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There’s a Youtube clip of Ryuichi Sakamoto, dressed in black hunched over a piano playing the piece of music he is most famous for – “Forbidden Colours”, from the film Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence. It is, I guess, the idea of Sakamoto we’re most familiar with – the artist, his instrument of choice, the music he is playing both delicate and fluid.

A handy primer to the ever-expanding catalogue of the Aussie experimentalist

Evolution here we come! The gradual blossoming of a modern-day rock guitar master

The story of Drake's life and career as told by Joe Boyd, John Wood, Richard Thompson, Beverley Martyn and more

An all-star cast pick the Modfather's greatest work

Yoko Ono is to release two 10-inch vinyl records to mark her 82nd birthday – 'Antony & Yoko' and 'Yoko Ono & John Zorn'.

The director talks glaciers, No Wave and The Sons Of Lee Marvin

Primal Scream are touring the UK next week, beginning their trip at Manchester’s Apollo (December 10) – a fitting time, then, to revisit this piece from Uncut’s June 2006 issue (Take 109), in which frontman Bobby Gillespie answers questions from fans and famous admirers, discusses E, regrets, rock’n’roll and The Jesus And Mary Chain. Interview: Nick Hasted

Rock’s poet-noise iconoclast debuts new underground supergroup...

Arctic Monkeys, Arcade Fire and The Clash are among the artists releasing new records as part of this year's Record Store Day.