UK UNCUT Magazine May 2018 Johnny Marr The Smith Viv Albertine Shirley Collins

UK UNCUT magazine May 2018 - Brand New Condition.

Marr is on the cover, and inside the guitarist and collaborator extraordinaire discusses his tremendous new solo album, his vision for an alternative society and his former bandmates in The Smiths and elsewhere.

“This new LP,” he says, “is my favourite of all the records I’ve made. Ever, ever, ever!”

John Fogerty, the architect of Creedence Clearwater Revival‘s classic Southern rock, discusses his solo career, his latest reissues and his perseverance through troubled times. “I had to work my way through the woods,” he explains.

Uncut heads to the picturesque home of Shirley Collins, the doyenne of English folk, to hear the singer’s take on the finest albums of her career; from 1959’s Sweet England to 2016’s Lodestar, Collins tells her tale, including encounters with Jimi Hendrix, Davy Graham and various Fairport Convention musicians along the way.

As The Black Keys‘ mastermind, Dan Auerbach, and his Easy Eye Sound crew hit the road, we join them to ask the producer what’s next for his old band. “Anything seems possible,” Auerbach says. “I hope it always will.”

Uncut also heads to Madrid to catch up with Unknown Mortal Orchestra‘s Ruban Neilson – up for discussion are his excellent new album, Sex & Food, surviving Mexican earthquakes and Vietnamese police raids, and his favourite art. “I’m obsessed with putting myself in difficult situations,” he explains.

Elsewhere, Martha Reeves and assorted eyewitnesses take us through the creation of “Dancing In The Street”, Martha & The Vandellas‘ goodtime hit from summer 1964. “My reputation was one or two takes,” Reeves says. “I could nail a song, especially if I made it my own.”