Chika Asamoto did not set out to become a musician. A part-time job at a Los Angeles jazz club changed that. She was a Japanese student in the United

Ken Weaver remembers the Fugs’ early shows, Chuck Smith explains how he pieced together ‘Fugs Film!’, and Ed Sanders takes us back to the Lower East Side

Coming out of the Heidelberg and Mannheim music scene, Zyma had already moved beyond their heavier beginnings by the time Dorle Ferber joined in 1974.

This article by Patrícia Marcondes de Barros explores the story of Módulo 1000, their place in Brazil’s underground rock scene, the making of 'Não Fale

Kennélmus released ‘Folkstone Prism’ in 1971 on Phoenix International Records, a small Arizona label connected to Ken Walker and the band. Walker was

In 1974, Bastard went into Morgan Studios in Brussels late one evening and recorded three tracks. The line-up was Alan Ward on vocals, Nobby Goff on

Galaxy came together in Bremen in the mid-1970s, while the members were still at school. In 1978 they recorded their only album, 'Visions', at Bernd

Recorded at IBC Studios in 1971 and left unheard by most of its musicians for more than half a century, ‘The Image Maker’ has circulated as the work of an

Leo Lyons and Ric Lee remember the making of ‘Cricklewood Green’ and Ten Years After’s 1970 Fillmore East set. By the time Ten Years After began work on

Nelson Pass has been designing amplifiers for more than half a century, but he still talks about them as if the interesting part is finding out what

Free’s music depended on space, and Simon Kirke understood better than most drummers when not to fill it. Alongside Paul Rodgers, Andy Fraser and Paul

Louise Trehy and Mike Mason look back at Swallow, making ‘Blow’ for 4AD, reworking the album as ‘Blowback’, the years that followed and returning to the

Simo Lazarov has spent more than half a century working where music and technology meet. Born in Sofia in 1948, he grew up at a time when electronic music

In 1974, Jad and David Fair rented a house with no other houses close by. It was useful for two young men who wanted to make a lot of noise. They could

Originally released in 1974 in a pressing of just 300 copies, 'Savvas' has spent most of the past half-century out of sight. The record was made in

From hearing Sun Ra and Pharoah Sanders as a teenager to 501 Canal Street, the rediscovery of ‘Valley of Search’ and the new ‘Anthem for Peace’, Alan

There were only two afternoons. Marshall Allen had turned 100 two days earlier, the musicians were gathered in a Philadelphia studio, and Jan Lankisch

From Austin punk clubs and the first stirrings of cyberpunk to 'Glimpses', Brian Wilson and the lost music of the 1960s, Lewis Shiner looks back on more

Denny Zeitlin is an American pianist, composer, improviser and psychiatrist who has, for more than six decades, sustained two demanding careers in

As a founding member of Van der Graaf Generator and a prolific solo songwriter, Peter Hammill has spent more than half a century making music with an

Les Bohem and David Kendrick look back on Bates Motel, the late-’70s Los Angeles club circuit, the demos they made with Andrew Gold, their move into Sparks and Gleaming Spires, and the tapes that fina...

Mark Flood looks back on the Exeter underground, Hot Head, Julian Piper, supporting Hawkwind and Genesis, and the recordings that finally became ‘A New Way of Living’ more than fifty years later. Mark...

Lars Movin has spent the last few years piecing together the short and rather elusive history of Danish underground group Furekåben. An exchange with former member Anthony Barnett led us to his new bo...

Recorded in 1979 and unheard in its intended form for nearly half a century, ‘Phoenix’ reveals the strange electric world Julian Mount created after Weaselsnout. By the spring of 1979, Julian Mount ha...

The Argentine drummer looks back on the extraordinary one-album group that brought Rubén Rada together with some of Buenos Aires’ finest jazz musicians, and on the long-overdue Altercat reissue of the...

John Surman has spent more than six decades following sounds wherever they led. He began as a choirboy in Plymouth, picked up the clarinet and baritone saxophone as a teenager, and entered the London ...

The guitarist, banjo player, composer and writer talks about his early years in Canada and New York, Shockabilly, country music, the electric rake and why he has always preferred to release music hims...

Gordon Phillips discusses the life, music and rediscovery of his brother John, a mysterious outsider folk songwriter from Rhodesia whose surviving recordings have finally been brought together in ‘Son...

Evan Parker discusses Cecil Taylor, John Stevens, Derek Bailey, Incus, solo saxophone, electronics and ‘The Heraclitean Two-Step, etc.’ For more than six decades, Evan Parker has been a central figure...

“Oh my god, music and sound is endless. It’s always all the things you just said. It never ends… it is just like LIFE.” That is William Hooker in a few lines. For more than five decades, the drummer, ...

‘Alive!’ is the new live album by Fantastic Negrito, put together from performances recorded in Trieste, Brooklyn, Rubigen, Sogliano and Leeds. The places and audiences change, but the idea behind the...

Before Blood, Sweat & Tears even had a horn section, Bobby Colomby called Fred Lipsius and asked if he wanted to join the new band. Colomby said he would speak with the others and get back to him. Fiv...

When ‘Armageddon’ appeared on Vertigo in 1982, it received little attention in Greece. Its English lyrics, passages in ancient Greek, long instrumental sections and dark biblical themes placed it well...

The Finchley Boys were part of a busy music scene around Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, during the second half of the 1960s. The university brought people into town, local promoters were booking througho...