Black Crowe's head music dives deep into the past...

The pianist, singer and songwriter Mac Rebennack, known better as Dr John, faces your questions in the latest Uncut (dated July 2012), out now – but back in October 2010 (Take 161), he took us on a fascinating journey through his most important, and interesting, releases, from Gris-Gris to Exile On Main St. "We went to a nudist camp somewhere, we made up a song called 'The Symphony Of Frogs'…" ______________________________

A rare poster of The Beatles, which was used to promote a show at Liverpool’s Cavern Club has fetched £27,500 at auction. London auction house Christies said that it was the earliest Beatles poster they had ever been offered, reports whatsellsbest.com. According to the listing, the poster had been hand-painted specifically for the lunchtime concert, which took place on November 30, 1962.

Documentary on the legendary, bespectacled filmmaker...

The Beatles museum in Hamburg, Germany will close down at the end of this month, according to reports. The five-storey 'Beatlemania' museum was opened in May 2009 but will apparently be shut at the end of June due to a lack of interest from Fab Four fanatics.

The reunited Beach Boys' return to the stage is reviewed in the latest issue of Uncut, out now – and as their new album "That's Why God Made The Radio" is also fresh in shops, it seemed time to revisit this piece from Uncut's June 2007 issue (Take 121)… Brian Wilson, Mike Love and Al Jardine guide us through their perfect ‘pocket symphony’, three minutes and thirty-six seconds of avant-garde pop. Interviews and intro by Rob Hughes. ________________________________

Country music legend Willie Nelson has posted the video for his cover version of Pearl Jam's "Just Breathe" online. Scroll down to watch the video, which sees Nelson singing and playing guitar alongside his son Lukas while the pair go on a road trip together. The song is taken from Nelson's latest album, Heroes, which also sees him covering tracks by Coldplay and Tom Waits, as well as collaborating with rapper Snoop Dogg on the pro-cannabis track, "Roll Me Up".

Ry Cooder has announced details of a new album, Election Special, due for release on August 20 on Nonesuch/Perro Verde Records. The follow-up to last year's Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down, Cooder's album is released a few months ahead of the forthcoming US presidential election, which will be held in November 2012. Cooder has written introductions to each of the tracks on the album: Mutt Romney Blues

Muse have unveiled the trailer for their new studio album, which looks set to be titled The 2nd Law. To watch the trailer, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click. The trailer features a compilation of news footage over a musical backdrop, which initially begins as an ornate, classical piece in the style of track's like "Butterflies & Hurricanes" before morphing into a full-on dubstep track. The trailer ends with the words 'The 2nd Law' and 'September 2012' being shown as the music fades out.

In 2005, I went to a talk Ridley Scott gave to ahead of the release of his Crusader epic, Kingdom Of Heaven.