Published by Time Inc. (UK) Ltd Uncut is the essential magazine about rock music, written by people who love that music as much as you do. Every month, it features the most comprehensive and trustworthy album reviews section in the world. There are in-depth interviews with the finest musicians of the past five decades, and with the exciting new artists who are following in their great tradition. Insightful, informative, passionate about extraordinary music – that’s Uncut.
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“There was no holding back” • Photographer Elliott Landy revisits his candid pictures of Janis Joplin, revealing “the essence of the ’60s”
“I’m defıned by my writing” • Ray Davies has reimagined The Kinks’ Lola Versus Powerman as a radio musical about a songwriter who makes a pact with the Devil…
Pride of Orleans • A new film follows the river south to The Big Easy, where the spirit of Dr John, The Meters and the Mardi Gras tribes lives on
A QUICK ONE
Poet in motion • Abiodun Oyewole of The Last Poets may no longer be arming for battle the way they once did, but his lyrical mission continues
Eve Adams • LA-based noir songwriter “making something beautiful out of something tragic”
UNCUT PLAYLIST • On the stereo this month…
Hit Parade • 15 tracks of the month’s best new music
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“Music exists in the present tense” • The Patti Smith guitarist, Nuggets compiler and venerable rock scholar talks techno, Tom Verlaine and his own ‘lightning striking’ moment
JAKE XERXES FUSSELL • Timeless tales of loss and redemption fuel folk-informed Southern songwriter’s stirring return.
GOOD AND GREEN RECORDS • Fussell on the albums that inspired his latest
Q&A
CAT POWER • Singing not drowning – Chan Marshall’s spontaneous jukebox.
A to Z • This month…
THE SOUNDCARRIERS • Hauntologists increasingly more than their influences.
ROB ALDRIDGE & THE PROPONENTS
IMARHAN • Tuareg rockers reconnect with the serenity and sadness of their home.
UÈLE LAMORE • The multi-talented artist on her multiple sources of influence
VARIOUS ARTISTS • Songs of praise, Southern style.
BLACK FLOWER • Belgian fusionists embark on an immersive electronic voyage.
JANA HORN • Abandon, hope: intrepid Texan’s leap of faith.
ROBERT FRIPP • Into the “liminal zone” with a boxset of ambient soundscapes – one for each week of the year.
FRIPPING OUT • Three other staging posts on the Frippertronics/Soundscaping journey
KELLEY STOLTZ • Lo-fi Brian Wilson’s home-recorded classic reissued with outtakes.
AtoZ
THE DREAM SYNDICATE • Steve Wynn on their third album’s return
MARY WILSON • Long overdue celebration of a supreme talent.
CARAMBOLAGE • Trifecta from the overlooked German post-punks
THE CHIEFTAINS • Forty-track compilation from the Irish giants
COMING NEXT MONTH…
2022 ALBUMS PREVIEW • One record has been inspired by Hawaiian slack-key guitar, another honours the great heroes of West Africa’s Bamana kingdom, while a third finds its protagonist returning with “guns full-on fucking blazing”. Join us, then, for Uncut’s essential guide to many of 2022’s key albums. Brace yourself for news of NEIL YOUNG, JACK WHITE, BJÖRK, SPIRITUALIZED, COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS, ARCADE FIRE, THE WEATHER STATION, DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, STEPHEN STILLS, BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD, JOAN SHELLEY, ROKIA KONÉ, ROLLING BLACKOUTS CF, COWBOY JUNKIES, THE COMET IS COMING, SCRITTI POLITTI and more…
COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS
NEIL YOUNG
BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD
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