Interviews

Flock Of Dimes: “Music is the only way I know to process my feelings fully” – Interview

by Steven Johnson

Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner discusses her new solo album Head Of Roses, and reveals how heartbreak led to her finding comfort and purpose in music

Hannah Peel: “This is what I want, an emergence in nature being born” ̵...

by Ben Hogwood

The Fir Wave creator, arranger and Night Tracks presenter on folding in the work of Delia Derbyshire and the Radiophonic Workshop, and emulating the natural world with digital technology

Hannah Peel: “This is what I want, an emergence in nature being born” ̵...

Lost Horizons’ Simon Raymonde: “I wanted to try to broaden this album out to so...

by Steven Johnson

The Bella Union boss on the creative processes behind new album In Quiet Moments, matching music to vocalists, finding rebirth from death and the ongoing thrill of discovering new artists

Lost Horizons’ Simon Raymonde: “I wanted to try to broaden this album out to so...

Seth Lakeman: “The stories seemed to really connect with people” – Q&...

by Michael Hubbard

Looking back at Freedom Fields, and what came next, ahead of a streaming performance celebrating its 15th birthday, with its creator

Seth Lakeman: “The stories seemed to really connect with people” – Q&...

Tindersticks’ Stuart Staples: “I needed to be in a place I hadn’t been before...

by Steven Johnson

On new album Distractions, being inspired by political events, how his songwriting has changed over the years and some of his favourite Tindersticks albums

Tindersticks’ Stuart Staples: “I needed to be in a place I hadn’t been before...

Hilang Child: “I write uplifting music to represent the feelings I want to be having�...

by Steven Johnson

Brighton based musician Ed Riman on his new album Every Mover, finding catharsis and redemption in music and playing life-affirming live shows in Indonesia

Hilang Child: “I write uplifting music to represent the feelings I want to be having�...

Cabane: “It was a serious consideration to think about only releasing one single phys...

by Steven Johnson

Thomas Jean Henri on his new album with Will Oldham and Kate Stables, being honest and patient, subjecting his art to scrutiny and remaking his songs with others

Cabane: “It was a serious consideration to think about only releasing one single phys...

The Style Council’s Mick Talbot: “It was a very liberating thing” ...

by Ben Hogwood

Marking the release of the band’s career retrospective Long Hot Summers: The Story Of The Style Council, the band’s co-founder reflects on beginnings, endings and timely reappraisals

The Style Council’s Mick Talbot: “It was a very liberating thing” ...

William Basinski: “These are my lamentations about the shit that’s been going o...

by Matt Cotsell

The avant-garde composer on new album Lamentations, his jazz project Sparkle Division, the effects of being unable to tour, and cultivating a rich domestic life

William Basinski: “These are my lamentations about the shit that’s been going o...

Q&A: Kutiman

by Steven Johnson

On travelling to Tanzania for new album Wachaga, his work in film and animation, finding inspiration through location and the Israeli music scene

AMMAR 808: “I’m always looking for intense rhythms, I’ve always been into...

by Steven Johnson

Sofyann Ben Youssef on his India-inspired new album Global Control / Invisible Invasion, the relationship between his music and the nightclub, and his changing listening habits