In this issue

Mike Oldfield - An audience with the multi-instrumentalist.

The Archive-Including: The Doors, the Grateful Dead, Gene Clark, Mose Allison.

50 Modern Protest Songs - Songwriters still raging against the machine, from Dylan and Young to Jarvis Cocker, Julian Cope and Janelle Monáe.

A Hurricane Is Like Having The Devil In Your Backyard

An Audience with MiKeike Oldfield.

8 mins

The Grateful Dead

An unlikely proto-punk classic.

4 mins

If You Want A Partner, Take My Hand…

The enduring consolations of Leonard Cohen: Uncut marks the departure of rock’s pre-eminent poet. David Cavanagh examines the life and work of a dapper master of his craft, while Cohen’s closest collaborators share their intimate memories: “When I awoke, there was Leonard, crouching at the foot of my bed, looking directly into my face with the utmost compassion.”

10+ mins

A Song For You

A celebration of one of rock’s most storied careers. Uncut remembers Leon Russell with a previously unpublished interview in which he looks back at his extraordinary life with Phil Spector, The Byrds, Joe Cocker, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and Frank Sinatra. “My songs are tributes, a lot of the time, to things that are important in my life.”

10+ mins

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Uncut UK Magazine Description:

Published by Time Inc (UK). Uncut is the essential magazine about rock music, written by people who love that music as much as you do. Every month, it features the most comprehensive and trustworthy album reviews section in the world. There are in-depth interviews with the finest musicians of the past five decades, and with the exciting new artists who are following in their great tradition. Insightful, informative, passionate about extraordinary music – that’s Uncut.