Bob Dylan, REM, The Clash, The Byrds and Jim Morrison also feature

Not one to apply layers of personal mystification to his music, the Cambridge musician C Joynes is telling the crowd at Club Uncut about his phlegm issues. Personable enough, he’s also a terrific guitarist, albeit one who it’d be more or less impossible to write about without mentioning John Fahey (which I did last time, writing about his, ahem, “Revenants, Prodigies And The Restless Dead”).

Billy Bragg, Field Music, Fionn Regan also on the bill

Band have been rehearsing around 40 songs

Coldplay, Michael Jackson also fare well

First off today, a quick reminder that Sir Richard Bishop is gracing Club Uncut at the Borderline tonight (March 1), with really strong support from Alexander Tucker and C Joynes. Tickets still available from Seetickets.com or on the door. See you there, hopefully.

Radiohead frontman also names new solo-side project

Band play London's O2 Arena on June 15

1972 album to include 10 previously unreleased tracks

This is pretty good, I think. Wasn’t terribly enamoured by the last thing I heard from Karen Elson, the Mildred & The Mice seven-inch, but this is nice, faintly menaced country pop, with some kinship, perhaps, to Neko Case.