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Preparing for a farewell tour, one of music’s most revered voices reflects on Gram, Townes and Levon, and her path from peerless interpreter to gilded songwriter

From hustling opening slots at Gerde’s Folk City to becoming one of music’s most revered voices, EMMYLOU HARRIS has spent more than five decades chasing songs wherever they lead. Now, as she prepares for a Farewell Tour of the UK and Europe, she...

“We’ve been crying now for much too long/and now we’re gonna dance to a different song”

WELCOME to the last Uncut of 2025. But as we bid farewell to the old year, a new one beckons – in this instance, our annual preview showcasing many of the sure-to-be highlights of the next 12 months. You’ll find a slew of interviews with the likes of...

ROBERT PLANT JEFF TWEEDY & ALAN SPARHAWK PULP BAXTER DURY & SLEAFORD MODS SUEDE RHIANNON GIDDENS STEREOLAB BOB DYLAN ANNIE & THE CALDWELLS

OTIS REDDING | PATTI SMITH

GREATEST HITS OUT NOW AUTOBIOGRAPHY OUT OCT 7

The definitive greatest hits and official autobiography from the legendary artist and spiritual seeker

OZZY OSBOURNE THE LEMONHEADS ALABAMA SHAKES JOAN SHELLEY POPOL VUH DAVID ACKLES SUEDE ETHEL CAIN

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ELLIOTT SMITH OASIS DRY CLEANING PETER ASHER OS MUTANTES

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WHAT constitutes a ‘lost’ album? It’s a question we routinely ask ourselves, as record companies empty their cupboards of old tapes in the hope of finding unreleased gold. As countless Uncut features attest, Neil Young has been steadily releasing...

THE WHO THEIR FINAL TOUR?

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AMY WINEHOUSE NIRVANA SG GOODMAN DIRE STRAITS CLEM BURKE RIP PAVEMENT: THE MOVIE!

THESE NEW PURITANS

QUIET REVOLUTIONARIES THESE NEW PURITANS

Led Zeppelin

I Led Zeppelin finish their 1973 North American tour – the ninth so far – on July 29 after a third stand at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The tour, in support of their Houses Of The Holy album, smashes all box-office records, but the band are...

Gang Of Four

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Kate Bush

Fantastical creatures. The internet. Pop music. The creative spirit. Success. The nature of celebrity. That time she nearly set the house on fire... In a rare and revelatory interview from 2011 – most of it unpublished until now – KATE BUSH takes us...

NICK CAVE

THE MAGIC & WONDER OF WILD GOD

DECEMBER 2024

MARCH 2, 2022. I’m at the Brixton Academy, backstage during the NME Awards, waiting for an audience with Robert Smith. Smith is co-recipient of Best Song By A UK Artist with CHVRCHES for “How Not To Drown” and he’s taken the opportunity during an...

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ONE of my last jobs this issue has been proofing our field report from the End Of The Road festival, which Uncut was proudly involved with again this year. I’m hard-pressed to find another festival which reflects so much of what we do here at Uncut –...

188 REVIEWS!

THE ESSENTIAL ALBUMS, REISSUES, FILMS, TV AND BOOKS OF THE MONTH

182 REVIEWS!

MARK LANEGAN LAURIE ANDERSON BRIAN ENO + MORE!

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SEBADOH ★ THE LAST POETS ★ MIKE CAMPBELL

JONI MITCHELL

AND! SAMANTHA MORTON MARK E SMITH VS INSPIRAL CARPETS BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN JOSEF K ROBYN HITCHCOCK