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“I OPENED MY EYES... AND THERE HE WAS!”

In November 2015, Uncut spoke to DONNY McCASLIN about his experiences as bandleader on Blackstar. Here, we catch up with the saxophonist to find out his thoughts on the album six years on…

Khruangbin

Frontwoman Laura Lee reveals the albums that saved her: “A record had never given me that much emotional support”

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300 not out!

An uncomplicated devotion to great music across 25 years

UNCUT GEMS

Rock’n’roll quests, reality addiction, cow’s arses and crisp theft – 11 momentous encounters from Uncut’s first quarter-century

“See you for your 600th issue!”

As 1992’s Main Offender gets reissued, Keith Richards looks back on his solo adventures – and forward to a Stones without Charlie…

Incredible Congo band

The thrilling chaos of the Congotronics supergroup – featuring Konono No 1, Kasai Allstars, Deerhoof, Juana Molina and more – finally captured on record

A QUICK ONE

Whether he’s raising the roof with Alison Krauss,

“He was totally authentic”

MARK LANEGAN | 1964-2022

Park Jiha

Korean adventurer getting new sounds from traditional instruments – and the air itself!

UNCUT PLAYLIST

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Low

The much-loved Minnesota duo discuss sonic weapons, dub mixtapes, writing Easter musicals and those dungarees…

DANIEL ROSSEN

You Belong There WARP

BEARS, EAGLES & MORE

Daniel Rossen’s finest moments

SLEEVE NOTES

1 It’s A Passage 2 Shadow In

Q&A

Daniel Rossen “Music, for me, is a lot about building worlds”

TAJ MAHAL & RY COODER

Get On Board: The Songs Of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

AtoZ

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JON SPENCER & THE HITMAKERS

Spencer Gets It Lit BRONZERAT

Q&A

Jon Spencer: a big fan of little mistakes

GROOVE A LITTLE

Three more T.Rex album highlights

Q&A

Bolan’s producer Tony Visconti: “He dressed for stage in the studio”

PAVEMENT

Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal MATADOR

Q&A

Scott Kannberg “Oh, wow, what’s here?” What took

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HAROLD BUDD

Ambient’s ‘other’ godfather

HANK WILLIAMS

I’m Gonna Sing: The Mother’s Best Gospel Radio Recordings BMG

Q&A

Colin Escott (biographer): “Hank became a beacon” Just

SLEEVE NOTES

CD1: 1 I Am Bound For The Promised

NORMA TANEGA

I’m The Sky: Studio And Demo Recordings, 1964-1971

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Saturno 2000: La Rebajada De Los Sonideros 1962–1983 ANALOG AFRICA

THE MASTER BUILDER

JIMMY PAGE has spent the past 25 years exploring new music while continuing to nurture Led Zeppelin’s formidable legacy. For Uncut 300, he revisits his personal highlights since he first appeared on the cover of our 11th issue – reuniting with Robert Plant for Walking Into Clarksdale, the O2 triumph, the acclaimed remasters… and more. “Let’s get started, then,” he tells Peter Watts

MUSIC BOX

Page’s releases since Uncut came into being…

STARDUST MEMORIES

ZIGGY turns 50 this year. In an extract from a new bookstore edition of Moonage Daydream: The Life & Times Of Ziggy Stardust – DAVID BOWIE and MICK ROCK’s long-out-of-print ‘biography’ – Bowie himself recounts the brief but colourful journey of rock’s greatest space invader, from his genesis in Haddon Hall to his shocking exit on stage at the Hammersmith Odeon. “Zig rather grew as he grew, if you know what I mean...”

BITE ME!

That Ziggy/Ronno guitar stunt: what went down…

WHAM BAM!

Ziggy played…

THE 300 GREATEST ALBUMS OF UNCUT'S LIFETIME

IN keeping with this landmark issue of Uncut,

Talkin’ New York City Blues

BOB DYLAN first appeared on the cover of our third issue, where we unveiled a bounty of unseen photographs from his Greenwich Village heyday. As Dylan’s landmark debut album turns 60, we return to the Village to find new revelations about his early years – from impromptu jam sessions at Allan Block’s Sandal Shop to the stage at Gerde’s Folk City and beyond. “I ate him alive as a harmonica player,” one eyewitness tells Stephen Deusner. “But I couldn’t touch him as a songwriter…'

BOOTLEGS OF SPANISH LEATHER

Dylan’s early years in five unreleased recordings

BLOWIN’ IN THE WHEN?

A timeline of Dylan’s first 18 months in the Village

Wilco

Jeff Tweedy walks us through almost three decades’ worth of groundbreaking Americana, power pop and beyond

VILE BODIES OF WORK

Kurt on the path to (watch my moves )

I Think I’m In Love

An eight-minute opus in two halves: part blissed-out space ballad, part focused groove: “The lyric just seemed to roll off,” says Jason Pierce

McCartney At 80

McCartney in 2021: “The most prolific songwriter in

‘I’D NEVER KNOWN PAUL SHOW OFF

’ Celebrated painter and architectural artist Brian Clarke is a longtime collaborator. His work includes sleeves for Tug Of War and Flowers In The Dirt, plus elaborate stage sets for McCartney’s world tours of the late ’80s and early ’90s

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN

Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, February 22

AROOJ AFTAB

The Mackintosh Church, Glasgow, February 6

FILMS

Batman goes one darker; romance on the Russian railway; a well-tailored mob thriller; and more…

REVIEWED THIS MONTH

THE BATMAN Directed by Matt Reeves Starring

ALSO OUT...

X OPENS MARCH 18 Cult horror director Ti

NEIL YOUNG AND CRAZY HORSE

BARN SHAKEY PICTURES

KING ROCKER

FIRE 9/10 Stewart Lee goes ape about the

BOOKS

DURING the journey from London to the Hebrides

Not Fade Away

Fondly remembered this month…

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