In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Uncut (UK)

• Let’s be Avenue!
  Billy Bragg and Wilco finally get it together for a full set of their celebrated Woody Guthrie songs
• Respect is dew
  In 1967, Bonnie Dobson’s signature song was stolen from her. Now, thanks to the intervention of Robert Plant among others, she’s enjoying a heartwarming second act
• ‘‘I’m just a people person!’’
  Chart-topping everyman Paul Heaton on booze, Burnham and “greedy” rockers
• Pomp up the volume
  Peter Hammill, Carl Palmer, Jane Weaver and more don their capes for the BBC’s first ever Prog Rock Prom
• Sheila make a bid!
  Johnny Marr is auctioning off 85 of his famous guitars, including these storied models…
• Sound Records
  23 George Street, Stroud, GL5 3DP
• Greg Freeman
  Rootsy road-trip rock’n’roll that takes the long view of American history
• Uncut Playlist
  On the stereo this month…
• SUBSCRIBE TO UNCUT
  THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF GREAT MUSIC
• JOHN CARPENTER
  The cult movie director talks Procol Harum, pub crawls with Dave Davies, and his unexpected second act as a rock star
• DINOSAUR JR
  J, Murph and Lou maintain their glorious mid-career form on sixth LP since their 2005 comeback.
• FOSSIL RECORDS
  Three 21st-century Dino peaks
• Q&A
  Dinosaur Jr: “We do well when we play faster”
• CARLY SIMON
  Concerns of the present and echoes of the past converge in Simon’s first new music in two decades.
• AtoZ
  This month…
• GETDOWN SERVICES
  Buzzy Bristol duo merge humour and emotion on album two.
• THE AFGHAN WHIGS
  Barrelling energy, reflection… but no regrets as Greg Dulli’s titans turn 40.
• THE JAYHAWKS
  US alt.country heroes go full Canadiana
• SARAH DAVACHI
  The Canadian composer explains her extended, subtle creations
• LIAM HAYES
  Defiantly opulent opus from Milwaukee’s perennial man out of time.
• MARTIN CARTHY
  Twenty enlightening, essential discs from a custodian of the British folk tradition.
• CONDUIT YOURSELF
  Three highlights from Carthy’s long journey into traditional song
• Q&A
  Martin Carthy: “I made it up as I went along – which is a real bloomin’ cheek!”
• SKIP JAMES
  The rediscovered bluesman’s haunting last stand.
• CHARANJIT SINGH
  The accidental ‘godfather of acid house’ invents the future.
• REDISCOVERED
  Uncovering the underrated and overlooked
• MOVE ON UP
  In 2018, ALABAMA SHAKES were at the height of their powers – and then they walked away. Now, nearly a decade on, Uncut meets the reunited band in rural Tennessee as they unveil a bold, shape-shifting new album – and navigate a second act rooted in healing, community and creative rebirth. “Band stories don’t have to follow that same old storyline,” hears Stephen Deusner. “We’ve learned that it’s important that you write your story, however you want.”
• BUYERS’ GUIDE
  Alabama Shakes hiatus projects
• “IT SHREDS MY VOCAL CORDS”
  Behind Brittany Howard’s new punk band
• Family
  The progressive firebrands talk us through their back catalogue. “We were a really meaty band…”
• WHAT REALLY WENT ON THERE? WE ONLY HAVE THIS EXCERPT
  Uncut attends THE FALL: FUTURES AND PASTS, a celebration of The Fall’s 50th anniversary. It’s a great event, if one that highlights the absence left by Fall lyricist and frontman Mark E Smith. Amid learned discussions, high comedy and touching moments, a quest develops for the mysterious spark that lit a 40-year recording career. “Sometimes bands make one single and disappear. You think, ‘Oh, they’re going to be great’, and they could never do it again,” John Robinson hears. “Mark just kept doing it.”
• VARIOUS GOOD TIMES
  10 strong moments from The Fall: Futures And Pasts
• WE ARE FAMILY
  Despite being born into one of America’s greatest musical dynasties, THE WOMACK SISTERS – granddaughters of Sam Cooke, daughters of Womack & Womack, nieces of Bobby – have taken two decades to get their own career off the ground. Now happily aligned with vintage soul powerhouse Daptone Records, Kucha, Zeimani and BG Womack tell Sam Richards why all the years of setbacks and side hustles were worth it: “We finally did something our parents would sign off.”
• FOOTSTEPS ON THE DANCEFLOOR
  How to buy the Womack/Cooke dynasty
• HOW TO DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY
  In his late parents’ condo on the outskirts of Nashville, LAMBCHOP’s KURT WAGNER is stripping everything back – his band, his sound, even his own presence – in pursuit of a stranger, purer kind of songwriting. Along the way: hit-writing workshops, male voice choirs and an as yet unrecorded album featuring other artists singing his songs. “You need the madness as well as the magic,” he confides to Stephen Deusner.
• “THE STUPIDEST FUCKING THING IN THE WORLD”
  Kurt Wagner explains the story behind his obscure new album closer
• Wide Open Road” by The Triffids
  Written in the aftermath of infidelity: the Australian outsiders’ sweeping meditation on distance, desire and emotional dislocation. “I decided to be blunt…”
• MR TAMBOURINE MAN
  A singular voice in British music, KEVIN AYERS was also one of its most mercurial – equally charming, brilliant and infuriating, he veered between flashes of genius and long retreats from the spotlight. With a new boxset due, we trace his elusive path from colonial Malaysia and Mallorcan enclaves, via Soft Machine and a run of transcendent solo albums, to a final redemptive return. “Kevin didn’t fit easily into the system,” one collaborator tells Rob Hughes. “I think that was always the problem. He didn’t want to compromise.”
• FAMILY GUY
  The Old Grey Whistle Test and Kevin Ayers
• WHATEVER HE BRINGS…
  A Kevin Ayers buyers’ guide
• BLACK MATH
  Analogue obsessions. Basement recordings. Sharp left turns. For three decades, JACK WHITE has been finding compelling new ways to expand his musical vision, taking rock and roots traditions and twisting them into new shapes. Now friends, bandmates and co-conspirators trace the stories behind his greatest records, from the primal thump of The White Stripes to the ram-a-lam hard rock of Frozen Charlotte. “He’s genuinely different,” hears Peter Watts. “He moves and processes at a different speed. He’s fearless. He’s a whirlwind.”
• JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT Royal Albert Hall, London, June 1
  Former hellraiser dispenses rollicking Southern wisdom in High Victorian surroundings
• PAUL WELLER The Piece Hall, Halifax, June 14
  The Modfather turns on the Style – along with a side order of Jam, too
• SCREEN
  Lynchian loveliness meets slasher rom-com; Pedro Almodóvar’s metaphysical tango; a loathsome rich-kid edgelord; and more…
• WE ARE THE SHAGGS FESTIVALS
  Infamous outsider-pop pioneers reappraised in tender new doc.
• Party starters
  Nine portable speakers to suit every budget
• Not Fade Away
  Fondly remembered this month…
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• Crossword
  Win £50 of Rough Trade vouchers!
• Ian Anderson
  The Jethro Tull frontman reveals the songs that make the hairs on the back of his neck stand up: “It’s really quite spiritual…”