Listen to Bob Dylan's first original song in 8 years, 'Murder Most Foul'

2012 file photo of Bob Dylan performing during the 21st edition of the Vieilles Charrues music festival in France. Dylan surprised fans overnight into March 27, 2020, by releasing his first original music in eight years. – AFP

Bob Dylan surprised fans overnight into Friday by releasing his first original music in eight years, a 17-minute ballad about the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Backed by delicate piano, strings and muted drums, Murder Most Foul retells the shooting of the US president while describing the evolution of 1960s counterculture.