But a sad little compromise is not at all what Dylan presented in “Shadow Kingdom,” which premiered Sunday afternoon (with tickets priced at $25) and will be available for replay on demand until Tuesday night. Were those players — among them Buck Meek of Big Thief and the well-traveled sideman Shahzad Ismaily — actually playing as we watched? The same may have been true of the singer himself, whose mouth was usually obscured behind an old-fashioned crooner’s microphone. AdvertisementBut such concerns seem beside the point of the very “Twin Peaks”-ish “Shadow Kingdom,” which played to the strengths of its streaming-video format to create an eerie cinematic vibe instead of seeking to duplicate the feeling of being at a concert. He didn’t do anything from his most recent LP, “Rough and Rowdy Ways,” which earned rave reviews when it came out in June 2020.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 19, 2021 18:00 UTC