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Americana legends celebrate 21st-century releases on latest career retrospective.Forty years in, the Cowboy Junkies remain one of the great under-the-surface bands in Americana: despite having a million-selling classic to their name, they rarely make best-of lists, rarely get listed as influences, and yet possess a catalogue so consistently rich that they can assemble a compilation like Open to Beauty purely from the second half of their career and still make it feel essential. Even more remarkable, this could easily be a conventional double album, rather than a compilation, such is the consistency of tone and material.Drawing from every studio album…

Patrick Joseph O’Connor’s Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community reclaims an overlooked part in American musicology. While places like Chicago, Memphis, and the Mississippi Delta often dominate the story of Blues, O’Connor suggests that Wichita served as an important crossroads for the genre. By documenting the oral histories of nineteen musicians, he has merged a study of migration and identity into the story of the music itself.The book is structured chronologically, beginning with the early African American migration to Kansas. O’Connor establishes that the Black settlers were in pursuit of freedom and economic opportunity. This historical context is…

Photo by Andreas LawenNational treasures come in all shapes and sizes, from David Attenborough to David Bowie, and this clip brings together two of the best, when both were well past pensionable age. Terry Wogan, the smooth and twinkle-eyed doyen of radio presentation, and television chat and game shows, was 72 when his live ‘Weekend Wogan‘ show on Radio 2 featured Albert Lee in March 2010. Albert was his junior by 5 years at the time. Sadly, Terry is no longer with us, but Albert is still out there, wedded to his craft as the finest country-rock guitarist these isles…

Photo credit: Neil Krug “The future is bulletproof. The aftermath is necessary.”The words taken from My Chemical Romance‘s social medias today as they announce something very special. Today My Chemical Romance announce ‘Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys (Deluxe Edition)’, an expanded reissue of their visionary fourth studio album, out July 10, 2026 via Reprise Records. The collection features remastered versions of the album’s original songs, as well as nine bonus tracks, and reimagined artwork. All bonus tracks are currently unavailable in physical formats, with many being released on vinyl and most streaming services for the very…

Originally published in Uncut Take 303 (August 2022)… Welcome to 1962: the first annus mirabilis of many in the extraordinary life of The Beatles. Here, we relive the key events in this fast-moving, transformative year. Familiar faces appear here for the first time, old friends depart, the tempo is set for the rest of their career – and by the end of the year, John, Paul, George and Ringo are poised to release their first No. 1 single. The future is born here. January What next from Mersey Beat’s Best Band Of 1961? “We were terrible…” Shortly after midnight on…

Emmylou HarrisEmmylou Harris | Jim LauderdaleLiverpool Philharmonic Hall11th May 2026Delivering a mesmerising career spanning performance, Emmylou Harris begins her farewell UK and European tour at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. It’s a night of great music tinged with sadness as realisation dawns that this is her farewell.In a lifetime of gigs, some remain vivid in the memory while others fade. On a dank February night in 1976, I witnessed something truly special: Emmylou Harris and The Hot Band playing Leicester De Montford Hall on their first UK tour. Her voice, on stage charisma, and the musical brilliance of The Hot Band were…

Several years ago, Paul Simon suddenly lost most of the hearing in his left ear, fearing he might never be able to play music again. And yet here he is at the ripe old age of 84, midway through a world tour fronting a 12-piece band, playing two sets every night. Having kicked things off at five-past-eight, he’s still onstage as the clock ticks towards eleven, fist-bumping the front row. Music, as we know, is a rejuvenating force. And Simon has staved off senescence by remaining curious, always searching for that extra chord, that perfect phrase, or stirring in some…

For a wrestler who still seems to have so much untapped potential, it feels almost absurd to think that Raquel Rodriguez has now been under WWE’s umbrella for 10 years. Big Mami Cool arrived in the old New York territory (albeit in its Orlando outpost) back in 2016, debuting in NXT under her government name Victoria González in 2017. Since those embryonic, Floridian days of her WWE career, Rodriguez has been announced as Reina González, Raquel González and, finally, Raquel Rodriguez, where she now serves as the Judgement Day’s muscle and Tag Title winning expert. After taking over Mami duties…

Starring: Jazmine Cornielle, Riley Whielan, Vikki Martin, and Gracie!A gripping, almost silent horror short.From its opening, Under Control is both visually and sonically compelling. In the horror genre, this is isn’t hard to attempt, but it is hard to do well, which this film absolutely does. Our un-named main character, played by Jazmine Cornielleis a 20 something woman living in what seems to be a big city flat, with her dog, is in the grip of what looks like an anxiety crisis.Which takes us to the underlying concept of this film: feeding what you are most fearful of, even tortured…

Don Toliver keeps the videos coming. Today, the artist shares one for his song “E85”. This track is taken from Toliver’s latest album, OCTANE. Watch the visuals below:  View Original Article Here

When Manchester alt-rock trioFalse Advertisingreleased their last albumBrainfreezein 2019, it felt like the culmination of five relentless years: SXSW appearances, festival slots at 2000 Trees (twice), a trusted team of label, manager and agent, and the kind of growing buzz most DIY bands dream about. Then, almost as soon as the record landed,everything stopped. The COVID-19 pandemic hit, touring vanished overnight, and the carefully built momentum around the band evaporated. What followed was a long, stop–start period of writing, self-doubt, lineup changes and quiet graft that eventually birthed their new albumThe Sorry Window– a record Jen Hingley describes as both…

Today, LIFE share upcoming single ‘Wild Grasses’. Taken from their forthcoming new album ABSTRACT / NATURAL, arriving June 19th via EMI North label partner Launchpad+. The release comes with news of additional live dates as the Hull alternative outfit add two performances at Brighton festival The Great Escape to their upcoming shows. Written in the Lake District, album opener and new single ‘Wild Grasses’ showcases the Hull four piece at their most uplifting. Bursting with energy and radiating joy via its euphoric synth lines, strummed acoustic guitars and rapturous group vocals, the track’s references to geography and landscape reflect the…