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Today (January 28, 2015), social media reliably informs me that Robert Wyatt is 70, which seems a reasonable justification for reposting this long and, I hope, interesting transcript of an interview I did with him at home in Louth back in 2007, a little before the marvellous “Comicopera” was released. It begins with Wyatt discussing, of all things, Big Brother...

2007 Tony Visconti's 2007 mix is coming soon...

Mournful, loner blues-folktronica from America's deepest growl...

I had the good fortune to speak to Ry Cooder for the issue of Uncut that's just come off sale (quick plug: you can read all about the new issue here).

Bono claims he and Apple are working on a new digital music format which will revolutionise the way music is consumed by fans. Bono spoke about the new development in an interview with Time. He claims that it is around "18 months away" from being available to the public, which is around the same time the band are expected release a companion record to new album Songs Of Innocence titled Songs Of Experience.

With the remastered “fictional documentary” Feast Of Friends set to be released properly for the first time on November 11, here’s a piece from the Uncut archives (February 2007 issue, Take 117) – a look at how The Doors created the epic closer to their final studio album, LA Woman, which would prove to be Jim Morrison’s haunted, spiritual swansong. Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore tell the story… Words: Mick Houghton

The Entertainment Retailers Association have called U2's album giveaway "as damaging as piracy", saying that it devalues music.

As The Felice Brothers tour the UK and perform at End Of The Road festival this weekend, it seems a good time to battle through the Uncut archives and see how the group were doing back in August 2009 (Take 147). Marc Spitz heads out to upstate New York to see how these self-mythologising drifters created a glorious new take on roots rock from the comfort of a chicken coop. Just don’t, whatever you do, mention Bob Dylan and The Band...

Her studio secrets revealed! “There were no rules or barriers, it was just pure creativity…”

Neil Young & Crazy Horse played an unreleased track dating from 2001 during their show at Piazza Colbert, Barolo, Italy last night [July 21]. "Standing In The Light Of Love" was debuted on June 9, 2001 at the Sheffield Arena and played a further 26 times during the band's European and Japanese shows that year. It was last played on July 28, 2001 at the Fuji Rock Festival, Japan. Young and Crazy Horse have already aired a number of deep rare cuts during their current European tour.