I was reading this interesting Wilco piece a few days ago, which talks about how Jeff Tweedy has parlayed cult success into what appears to be a viable business model. It made me think of the strategies used by Mark Kozelek these past few years: how he keeps a steady stream of music, predominantly live albums, coming through his Caldo Verde label to satisfy his obsessive fans (and I suspect Kozelek fans tend to be by nature obsessive; I know I am).

Ozzy Osbourne has said that original Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward was "too overweight" to join the band on their reunion tour.

Greil Marcus has re-evaluated Bob Dylan’s Self Portrait in the new issue of Uncut, out now, over three decades after he wrote his infamous ‘what is this shit?’ review of the record for Rolling Stone.

Bill Callahan is to release a new single on August 19, featuring dub versions of two songs from his forthcoming album, Dream River. The single features "Expanding Dub" - a take on the song "Javelin Unlanding" - backed with "High In The Mid-40's Dub", a version of the album's closing track, "Winter Road". Scroll down to hear "Expanding Dub". Dream River is released on September 16 on Drag City.

You find us at that time in the month when things start getting more than a wee bit hectic, deadlines fast approaching as we head into the final week or so of work on the new issue, for which I am reviewing Roy Harper’s Man & Myth, his first album of new material since The Green Man, 13 years ago. There’s also the small matter of next month’s cover story, which I’m also writing, which means it’s all go at the moment.

Elvis Presley's recording sessions at Stax Records will be released together as a box set for the first time today (August 6). Titled Elvis at Stax: Deluxe Edition, the three-CD box set also features outtakes and rare photos from the two July and December 1973 sessions, which resulted in three separate albums. As AP reports, the sessions started in 1973 when Presley was forced to head into the studio to record new material to fulfil his contract.

Uncut is delighted to host an exclusive clip from the upcoming concert film, Morrissey 25: Live. Filmed live by director James Russell during Morrissey’s show at the Hollywood High School in Los Angeles on 2 March 2013, Morrissey 25: Live is the artist's first authorised film for nine years and celebrates his 25th anniversary as a solo artist. Scroll down to watch Morrissey perform "Everyday Is Like Sunday" from the film.

A series of Bob Dylan/'s paintings are to go on display at the National Portrait Gallery. The series of 12 pastel works are a mix of real and fictitious characters and will be displayed at the London museum from August. It will be the first time Dylan has exhibited his work in the UK since 2008, when The Halcyon Gallery showed a collection of Dylan's drawings from 1989 and 1992.