First line-ups are revealed! Leonard Cohen, Morrissey and Amy Winehouse too

Dylan and Will.I.Am both feature on 'Refresh Anthem'

I’ve just finished a longish review of this new Bill Callahan album, “Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle”, for the next issue of Uncut, so I’ll try not to repeat myself too much here; save some adjectives, maybe, for the magazine. It is, though, one of the best records Callahan has made in what’s now a reasonably long, generally underestimated career.

Ben Kweller, Metronomy and Passion Pit all confirmed

This morning's sad news of John Martyn's death reminded me of a particularly colourful encounter I had with him, back in what they call the day, which I wrote about in my regular Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before column in Uncut in July 2004 and re-print below. Adios, John.

1948 - 2009

12th album Sounds of the Universe is due in April

Reeling slightly from the bad news about John Martyn, here are the records played in the Uncut office over the last couple of days. Mildly weird mix this week: the glut of Smog is due to me trying to review the new Bill Callahan album, which I'll try and blog about in the next few days.

With the sad news of the guitarist's passing, here we publish his last Q&A originally printed last October

Cause of death yet to be confirmed, full obit now posted