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Uncut is your essential guide to the month’s best music. Every issue, our comprehensive and trustworthy reviews section showcases the best new releases and reissues, while our in-depth features section includes interviews with the greatest names in music from the past five decades as well as the classic artists of tomorrow. For over 20 years, this iconic magazine has been the authority on all things music, featuring exclusive interviews with some of the world's biggest stars, stunning photography from on and off the stage, and unparalleled album reviews from the people who really know. You can be sure that the music fanatics behind Uncut magazine will always strive to bring you the best features, interviews, and reviews. Each issue also brings you an in-depth article on a music icon, from past or present, giving you inside access you won't find anywhere else. Uncut is insightful, informative, and passionate about music.

Editor’s Note

Let’s be Avenue! • Billy Bragg and Wilco finally get it together for a full set of their celebrated Woody Guthrie songs

Respect is dew • In 1967, Bonnie Dobson’s signature song was stolen from her. Now, thanks to the intervention of Robert Plant among others, she’s enjoying a heartwarming second act

A Quick One

‘‘I’m just a people person!’’ • Chart-topping everyman Paul Heaton on booze, Burnham and “greedy” rockers

Pomp up the volume • Peter Hammill, Carl Palmer, Jane Weaver and more don their capes for the BBC’s first ever Prog Rock Prom

Sheila make a bid! • Johnny Marr is auctioning off 85 of his famous guitars, including these storied models…

Sound Records • 23 George Street, Stroud, GL5 3DP

Greg Freeman • Rootsy road-trip rock’n’roll that takes the long view of American history

Uncut Playlist • On the stereo this month…

A Third Man Compendium

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JOHN CARPENTER • The cult movie director talks Procol Harum, pub crawls with Dave Davies, and his unexpected second act as a rock star

DINOSAUR JR • J, Murph and Lou maintain their glorious mid-career form on sixth LP since their 2005 comeback.

FOSSIL RECORDS • Three 21st-century Dino peaks

Q&A • Dinosaur Jr: “We do well when we play faster”

CARLY SIMON • Concerns of the present and echoes of the past converge in Simon’s first new music in two decades.

AtoZ • This month…

GETDOWN SERVICES • Buzzy Bristol duo merge humour and emotion on album two.

THE AFGHAN WHIGS • Barrelling energy, reflection… but no regrets as Greg Dulli’s titans turn 40.

THE JAYHAWKS • US alt.country heroes go full Canadiana

SARAH DAVACHI • The Canadian composer explains her extended, subtle creations

LIAM HAYES • Defiantly opulent opus from Milwaukee’s perennial man out of time.

HOW TO BUY

MARTIN CARTHY • Twenty enlightening, essential discs from a custodian of the British folk tradition.

CONDUIT YOURSELF • Three highlights from Carthy’s long journey into traditional song

Q&A • Martin Carthy: “I made it up as I went along – which is a real bloomin’ cheek!”

SKIP JAMES • The rediscovered bluesman’s haunting last stand.

AtoZ • This month…

CHARANJIT SINGH • The accidental ‘godfather of acid house’ invents the future.

REDISCOVERED • Uncovering the underrated and overlooked

THE SPECIALIST

MOVE ON UP • In 2018, ALABAMA SHAKES were at the height of their powers – and then they walked away. Now, nearly a decade on, Uncut meets the reunited band in rural Tennessee as they unveil a bold, shape-shifting new album – and navigate a second act rooted in healing, community...