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Read the full transcript from the Uncut cover feature here

A busy night at Club Uncut, with Banjo Or Freakout, The Delta Spirit and Crystal Antlers, though annoyingly I managed to miss the first band (I was held up at a screening of Armando Iannucci’s Thick Of It movie, In The Loop, if that’s a good enough excuse). If anyone caught Banjo Or Freakout and fancies filing us a quick review at the bottom of this blog, that’d be great.

The onetime husband of Rosanna Cash talks about his collaboration with Johnny in 2001

Genius violinist embraces his inner folkie

Final trawl of the vaults turns up a double CD’s worth of lost sounds by the Scottish folk starsailors

Twin EPs on one disc from the vagabond trumpeter, exploring Mexican brass and lofi synthpop

Brad Pitt starring Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons scoops 13 nods

Here's the list of nominations in the key categories for this year's Academy Awards...

A couple of weeks ago, I posted this blog which, in a slightly bewildered-old-man way, wondered why a raft of electropop types like La Roux and Little Boots were being tipped so enthusiastically for success in 2009.

Golden Globe winner for The Wrestler talks to Uncut!