3 Things to Know About Scarlet Rivera’s Violin on Bob Dylan’s Desire

Rivera gave the album its distinctive violin-driven sound Her playing is the defining instrumental voice on the record, weaving through tracks like “One More Cup of Coffee” and “Hurricane.”

Dylan discovered her playing violin on a New York street He heard her busking, asked her to join his sessions, and she became a key collaborator on the album.

She was not a session musician or a known name before Desire Rivera was an unknown street performer, which made her raw, unpolished style a perfect fit for the album’s urgent, folk-rock energy.