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ELCOME to Uncut’s annual Review Of The Year issue. Beginning on page 49, you’ll find a bustling 37-page section featuring our Top 75 New Albums, Top 30 Archive Releases, Top 20 Films and Top 10 Books. Alongside these lists – let the great debate begin! – you’ll find new interviews with some of the artists who’ve helped shape our year: The Smile, Elvis Costello, Sharon Van Etten, Kevin Rowland, Michael Head, Joan Shelley and Nathan Salsburg, Richard Dawson, Makaya McCraven and Neu!. As you’d imagine, there’s quite a lot to dig into. This year, I’m pleased to report, 43 contributors voted for a total of 411 new albums and 207 archival releases. These robust numbers are a reassuring sign that the disruption brought about by the pandemic continues to recede. Of course, there are other problems ahead, but as our lists demonstrate, good music will always endure. As an example, one of my favourite albums of this year, Jana Horn’s Optimism, was released privately in the depths of lockdown before No Quarter gave it a wider release: a win for Horn and evidence that someone out there is always listening.
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What else can you find in store this month? For our cover story, Peter Watts goes deep into a trove of rare and unreleased Hunky Dory material in the company of David Bowie’s friends, bandmates and collaborators. Brace yourself for revelations galore. Elsewhere, we bid farewell to Jerry Lee Lewis and Loretta Lynn, there’s the return of Bill Berry, Sparklehorse, The Murder Capital, Roxy live, Richard Williams on Springsteen, Rick Rubin on Neil and the Horse, Al Jardine on “a whole new vision for The Beach Boys” circa 1972, plus Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell on Tom Petty. There’s more, of course. We’re back next month with a major interview with one of our most beloved cover stars. No spoilers, but there’s plenty to talk about…
Michael Bonner, Editor. Follow me on Twitter @michaelbonner
CONTENTS
4 Instant Karma!
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REVIEW OF
Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Berry, Sparklehorse, NY hardcore, The Murder Capital
10 New Albums
Including:Bruce Springsteen, Duke Garwood, RoziPlain, The Welcome Wagon, NeilYoung, Plaid, Bill Orcutt
42 Loretta Lynn
A cast of admirers from Lucinda Williams and Margo Price to kd lang pay tribute to the trailblazing singer-songwriter
92 David Bowie
As the new Divine Symmetry boxset digs deep into the 12 months that led up
102 Live Roxy Music 104 Films
White Noise, Aftersun, Lynch/Oz and more
28 The Archive
Including:The Beach Boys, Tom Petty, Neal Casal, Trevor Beales
to 1971’s Hunky Dory, confidants and collaborators reveal the secrets of a major turning point in Bowie’s career
THE ESSENTIAL ALBUMS, FILMS AND BOOKS OF THE YEAR
50 THE TOP 75 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 62 AN AUDIENCE WITH MICHAEL HEAD 66 JOAN SHELLEY & NATHAN SALSBURG 72 ALBUM BY ALBUM WITH RICHARD DAWSON 76 BLACK MIDI 80 THE BEST ARCHIVE RELEASES 84 THE MAKING OF… WITH NEU! 88 2022’S GREATEST FILMS 90 THE YEAR’S BEST BOOKS
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106 DVD, Blu-ray and TV
Doug Sahm, Satchmo, Sinéad O’Connor
108 Books
Dylan, Bono, Margo Price, Albert Ayler
110 Not Fade Away Obituaries
112 Letters… Plus the Uncut crossword 114 My Life In Music Kevin Rowland
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