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The acid-folk king says: Perhaps I'm a springy pubic hair on the body of Bert Jansch...

I guess there are a few recurring subjects on Wild Mercury Sound, little hives of activity that I seem to keep visiting again and again. Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace label is one, and I need to tell you about the mighty new Magik Markers LP sometime soon. But the extended, diverse and interwoven Thompson and Wainwright folk dynasties is definitely another.

Death of Founding Chairman of Atlantic Records Marks End Of Era

Wayne Kramer, guitarist with legendary Detroit noisemakers MC5, on their hotly anticipated gig with Sun Ra Arkestra at London's Royal Festival Hall.

Lavish nine-CD box of unreleased scream-up by visionary saxophonist

Seven-disc addition to Miles Davis box set series

New York's prolific eccentric vents anti-Bush spleen

Superbly packaged box set of all five Garcia solo discs, plus oodles of outtakes

Re-emergence of jazz-folk classic from Chicago tunesmith

High Llamas' guitarist's best solo album to date