Jimmy Cliff: “I’m a bit of a rebellious person”
Greeting Uncut in the lounge of a Marylebone hotel, Jimmy Cliff is resplendent in a brocaded tunic and matching gold hat emblazoned with the eye Of Horus. He could be…
The Making Of David Bowie’s “Sound And Vision”: “He encrypted everything with hidden meaning”
Originally published in Uncut Take 337 [April 2025], the key players recall the sessions at Château d'Hérouville outside Paris for Bowie's Low album - and its hit single, "Sound And…
Dr John interviewed: “We did a whole voodoo show, but made it into show business”
Originally published in Uncut Take 161 (October 2010), The Night Tripper - aka pianist, singer and songwriter Mac Rebennack - takes us on a journey through his most important, and…
Women Take Center Stage When Hip-Hop Meets the Symphony
Zuri Appleby, Lindsay Niccs, and Rachel Francis perform at the Passing the Crown 2025 event. (All photos by Lawrence Sumulong) If you were to have asked late Sugar Hill Records…
Meet the New Disruptor in the Music Business: The Family Office
(Credit: Getty Images) This is a new ongoing series about the business of music with a SPIN twist. There’s a new headliner in the music business, and it’s not on…
Snapped: Indie Festival Phenom Off the Grid Campout’s 10th Anniversary (A Photo Essay)
Snapped: Indie Festival Phenom Off the Grid Campout’s 10th Anniversary (A Photo Essay) Off the Grid Campout founder, visionary and DJ Mikey Made has been on a mission to foster…
Kurt and cardie! How Nirvana’s 1993 Unplugged performance “let the audience in”
“It’s the one True Cross and the Shroud of Turin!” declares Alan Di Perna, music journalist and co-curator of Kurt Cobain Unplugged, an exhibition at London’s Royal College Of Music…
The Last Dinner Party’s Second Course
The Last Dinner Party. (Credit: Laura Marie Cieplik) Over the course of an hour-long interview with Abigail Morris, Emily Roberts, Lizzie Mayland, and Georgia Davies of the Last Dinner Party,…
Jonathan Richman: “There are no rules as to how I make up songs”
Hi Jonathan! On the title track of your new album, you sing: “I was only just frozen sky anyway”. Can you explain this metaphor for us in a little more…
Jeff Buckley’s first steps: “He’d always say, ‘It’s about the music, stoopid!’”
Originally published in Uncut Take 227 [April 2016 issue], Uncut hears the inside story of how a genius singer-songwriter learned his craft via an eclectic songbook. “The goal,” says his…