone video on June 2, 2023. The album received universal praise from critics.