“He was in some other dimension”

JEFF BECK | 1944–2023

Uncut

“They’re wearingsteelthat’sbrightandtrue/They carrynewsthatmustgetthrough” SPEAKING to David Crosby in

BECK-OLA!

Jeff’s 12 greatest moments on record

Early Bird TOP TOPHAM | 1947–2023

Saluting The Yardbirds’ original lead guitarist

Full Nelson

A new five-part documentary, Willie Nelson & Family, digs into every chapter of his long and colourful life

A QUICK ONE

Inflatethedragons and get your skates on! As Rick

Earthly delights

At 82, Dorothy Moskowitz returns to the haunting electronics of The United States Of America

This is hardback!

As Pulp return for live shows this summer, a lavish new photobook captures them at their artistic peak

Andrew Wasylyk

Former indie-popster crafts lush ambient jazz inspired by the North Sea coast

UNCUT PLAYLIST

On the stereo this month...

Dancing Days

15 tracks of the month’s best new music

AN AUDIENCE WITH... Mark Eitzel

The former American Music Club mainman talks musicals, mushrooms, Lou Reed and why he’d tell his younger self “to get my fucking head out of my own fucking ass”

LONNIE HOLLEY Oh Me Oh My JAGJAGUWAR

ALBUM OF THE MONTH 8/10

MITHS AND LEGENDS

Lonnie Holley’s path to Oh Me Oh My

Q&A

Lonnie Holley: “Everything on the planet is going to have to be reshaped”

THE LONG RYDERS

September November CHERRYRED

Q&A

Sid Griffin on fallen comrades and Twitter spats: “There’s always a war somewhere”

AtoZ

This month…

SHANA CLEV ELAND

Manzanita HARDLY ART

Q&A

Shana Cleveland “It’s kind of creepy”

EDDIE CHACON

LA soul survivor on his unlikely return from the wilderness

VAN MORRISON

Moving On Skiffle VIRGIN

Q&A

Seth Lakeman inside the Moving On Skiffle sessions: “We didn’t play any song twice”

CHIP TAYLOR

The Cradle Of All Living Things TRAINWRECK

AMERICANA ROUND-UP

FRESH from producing wife Connie Smith’s comeback The

ELIJAH McLAUGHLIN

From American Primitive guitar to resonant synth

LONDON BREW London Brew

DOWNTOWNMUSIC/CONCORDJAZZ

Q&A

Tuba player Theon Cross: “A lot of the time it’s about close listening”

UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA

V JAGJAGUWAR

Q&A

Ruban Nielson: “I definitely prioritised feeling above meaning”

SLEAFORD MODS

Jason Williamson carries on raging: “I don’t think we’ll ever stop, to be honest”

GINA BIRCH

I Play My Bass Loud THIRD MAN

Q&A

Gina Birch: “I think I might’ve been an alternative comedian”

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Soul’d Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection CRAFT RECORDINGS/CONCORD

RIGHT ON!

The best Stax live albums

SLEEVE NOTES

DISC 1 1 Dale Warren & The Wattstax

Q&A

Carla Thomas and David Porter recall Wattstax: “It was a very meaningful thing”

ELVIS COSTELLO & BURT BACHARACH

The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello UME

Q&A

Elvis Costello on the “extremism” of Burt Bacharach

AtoZ

This month…

THE STROKES

The Singles -Volume 1 RCA/LEGACY RECORDINGS

EMMETT FINLEY

Emmett Finley (reissue, 1971) BIG POTATO RECORDS

DAVE BRUBECK

Debut In The Netherlands 1958 THE LOST RECORDINGS

COMING NEXT MONTH...

AS release schedule really starts to heat up,

Music is Love

With the passing of DAVID CROSBY, we’ve lost one of the talismanic figures from music’s fecund 1960s and ’70s. Blessed with an unmistakable voice and bewitching harmonic gifts – not to mention a fiercely opinionated temperament – Crosby was a fearless, forward-thinking songwriter who survived bust-ups, freakouts, addiction and prison to enjoy a miraculous final act. In tribute, we revisit Uncut’s candid interviews with the mercurial, musical outlaw, drawing on his own words to tell his incredible story. Here, then, is David Crosby… by David Crosby

SONGS OF DEVOTION

An enigmatic Texan songwriter raised on “Bible drills” and guided by the apocalypse? JANA HORN’s hushed, beguiling folk songs come from an unlikely place, as she explains to Lisa-Marie Ferla

SNAP!

PAUL WELLER reflects on his remarkable life in music in a new book, Magic: A Journal Of Song. In this exclusive extract, Weller revisits the inspiring early days of his ascent to mod magnificence with The Jam: “Folk music in its truest sense...”

GODDAM!

From jazz superstar to civil rights activist and beyond, NINA SIMONE’s 1960s were a dazzling, defiant decade of profound transition and accomplishment. On the eve of what would have been Simone’s 90th birthday, we chart her journey from Greenwich Village folk clubs to her ascension as the High Priestess of Soul. “She was able to pull down a kind of psychic energy,” hears Stephen Deusner

HOW TO BUY NINA SIMONE LIVE

The early and mid-’60s for Nina Simone were defined by remarkable live albums that show off her improvisational skills and diverse setlists

“SPARKLES AND FIREWORKS”

Produ cer André Fischer recalls working with Nina Simone on her 1993 swansong, A Single Woman

NO QUARTER

Heavy band, heavy year. By 1973, LED ZEPPELIN were on their way to becoming the biggest rock’n’roll band in the world. Embarking on an American tour to promote their new album Houses Of The Holy, they shattered box office records, rewriting the blueprint for rock’n’roll tours as they went. Peter Watts climbs aboard the Starship to hear tales of glorious, transcendent music – but also unsolved robberies, giant mirrorballs, cake fights during John Bonham’s 25th birthday party and motorbike rides down hotel corridors. “As the venues got bigger, they got better,” recalls one confidant. “They blasted you into the middle of next week.”

SUMMIT MEETING

ENDLESS BOOGIE’s Paul Major breaks down Houses Of The Holy

“IT WAS PRETTY FANCY”

Photographer BOB GRUEN on that famous photograph of the Starship

“THE DOUBLE ACT WAS AMAZING”

ROBERT PLANT on the band’s long relationship with Hipgnosis

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FILMS

A heartwarming tale of lonesome misfits in Korea, the brutality of a military career, and a mountain dreamer

REVIEWED THIS MONTH

BROKER Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda Starring Song

BOOKS

Darkness visible: The Carpenters with Richard Nixon at

FEED BACK

When you’re in:TimHale and (right) his mate Charlie

Almost Famous

Over 50 years on from its release, NUGGETS remains one of the most influential and beloved compilation albums of all time. But what of the bands who appeared on Lenny Kaye’s original anthology? Nick Hasted tracks down 10 of the Original Artyfacts to discover what happened next. Stand by for stories of Beatles tour supports, getting high with Gram Parsons, exploding stages and JFK conspiracies told to us by… a messianic rabbi, a car dealer and a building contractor among others. “We played hard, people danced hard and everybody drank beer,” remembers one former bowl-haired mysterioso. “We rock’n’rolled ’til the crack of dawn.”

Hammond Song

Mushrooms, kung fu temples... and an extraordinary blend of voices! Three singing sisters (and Robert Fripp) weave folk-pop gold

FAUST

Tracing the complex musical history of the German experimentalists

THE DELGADOS

Concorde 2, Brighton, January 20

LUCINDA WILLIAMS

Barbican, London, January 21

FIGHT THE POWER: HOW HIP HOP CHANGED THE WORLD IPLAYER

9/10

Not Fade Away

Fondly remembered this month…

Chuck D

The Public Enemy commander on the records that inspired him to bring the noise: “It was scientific alchemy! I was blown to pieces”