Music Reviews

Cuban Heals

One of the greatest living exponents of American roots music teams up with leading Cuban rock...

Jeff Klein - Everybody Loves A Winner

Following labelmate Jesse Malin's success, twentysomething Jeff Klein's take on warped American...

Xtra Curricular

FUZZY WARBLES 2

Buddy Miller - Midnight And Lonesome

Nashville-based Miller's stock has never been higher: Emmylou Harris' musical director for the...

This Month In Americana

Stunning two-CD document of last summer's Louisville, Kentucky shows. DVD to follow

Erasure - Other People's Songs

Kitsch covers of pop standards

Emily Sparks - What Could Not Be Buried

Beguiling country/folk-pop debut

Threnody Ensemble - Timbre Hollow

Elegant chamber music for Mogwai fans

DPZ - Turn Off The Radio

Impressive revolutionary rap from Florida

Faust - Patchwork 1971-2002

Mosaic of hitherto unreleased Faust sounds, spanning their 31-year career

All About Eve - Iceland

First studio album in 10 years from top pop-goths

Talib Kweli - Quality

Mos Def's best mate expands hip hop's horizons

Thomson

West Country power pop brothers gonna work it out

Borderline Genius

The king of visionary Americana takes his place among rock's greats

Josh Pearson - Upstairs At The Spitz, London Wednesday December 4 2002

The real fired-up deal-Lift To Experience frontman's acoustic solo debut

While Guitars Gently Weep

East meets West as Clapton, Shankar, Jeff Lynne and both surviving Beatles celebrate the life of...

Days Of Thunder

Twenty-two tracks from Dylan's legendary Rolling Thunder tour finally see official release

Junior Kimbrough - T-Model Ford

North Mississippi blues by unknown, ageing modern masters

Looking At The Stars

Prolific UK singer-songwriter dazzles on fifth LP

Aqualung

Former frontman of The 45's and Ruth strikes gold

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Editor's Letter

Bruce Springsteen, Tame Impala, Rodriguez, George Clinton, John Fogerty, Prince and George Jones in new Uncut


I would have bought the issue of Melody Maker in which I first read about Bruce Springsteen on my way into the art school in Newport, where in March 1973 I was in my last term, only a few months away from moving to London and not long after that fetching up on MM as a junior reporter/feature...