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Bruce Springsteen on High Hopes: “This is music I always felt needed to be released.”

Bruce Springsteen has written the liner notes for his new album, High Hopes. Springsteen announced details of High Hopes earlier today. In the liner notes - published below - he explains the choice of songs on the album, and provides some of the back stories behind them, too.

A Neil Young Ultimate Music Guide sampler: “Broken Arrrow”

The Neil Young Ultimate Music Guide that I wrote about here (along with a review of the forthcoming “Live At The Cellar Door” set) is on sale now, so I thought it might be useful to post a sampler of what you might expect in this Uncut special: namely, this piece by me on 1996’s underrated “Broken Arrow”. Every Neil album is reviewed in comparable detail – you can find details of where to buy the mag here

Bob Dylan’s tribute to John Lennon receives its live debut

Bob Dylan's John Lennon tribute, "Roll On John", received its live premiere last night [November 24]. Dylan debuted "Roll On John" as the last song of the final show of a three night stand at Blackpool’s Opera House. The song is taken from Dylan's 2012 album, Tempest. You can hear a live recording below. Dylan plays London's Royal Albert Hall on November 26, 27, and 28.

Bruce Springsteen confirms tracklisting and release date for new album, High Hopes

Bruce Springsteen has confirmed details of his new album, High Hopes. Details of the album were revealed on Springsteen's Facebook page earlier today [November 25]. The album can be pre-ordered on iTunes.

Three hospitalised in Willie Nelson tourbus accident

Three people have been hospitalised after Willie Nelson's band's tourbus was involved in an accident. The bus crashed on Saturday morning ([November 23] in Texas on a icy road, reports TMZ. Nelson was reportedly in his own bus when the band bus hit a bridge pillar roughly 80 miles east of Dallas. One person was left with a broken hip but the other two men apparently "walked away with bumps and bruises".

Christine McVie expresses interest in permanently re-joining Fleetwood Mac

Christine McVie has expressed an interest in permanently re-joining her old band Fleetwood Mac. McVie, who left the band in 1998, said to The Guardian: "I like being with the band, the whole idea of playing music with them. I miss them all. If they were to ask me I would probably be very delighted… but it hasn't happened so we'll have to wait and see." This September McVie joined Fleetwood Mac onstage at London's O2 Arena, to perform "Don't Stop" with the band.

“I don’t like strangeness!” An extensive interview with Kristin Hersh

I wrote a Throwing Muses feature for the November 2013 issue of Uncut, for which I spoke to all Muses past and present. The key interview, of course, was with Kristin Hersh, which ended up taking place over two lengthy sessions.
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