Hit Singles
Kaia Kater Strange Medicine
It’s been a full six years since Kaia Kater’s last album, the exquisite Grenades, but she appears to have spent the time judiciously. Having undertaken a residency at the Canadian Film Centre, she’s broadened an already impressive skill set by composing TV and movie scores, which, in turn, now feed into the soundscapes of Strange Medicine. JONI MITCHELL IS ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE! At the same time, the album finds Kater rediscovering the passion for banjo – she spent years studying Appalachian music in West Virginia – that made 2016’s Nine...
Holland-Dozier-Holland Detroit 1969-1977
Born of Eddie Holland’s conviction that he, his brother Brian and their fellow songwriter and producer Lamont Dozier were not getting a fair share of the proceeds from the global success of Berry Gordy Jr’s Motown company in the 1960s, the Invictus and Hot Wax labels made some glorious music as that decade shaded into the next. JONI MITCHELL IS ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE! The elder Holland set up their labels when the trio were still in dispute with Motown. As Dozier wrote in his autobiography, the lawsuits and countersuits went...
Watch all four members of R.E.M. perform together for the first time since 2007
Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Bill Berry reunited for a one-off performance last night (June 14). This was the first time all four members of R.E.M. had performed together in public since their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. You can watch the footage below. JONI MITCHELL IS ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE! Advertisement The occasion was the band’s induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York. The band – who had already appeared together in an interview for CBS Mornings – were...Watch all four members of R.E.M. perform live together for the first time since 2007
Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Bill Berry reunited for a one-off performance last night (June 14). This was the first time all four members of R.E.M. had performed together in public since their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. You can watch the footage below. JONI MITCHELL IS ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE! Advertisement The occasion was the band’s induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in New York. The band – who had already appeared together in an interview for CBS Mornings – were...
Hear Joan As Police Woman’s new single, “Long For Ruin”
Joan Wasser, aka Joan As Police Woman, has shared a new single, “Long For Ruin”. You can hear it below. JONI MITCHELL IS ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE! Wasser says, “This song refers to the human race’s seemingly willful move away from ourselves. Away from our interest in listening, in finding commonalities and compassion, communication and love. We seem intent on destroying ourselves. We seem unwilling to share resources. We seem to have turned away from ourselves and in turn each other.” Advertisement The track is taken from her upcoming studio...
Nubya Garcia announces new album, Odyssey
Nubya Garcia returns with “The Seer“, the first track taken from her new album, Odyssey. You can hear “The Seer” below. JONI MITCHELL IS ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE! Odyssey is released on September 20 via Concord Jazz. Advertisement Says Garcia, “It represents the notion of truly being on your own path, and trying to discard all the outside noise saying you should go this way or that way.” Odyssey feartures Esperanza Spalding, Richie Seivwright and Georgia Anne Muldrow and is produced by Garcia and returning collaborator Kwes. The tracklisting for Odyssey is: Advertisement Dawn...
John Murry & Cowboy Junkies’ Michael Timmins announce new album
John Murry & Cowboy Junkies‘ Michael Timmins have collaborated on a little bit of Grace and Decay, a soundtrack to the documentary, The Graceless Age: The Ballad Of John Murry. JONI MITCHELL IS ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE! Tracks include stripped back versions of songs from A Short History Of Decay, new songs and sections from the documentary score. Advertisement The album is released on September 20 on Deluxe CD as a Download on TV Records. “Ever since we finished recording A Short History of Decay back in 2016, I’ve been waiting...
Françoise Hardy interviewed: “The truth? We will discover it after we die”
To Paris, then, for a rare meeting with FRANÇOISE HARDY. There is a splendid new album to discuss, of course – her first for six years. But the pioneering chanteuse also reflects on her remarkable career, recounts run-ins with The Beatles, Dylan and Nick Drake, and shares her own hard-won philosophies. “In my head,” she tells Tom Pinnock, “I’m still very young.” Originally published in Uncut’s June 2018 issue Follow Tom on Twitter: @thomaspinnock Advertisement ___________________________ Tucked away on the back cover of 1964’s Another Side Of Bob Dylan is a poem. “For Françoise Hardy,” writes Dylan. “At the...
Send us your questions for Steve Diggle!
Everybody and their dog now claim to have been at Sex Pistols’ seminal first show at Manchester’s Lesser Free Trade Hall in June 1976, but Steve Diggle was most definitely there. It’s where he first met Buzzcocks’ Pete Shelley and Howard Devoto and was recruited to join one of Britain’s foundational punk outfits. JONI MITCHELL IS ON THE COVER OF THE NEW UNCUT – ORDER YOUR COPY HERE! When Devoto suddenly quit less than a year later, Diggle stepped up to become Buzzcocks’ co-frontman, penning some of the era’s most enduring breakneck pop hits. Advertisement The fruitful Shelley-Diggle partnership...Recent Posts
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