In this issue

David Bowie - As the Conversation Piece boxset arrives, long-serving producer Tony Visconti relives the highs and lows of the Dame's breakthrough years.

The Archive - Including: The Go-Betweens, Robert Plant, The Chemical Brothers, Tim Buckley, Jimi Hendrix, Mick Ronson and more...

Kim Gordon: La Ghosts & Flowers

As KIM GORDON prepares to release No Home Record – her brilliant debut solo album – she takes stock of her consistently adventurous career so far. To discuss: her early days in New York’s Downtown, cooking with Neil Young and the perils of gentrification. “Life is unexpected,” she tells Tom Pinnock

10+ mins

Tinariwen: Even Nomads Get The Blues

A lot has changed for TINARIWEN since they became superstars of desert rock’n’roll. But their Saharan homeland remains as troubled as ever. We track the band down in Morocco, where Michael Bonner hears tales of exile, insurgency and belonging. “As long as people are oppressed, there will be room for protest music,” they explain

10+ mins

Angel Olsen: Her Bright Materials

Welcome to Asheville, North Carolina, where ANGEL OLSEN is poised to release her new album, All Mirrors. Erin Osmon joins the singer-songwriter at home to discuss heartbreak, fantasy property deals and her latest bold pop experiment. “Sometimes your dreams are not what they seem,” she says

10+ mins

“I Was Insatiable!”

From a back garden in Epsom to the stage of the O2 – via Bombay, New York, Marrakesh and Beijing – join us as JIMMY PAGE guides us through 60 years’ worth of his marvellous adventures. CliffRichard! Exorcisms! “A cauldron of inspiration”! There are road trips with The Yardbirds, magical recording sessions at Headley Grange, his ongoing relationship with Robert Plant and the vast musical legacy of Led Zeppelin to consider. “I was dealt a very good hand,” Page tells Michael Odell. “And I like to think I played it well.”

10+ mins

'I Was Pretty Bad At Being A Pop Star'

Riding high on the back of Bon Iver’s endorsement and his finest album in years, the piano master discusses the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, cryogenics and appearing in “some of the worst videos ever made”

7 mins

The Go-Betweens - G Stands For Go-Betweens: Volume 2 – 1985–1989 Domino

Australian indie ambassadors’ golden age showcased in opulent style.

5 mins

It's Too Late To Stop Now

Has VAN MORRISON mellowed at last? After yet another remarkable period in his ongoing creative renaissance, the Celtic soul warrior is on good form as he talks R&B, transcendence and mythical bootlegs with Graeme Thomson. “I didn’t know what the hell I was doing for quite a while,” he reveals

10+ mins

Robert Plant - Digging Deep

ESPARANZA 7/10 Percy on 45! A boxset of 7”s traces Plant’s post-Zep progress. By Michael Bonner

5 mins

Leonard Cohen - Thanks For The Dance

The poet’s intimate musical postscript.

5 mins

'I'll Tell You The Full Story…'

During the past 12 months, a series of lavish boxsets have tracked DAVID BOWIE’s early development throughout 1968 and 1969. As this comprehensive archeological survey concludes with Conversation Piece, long-serving producer TONY VISCONTI relives the highs and lows of Bowie’s breakthrough. There are ham sandwiches, Marc Bolan impressions, the peerless “Space Oddity”, and tearful studio interludes… but, most importantly, we learn how the music made during this brief but pivotal period critically influenced one superstar in the making: David Bowie himself…

10+ mins

'I Was Very Into Solitude' - An Audience With Bill Callahan

At the end of his most successful year to date, the one-time Smog loner talks children’s choirs, Scorsese films, tabloid nudity and why he’d rather be a horse than a bird

7 mins

'A Bit Of Civic Pride'

2019 has been a landmark for THE SPECIALS. A No 1 album, a massive world tour and the declaration of The Specials Day in Los Angeles. For their singer, TERRY HALL, the year has also meant a more personal milestone: collecting his bus pass. Here, Hall – along with bandmates HORACE PANTER and LYNVAL GOLDING – reflects on the triumphs of the past 12 months. But as John Lewis discovers, just don’t ask Hall what he’s planning to call his autobiography…

10+ mins

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen

A haunting search for peace of mind.

6 mins

Still Out Of Sight

James Brown’s backing singer for 32 years, now Martha High has a bag of her own…

3 mins

'When Otis Sang, We Had A Sense Of Destiny' An Audience With Booker T Jones

As he prepares to publish his fascinating life story, the funky Hammond maestro and key architect of the Stax soul sound talks Otis Redding, CSNY and why he’s still never seen a cricket match

8 mins

'How High's The Water, Bob?'

Fifty years ago, BOB DYLAN and JOHNNY CASH holed up for two days in Columbia’s fabled Studio A in Nashville. The sessions, never officially released until now, caught these two titans of American music at pivotal moments in their respective careers. With the release of Travelin’ Thru, 1967 – 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol 15, the full story of this legendary summit can finally be told. Graeme Thomson examines the latest revelations from the Dylan archives, hearing tales of velvet suits, trips to the circus and nocturnal shenanigans at the Black Poodle in Printer’s Alley. “There was an incredible electricity,” says one eyewitness.

10+ mins

The Who

Diamond Who-ha: rock legends’ late-life tour de force.

4 mins

A Hurricane Is Like Having The Devil In Your Backyard

An Audience with MiKeike Oldfield.

8 mins

Marc Almond- Trials of Eyeliner: Anthology 1979-2016

Stunning 10-disc career survey from pop’s dark star.

9 mins

I Was Trying to Find Myself. I Didn't

Isolation in the Greek Islands. Struggles with the nature of fame. Industrial Gospel music. Sessions of “complete reckless abandon”. At home in Eau Claire, Justin Vernon reveals the complicated story of the third Bon Iver album to Stephen Deusner.

10+ mins

Love, Death and the Lady

“I’m a conduit,” says Shirley Collins. “I understand this music better than anybody else.” On the eve of her miraculous return to music, the grande dame of English folk shares her whole story with Jim Wirth: an 81-year odyssey that also involves Alan Lomax, the entire cast of the folk revival, Dylan and Hendrix.

10+ mins

Bob Dylan Triplicate

SHOULD there be anyone on earth still harbouring doubts that Bob Dylan is no longer a protest singer, his decision to release a triple album of saloon-bar standards two months after the accession of President Trump ought to seal the deal. At 75, the contrary old cove remains as mercurial as ever, radical in his non-radicalness.

4 mins

The Making of.. Open Up 

“Burn Hollywood burn”: Eastern samples, pumping rhythms, rebellious lyrics… “We were breaking seriously new ground,” says John Lydon

10 mins

Running Down a Dream

At the dawn of the 1970s, a young Florida band had plausible dreams of making it big. “We were better than anyone else,” recalls their bassist, TOM PETTY, of his doomed first band, MUDCRUTCH. Now, though, he has reunited this mix of Heartbreakers and guitar teachers for a long-awaited turn in the spotlight. Uncut meets a reborn Mudcrutch in New York, and explores with them the lost hinterland of a rock superstar.

10+ mins

Wish you were here

Decades Before The Ravers Reached Ibiza, A Legion Of Questing Souls Were Finding Peace, Creative Inspiration And Cosmic Truths On The Balearic Islands. With The Help Of Nick Mason, Robert Wyatt And Many Other Aspiring Lotus-Eaters, We Retrace The Journey Made By Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, Gong, Joni Mitchell And James Taylor To A Place Where Fisherman’S Huts And Pigsties Were Turned Into Idyllic Psychedelic Temples. “There Was A Lot Of Nudity…”

10+ mins

Jimmy Webb

The songwriting legend on drinking with Richard Harris and flying a glider over Death Valley without his glasses on: “If you had to land, you’d be up Shit Creek…”

10 mins

'I Got Sand In My Teeth!

Punks on acid! Exploding fridges! Desolation Center tells the amazing story of the original California desert sessions…

3 mins

Testify Once More

Prepare to have your jams kicked: MC5’s Wayne Kramer is back with a new lineup of the incendiary band

3 mins

Bitchin Bajas

Recommended this month: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy collaborators offering up hallucinatory synth jams

3 mins

Arctic Monkeys

Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino Domino

4 mins

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