The 36th studio album will reportedly consist entirely of cover versions.
The news of his new album started making the rounds when advance copies of Dylan’s latest box set “The Basement Tapes Complete” came with a flyer advertisement inserted into the artwork.
The flyer stated in plain white text on a black background: “Bob Dylan – Shadows In The Night – New Album Coming 2015”, reportscontactmusic.com.
No other details of the forthcoming album have been confirmed, but “Shadows In The Night” is widely believed to be an album of cover versions.
This is based on the current existence of a cover of Frank Sinatra’s 1945 hit “Full Moon and Empty Arms”, which Dylan posted back in May.
A spokesman for Dylan stated at the time that “the track is definitely from a forthcoming album due later this year”.