Circle of soul

Bigger! Groovier! Louder! Matthew E White’s Spacebomb journey continues...

Slow-burn songwriter's moody breakthrough

“Phenomenal” (says E Clapton) guitarist fashions an instant classic...

Dan Michaelson is not a particularly prolific Tweeter, but between musing about IKEA hotdogs and the time he DJed in Topshop (playing John Tavener, Laurie Anderson and ESG back-to-back) he found time to re-Tweet a backhanded compliment from a thoughtful soul called @recordshopbloke. “I do like Dan Michaelson's records,” said the bloke, “but sometimes it’s a bit like a mate on the phone going on endlessly about his tragic life.”

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

Robert Plant on Led Zeppelin, his solo career and more...

Who's got the cleanest boots in the rain-sodden, mud-slicked Vale of Avalon this weekend? Kelis, that's who.

Swamp-pop goes Woodstock: Louisiana legend's rarely heard '72 masterpiece with The Band...

To Los Angeles, then, and last night's Academy Awards. Surprises? Not many, truth be told.

I interviewed T Bone Burnett as part of a piece on Inside Llewyn Davis, the new Coen Brothers film, which ran in the issue of Uncut on sale in December. What was originally meant to be a brisk 10 minute chat about working with the Coens and the film's soundtrack evolved into a much longer conversation, the bulk of which, inevitably, I couldn't work into the feature. So I thought I'd post it here for anyone interested in reading T Bone's thoughts on the evolution of folk music, the music he was listening to when he was growing up, and of course his experiences working with the Coens. Other topics under discussion included the American Civil War, George Clooney and Bob Dylan...