Bear with me a minute while I blow away a few of these cobwebs. Yeah, that’s better. Anyway, what I…
Uncut Editor’s Diary
The 1978 Anti-Nazi League Carnival – Were You There?
The Rock Against Racism manifesto at the time of the second of 1978's major anti-fascist festivals, held in September in…
Uncut on the Led Zeppelin reunion!
I won’t after all be one of the 20,000 people who tonight will be at the O2 Arena for the…
Babyshambles, again. . .
We arrive what we think is early at Wembley Arena on Tuesday night for Babyshambles’ biggest headline show of their…
Josh Ritter conquers London
It must have been an unusually quiet day, because we are not usually out and about when we should be…
The National’s anthems. . .
I wasn’t able in the end to go to see The National at Shepherd’s Bush Empire last night, but Chris…
The Eagles land in London for ‘intimate’ show. . .
I’m standing at the bar of the swanky Indigo2 annexe to the O2 Arena when someone over the PA tells…
Jimi Hendrix: Not Necessarily Stoned. . .But Beautiful
Jimi Hendrix: Not Necessarily Stoned. . .But Beautiful A few of us from the office went last night to the…
Cowboy Junkies revisit the Trinity Session with Ryan Adams and Thea Gilmore
In February 1989, I find myself in Portland, Oregon, at the Pine Street Theatre, a venue that sounds somewhat grander…
Dylan At Newport 1963-65 – The Best Concert Movie Ever?
I’m not sure what I was expecting from Murray Lerner’s The Other Side Of The Mirror – Bob Dylan At…
Even more on that ‘new’ Dylan album – plus ‘tracklisting’
My recent post about what I’d heard via an email from someone calling himself Raul Spendliv has excited a lot…
More on that ‘new’ Dylan album – including a title!
I don’t know how he’s come by the information, but I’ve had an email from the splendidly-named Raul Spendliv, who…
Happy birthday to The Band’s Garth Hudson. . .
When on July 28, 1973, The Band played the Summer Jam festival at Watkins Glen, New York, on a bill…
Dylan storms Nashville, Jack White guests
Of course, I’d love to have been there, but since I wasn’t, here’s guest blogger Gavin Martin, on Bob Dylan’s…
Mick Jones, Back In The Ring!
There’s barely a dry eye in the corner of the Electric Ballroom where I’m standing when as part of the…
Dylan To Start Work On New Album. . .
Well, it’s all going off on Planet Bob. As if the Mark Ronson re-mix of “Most Likely You Go Your…
The Jesus And Mary Chain – why aren’t all reunion shows this good?
I’m not sure how keen I am on the current trend for groups to reform, especially when, as is the…
Another massive night for The Hold Steady
I knew I was heading for trouble at last night’s Hold Steady show at Camden’s Electric Ballroom when I realised…
The Stones bring it all back home, amazingly
I had originally intended to fill this space on Wednesday with some excited words on the first of this week’s…
Bryan Ferry And The Beauty Of A Decent Record Shop
I’ve just been reading Re-Make/Re-Model, Michael Bracewell’s new book on the formative years of Roxy Music and was particularly struck…