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Friends and collaborators on Gil Scott-Heron’s legacy: “There seemed to be a part of him that could never really relax”

As Gil Scott-Heron's landmark album Pieces Of A Man turns 50, collaborators and eyewitnesses tell us about Scott-Heron’s creative peak and the power of his songs.

The Waterboys on Room To Roam’s legacy: “We were a lot wilder and more exciting than the record conveyed”

Riding high on the momentum of Fisherman’s Blues, in 1989 The Waterboys reconvened at their new spiritual home in Ireland to make the follow-up. Mike Scott’s plan to broaden the sound didn’t quite go to plan, but as a new box-set reveals, Room To Roam was far from a misfire

Introducing the Ultimate Music Guide to The Rolling Stones

BUY THE ROLLING STONES ULTIMATE MUSIC GUIDE HERE The message, as the Rolling Stones play their first tour dates without Charlie Watts, is that the...

Inside Uncut’s new free posterzine, Bowie Bulletin No. 2

Tony Visconti and other early Bowie collaborators spill the beans

Michael Chapman on his remarkable career: “I used to write on anything that would move”

With Michael Chapman’s passing, we have lost a true original. In this interview from 2016, he talks about the many highlights of his remarkable and enduring career

A David Bowie special, Pink Floyd, The Waterboys, REM and more star in the new issue of Uncut

Our Bowie spectacular includes a special posterzine, Collector's cover and more

Courtney Barnett on new album Things Take Time, Take Time: “I ended up making calm, simple, repetitive, meditative music”

Locked down in Melbourne, Courtney Barnett has busied herself buying plants, making soups and hoarding vintage gear. Finally, she emerges with a brilliant new album – but how do the Mojave Desert, Arthur Russell and Joni Mitchell feature in its creation?

Shannon Lay on new album Geist: “The beliefs I had about myself were crumbling. Everything was shattering”

From her beginnings in LA’s punk scene, via jobs in weed dispensaries and her association with Ty Segall, Shannon Lay has reached the nexus between British folk-rock, spiritual jazz and indie

The 8th Uncut New Music Playlist of 2021

Dean Wareham, Bedouine, Phoebe Bridgers, Mogwai, Irreversible Entanglements and more

The Rolling Stones’ producer Chris Kimsey on Charlie Watts: “It’s all in the style”

The longtime Stones producer and engineer remembers a “gentleman”
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On April 19, 1971, Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson were still essentially students in “ratty jeans”, being suspiciously eyeballed by the seasoned jazz and soul vets who had gathered to record their first album of proper songs at RCA Studios in New York City. On bass was Ron Carter of Miles Dav...

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