A passing fancy

The inside story of Pink Floyd's final studio album

"I'm only just passing on the baton," says Page

As chosen by his Bad Seeds and Grinderman bandmates, famous fans and Cave himself…

Straight outta Memphis: a soul-drenched renaissance...

I had the good fortune to speak to Ry Cooder for the issue of Uncut that's just come off sale (quick plug: you can read all about the new issue here).

It’s a pretty auspicious day, according to my Twitter feed. No, it’s not just that Neil Young has joined Twitter – 21,300 followers and rising.

Sir Paul discusses the end of the Fab Four and a new group…

More sad news, I'm afraid, coming so soon after the passing of Arthur Penn. Tony Curtis' death, aged 85, feels like the last severing of our link to a golden age of movies. Andrew Sumner spoke to him in late 2006, when he was promoting the DVD release of The Persuaders, his 70s TV series with Roger Moore. Curtis was on typically entertaining form: "Talk to me about anything you want, my English chum!" So we did, chatting at length through his career highs - including Some Like It Hot and Spartacus.

This is Hip!: 4CD box set of the blues colossus

The Addiction plug straight back into the main vein