Producer and XL head Richard Russell pays tribute to the late Bobby Womack in the new issue of Uncut, out now – also featuring a classic interview with Womack from the archives.
Damon Albarn has said that Blur may never finish the album they began working on in 2013.
Albarn recorded new music with his Blur bandmates in Hong Kong in May last year.
However, in an interview published in this week's NME which is on newsstands tomorrow (July 30) and available digitally, Albarn says that because he likes to work in shorter, more concentrated periods of time he fears that he may never return to the tracks the band made while in Asia.
Tony Allen has revealed details of his new album, Film Of Life.
He has shared a track from the album, "Go Back", which features Damon Albarn on guest vocals.
You can listen to the song below.
Film Of Life is Allen's fifth solo album. Allen, who played with Albarn in The Good, The Bad, & The Queen, made his name as the drummer for Fela Kuti's band Africa 70. He also worked alongside Albarn in the 2012 project, Rocketjuice and The Moon.
Film Of Life is set for release in October. You can watch a trailer for the album below.
Damon Albarn has played "Song 2" live for the first time without his Blur bandmates – watch footage of it below.
The singer is currently touring the US supporting his solo album, Everyday Robots.
While Albarn has been playing Blur material on the tour, with tracks including "Out Of Time" and "This Is A Low", last night's gig at Royale, Boston, was the first time he has played "Song 2" and the first time ever without his Blur bandmates.
Damon Albarn is a man of many guises, and it seems he also has an outfit to match them all. In his role as Blur frontman, he consistently favoured Fred Perry tops and oxblood Doc Martens. As a member of Gorillaz, he even went as far as to adopt an entirely different persona – the spiky-haired animated singer 2D (real name: Stuart Tusspot). For The Good, The Bad And The Queen, he favoured a Two Tone-style dark suit and a low top hat, and for his reimagining of the life of Elizabethan mystic John Dee, he went as far as to grow a beard. Tonight, he arrives on stage wearing a simple suit and tie and a pair of desert boots.
Damon Albarn, who collected the Award For Innovation at the NME Awards 2014 with Austin, Texas last night (February 26), says Blur have recorded 15 new songs for a new album, but they won’t see the light of day for years.
