Toumani Diabaté and his son Sidiki have announced details of a new album and accompanying UK tour dates.
The album, Toumani & Sidiki, is to be released on May 5, 2014 by World Circus.
It was recorded as ‘live’ with no overdubs at RAK studios north London with producers Nick Gold and Lucy Duran and engineer Jerry Boys.
The racklisting for Toumani & Sidiki is:
Hamadoun Toure
Claudia & Salma
Rachid Ouiguini
Toguna Industries
Lampedusa
Bagadaji Sirifoula
Tijaniya
Dr Cheikh Modibo Diarra
A.C.I. 2000 Diaby
Bansang
The Smiths have launched a new, interactive timeline on the band's official website.
Called 'The Interactive Sound Of The Smiths', the timeline offers the chance to "Explore the interactive world of The Smiths and discover the complete discography of one of the most influential British groups of a generation".
Parquet Courts have announced details of new single 'Sunbathing Animal' as well as a UK tour.
The US band have signed to Rough Trade in the UK and will release "Sunbathing Animal" on Record Store Day, which this year falls on April 19. The song will come backed by B-side "Pilgrims To Nowhere" and will be available on 7" vinyl next month.
Pixies have unveiled the video for their track "Greens And Blues" – watch it below.
The video was written and directed by Josh Frank, who authored the book Fool The World, the Oral History of the Band Called Pixies. Mel Rodriguez (Panic Room, Little Miss Sunshine, The New Normal) stars as "the last remaining man on a lonely planet, left behind to wander the desolate landscape marking his time and documenting the history of a once great civilization on its corroding walls and on his decaying mind, waiting for "them" to return", according to a statement.
Brian Eno and Karl Hyde are streaming "The Satellites", taken from their forthcoming collaborative album, Someday World.
Scroll down the hear the track.
Eno and Hyde release Someday World on May 5 through Warp.
Among the guest musicians who appear on the album, Eno's former Roxy Music colleague Andy Mackay plays alto sax.
The track listing for Someday World is:
The Satellites
A lot of old Uncut favourites are featured on Rock'N'Roll With Us, the free CD with this month's issue, including tracks from the new albums by The War On Drugs, Drive-By Truckers, David Crosby, Real Estate, The Hold Steady, Sun Kil Moon, Spain, and Hans Chew.
The annual Green Man Festival has announced a host of line-up additions.
Real Estate, Bill Callahan, Caribou, former Walkmen frontman Hamilton Leithauser and Simian Mobile Disco have been confirmed for the festival, alongside Angel Olsen, Boy & Bear, Nick Mulvey, Francois & The Atlas Mountain, Teleman and East India Youth.
As The Rutles prepare for UK tour dates in May, Neil Innes is set to answer your questions in Uncut as part of our regular Audience With… feature.
So is there anything you’ve always wanted to ask the occasional Python, former Bonzo Dog and full time Rutle?
What are his memories of appearing with the rest of the Bonzos in Magical Mystery Tour?
How did he become so involved in Monty Python's Flying Circus?
Chuck E. Weiss is to release a new album, Red Beans and Weiss, on May 5, through Anti- Records.
Red Beans and Weiss has been executive produced by Tom Waits and Johnny Depp.
Scroll down to hear a track, "Boston Blackie".
Weiss - immortalised in Rickie Lee Jones' song, "Chuck E.'s In Love" - last released an album, 23rd & Stout, in 2006.
The tracklisting for Red Beans and Weiss is:
Tupelo Joe
Shushie
Boston Blackie
That Knucklehead Stuff
Bomb The Tracks
Neil Young is reportedly reissuing his live album, Time Fades Away, on Record Store Day.
The album, from 1973, has long been out of print and has never been released on CD. In 2010, Time Fades Away was listed No 1 in Uncut's 50 Great Lost Albums – a chart if records that were unavailable new or as legal downloads at the time of writing. You can read the Time Fades Away article here..
