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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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“He was in some other dimension” JEFF BECK | 1944–2023 • The trailblazing rock guitarist remembered by his former Yardbirds bandmates: “Jeff was a complete one-off”

“I’d say Jeff was a playful disruptor”

BECK-OLA! • Jeff’s 12 greatest moments on record

Early Bird TOP TOPHAM | 1947-2023 • Saluting The Yardbirds’ original lead guitarist

Full Nelson • A new five-part documentary, Willie Nelson & Family, digs into every chapter of his long and colourful life

A QUICK ONE

Earthly delights • At 82, Dorothy Moskowitz returns to the haunting electronics of The United States Of America

This is hardback! • As Pulp return for live shows this summer, a lavish new photobook captures them at their artistic peak

Andrew Wasylyk • Former indie-popster crafts lush ambient jazz inspired by the North Sea coast

UNCUT PLAYLIST • On the stereo this month…

Dancing Days • 15 tracks of the month’s best new music

Mark Eitzel • The former American Music Club mainman talks musicals, mushrooms, Lou Reed and why he’d tell his younger self “to get my fucking head out of my own fucking ass”

LONNIE HOLLEY • Idiosyncratic auteur shines in a bigger, bolder setting, with high-calibre guests.

MITHS AND LEGENDS • Lonnie Holley’s path to Oh Me Oh My

Q&A • Lonnie Holley: “Everything on the planet is going to have to be reshaped”

THE LONG RYDERS • Sid Griffin and co elegantly lament the cruelty of our times.

Q&A • Sid Griffin on fallen comrades and Twitter spats: “There’s always a war somewhere”

AtoZ • This month…

SHANA CLEVELAND • La Luz frontwoman learns to live with the snakes.

Q&A • Shana Cleveland “It’s kind of creepy”

EDDIE CHACON • LA soul survivor on his unlikely return from the wilderness

VAN MORRISON • Van goes back to his ’50s roots.

Q&A • Seth Lakeman inside the Moving On Skiffle sessions: “We didn’t play any song twice”

CHIP TAYLOR • “Wild Thing” veteran continues his creative streak

AMERICANA ROUNDUP

ELIJAH McLAUGHLIN • From American Primitive guitar to resonant synth and cello drones

LONDON BREW • The cream of the UK jazz scene brilliantly channel Miles’s dark electric voodoo.

Q&A • Tuba player Theon Cross: “A lot of the time it’s about close listening”

UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA • Reconnecting with his Hawaiian heritage, Ruban Nielson emerges into the light.

Q&A • Ruban Nielson: “I definitely prioritised feeling above meaning”

SLEAFORD MODS • Jason Williamson carries on raging: “I don’t think we’ll ever stop, to be honest”

GINA BIRCH • Raincoats founder’s revelatory solo debut, co-produced by Youth.

Q&A • Gina Birch: “I think I might’ve been an alternative comedian”

VARIOUS ARTISTS • A real-time document of Stax Records’ legendary 1972 festival in LA.

RIGHT ON! • The best Stax live albums

Q&A • Carla Thomas and David Porter recall Wattstax: “It was a very meaningful thing”

ELVIS COSTELLO & BURT BACHARACH • 1998’s immaculate collaboration expanded into a phantom musical, with unreleased covers and live cuts.

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