Ex-Pulp man will examine Leonard Cohen and Amy Winehouse's songs

Julian Cope also to appear on Alan Vega 70th birthday celebration discs

Plus: Mercury Rev, New Order and Sandy Denny's Fotheringay in the weekly round-up

Have you got a question for the high priestess of New York punk..?

Hobo blues maverick tentatively ropes in guest musicians for his major label debut

Psych-pop faerie kings fire up the randomiser

A startling, diverse legacy, augmented with bonus discs

I’ve just finished the excellent latest edition of Granta, subtitled “The New Nature Writing”, and become fascinated by the idea of Ghost Species. The concept comes up in a piece by the estimable Robert MacFarlane (I can’t recommend his books enough, incidentally). Apparently, a ghost species is one that has been out-evolved by its environment, leaving it doomed to extinction.

Lovingly salvaged second album, with Sandy Denny and Trevor Lucas

Folk-blues guitarist to help Uncut mark PPA's Magazine Week