May 2008

New: Rogers Waters meets Mark Ellen and discusses his demons, rivals, and the future of Floyd, plus Mike Leigh, Will Self, Stan Lee, Marco Pirroni, the Best and Worst of British TV, Pete Frame, Martha Wainwright, Jane Moore, our guide to essential radio, and the possible demise of Wikipedia.

April 2008

Elvis Costello interviewed at length by David Hepworth, plus the Barenaked Ladies at Sea, James, Guillemots, Laura Marling, The Rolling Stones, Clive James, Billy Bragg, Bowie in Berlin, and the price of tickets.

MARCH 2008

Fifth Birthday Edition featuring Nick Cave in Brighton, Toumanu Diabate in Mali, the B-52s, hard times at EMI, Alan Moore, Iain Banks, Flight of the Conchords, Moby, Punch Brothers, Hot 8 Brass Band, plus the Best and Worst of Word Magazine

FEBRUARY 2008

25 years of conversations with Morrissey, previously unpublished pics of The Beatles in India, Ringo Starr in Monaco, plus Led Zeppelin, Mark Lawson, Dolly Parton, British Sea Power, and the hellish state of the Music Industry. CD features Burial, Joe Jackson, Beth Rowley, Blind Willie Johnson, British Sea Power and more...

JANUARY 2008

The highlights of 2007 plus Paul McCartney, Ron Wood, Facebook, Mark Ronson, Richard Hawley, Matt Stevens and why you’ll miss the record business when it’s gone. Plus Best of 2007 CD featuring Tinariwen, Fountains of Wayne, Crowded House, Nick Lowe, Amiina, Maps, the Hold Steady and more.

DECEMBER 2007

Robert Plant, the secrets of live performance, Charlie Watts, Elvis Costello, Neil Tennant, Ozzy Osbourne, Basement Jaxx, Jarvis Cocker, The Fast Show, Radiohead, The Eagles, and the importance of wimps.

NOVEMBER 2007

David Gilmour, Tony Wilson, the Joy Division film, E

Bruce Springsteen, Ricky Gervais, Seasick Steve, Alison Moyet, Mick Jagger and Seasick Steve. Plus free CD featuring: Steve Earle, Jose Gonzalez, John Fogerty, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Alison Moyet, Joe Henry, Teddy Thompson and more.

OCTOBER 2007

David Gilmour, Tony Wilson, the Joy Division film, Edwyn Collins, Sebastian Faulks, Kate Nash, Bob Dylan and mucky books. Plus exceptional CD featuring Carbon/Silicon, Manu Chao, David Ford, Josh Ritter, Robert Wyatt, Eilen Jewell, Elvis Perkins, Edwyn Collins, King Creosote, Beirut and many more.

SEPTEMBER 2007

Johnny Marr, the Simpsons, Manu Chao, the Proclaimers, Billy Bragg and Mick Jones, Robert Wyatt, Richard Hawley, the Campbell diaries and more. Plus free CD featuring Rilo Kiley, Kelly Willis, Tunng, the Dragons, Devon Sproule, Ethiopiques, Epic45, Steven Lindsay, Zeep, Anti Atlas, Sylvie Lewis, Goodbooks, New Pornographers, Fairport Convention and Blue States.

AUGUST 2007

Exclusive Van Morrison interview, Glastonbury report, why rock can never be green, Beth Ditto, Bill Nighy, The Editors, what might have happened if John had not met Paul and more. Plus free Now Hear This CD featuring: Cherry Ghost, Trabant, Martin Simpson, Broken Family Band, Johnny Boy, the Felice Brothers, Komputer, Big Bang, Buffalo Tom and more.

JULY 2007

Leonard Cohen, Glastonbury, Nick Drake, Jerry Seinfeld, Jon Savage, Paul McCartney, Arabella Weir, Nick Lowe and Dizzee Rascal. With "Now Hear This" CD featuring Mavis Staples, Nick Lowe, Asobi Seksu, Au Revoir Simone, Amiina, Meg Baird, the Aliens, Suzanne Vega, Fennesz Sakamoto, Bob Frank and John Murry, Patrick Cleandeninm and more

JUNE 2007

Nick Dave, Lou Reed, Richard Thompson, Lemmy, Julian Cope, Marianne Faithfull, Andy Partridge and other great mavericks. Plus: the bleak future of music radio, new rave's moment of truth, punk's dirty little secret, Armando Iannucci, Michael Chabon and more, Plus wonderful free CD featuring the Lionheart Brothers, Fountains Of Wayne, the National, Patty Griffin, At Swim Two Birds and more.

MAY 2007

Rufus Wainwright, Crowded House, Arctic Monkeys, John Cale, Phil Spector, the Waterboys, Mark Ronson, Carla Bruni, the coolest names in music and why the Golden Age of music is right now. Plus free CD featuring: Laura Veirs, Warren Zevon, John Cale, Blonde Redhead, Trademark, Chris Thile. Tom McRae, the Bees and more.

APRIL 2007

The return of Joni Mitchell, the Arcade Fire, round the clock radio, Cat Power, Leslie Phillips and one hundred years of bitching. Plus fantastic special Greatest Hits CD with the Decemberists, Toumani Diabate, Ry Cooder, Rilo Kiley, M. Ward, Sufjan Stevens, Keren Ann, Neko Case, Broken Family Band, Martha Wainwright, Richard Hawley, Beirut, Cat Power and Susanna & The Magical Orchestra.

MARCH 2007

Amy Winehouse, Lucinda Williams, Joanna Newsom, Klaxons, Tinariwen and The Death Of Nostalgia. Plus brilliant new CD featuring The Pierces, Tinariwen, Rickie Lee Jones, Ojos De Brujo, The Hold Steady, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Bill Kirchen and lots more.

FEBRUARY 2007

Features The Doors, Jarvis Cocker, Martin Sheen, punk rock 1977 remembered, fifty years of record shops and the mighty Decemberists. Plus brilliant new CD featuring the Decemberists, Jarvis Cocker, Murder By Death, JJ Cale and Eric Clapton, Mariee Sioux, Trans Am and many more.

JANUARY 2007

How was it for you? The best of 2006, including Bob Dylan, Amy Winehouse, Neil Tennant, Lily Allen, Sufjan Stevens, Russell Brand, Jack White, Neil Finn, Muse, Bruce Springsteen, Oasis, The Beatles & More.

DECEMBER 2006

Tom Waits, Status Quo, new Beatles album, Madness and best and worst sidekicks. Plus corking CD featuring Lucinda Williams, Joan As Policewoman, Tom Rush, Beirut, Ben Folds, John Smith, Ali Farka Toure and more.

NOVEMBER 2006

The Killers, Corrine Bailey-Rae, Beck, Patti Smith and the Rock Snobs Test. Plus free CD featuring Tim Finn, Old Crow Medicine Show, Baby Bird, Regina Spektor, Robyn Hitchcock, the Be Good Tanyas, Konono No 1 and more.

OCTOBER 2006

New issue out now featuring Joe Strummer, the death of indie, Bono at school, Ray Lamontagne, Sigur Ros, Malcolm Hardee, Shirley Collins and Anthony Perkins. Plus free CD featuring Easy Star All Stars, Rhett Miller, M. Ward, Helene, the Walkmen and Yo La Tengo,Suburban Kids With Biblical Names and Peter Bjorn and John - plus Davey Graham's original Anji.

SEPTEMBER 2006

Bruce Springsteen, Syd Barrett, Belle and Sebastian and the real 80s recalled by Clare Grogan, Martin Fry, Billy Bragg and many others. Plus free CD featuring Tom Petty, Guy Clark, Aberfeldy, Piney Gir, Bhutan Philharmonic, Susanna and the Magical Orchestra and many more.

AUGUST 2006

Keith Richards, what really killed Top Of The Pops, Ennio Morricone, Devendra Banhart, Lemmy, Jenny Eclair, 30 more songs you have to hear. Plus free CD featuring the Pipettes, Mojave 3, Cat Power, Paul Weller, Divine Comedy, Sleepy Jackson, Tilly and the Wall, Flamin' Groovies, Ron Sexsmith and more.

JULY 2006

Neil Young, Lily Allen, Steve Van Zandt, You Tube, the A-Z of in-jokes and the great football books.

JUNE 2006

Leonard Cohen, the funniest and wisest man in showbusiness, Neil Diamond, Alan Alda, Eric Sykes, Paul Simon, The Waterboys and the best & worst TV ads ever. On this months Now Hear This CD; Jolie Holland, Josh Ritter, Roddy Frame, The Waterboys, Grandaddy and many more.

MAY 2006

Jack Johnson and his mentor Ben Harper, the best and worst sitcoms in TV history, Arctic Monkeys versus America, the decline and fall (and frozen peas) of Orson Welles, the legacy of Linda Smith plus Flaming Lips. The latest Now Hear This CD features Donald Fagen, the Gotan Project, Warren Zevon,Dayna Kurtz, Calexico, Josh Rouse and much more.

APRIL 2006

Pet Shop Boys on everything from Elton John's stag night to the Prime Minister. Plus David Gilmour on the Pink Floyd, Buster Keaton, Graham Coxon, Donald Fagen, best and worst Oscar winners, Dara O'Briain and the inside story of the life and death of Smash Hits magazine.

MARCH 2006

KT Tunstall, Truman Capote, Fiona Apple, Stephen Duffy, Andrew Marr and more.

FEBRUARY 2006

Johnny Cash, Arctic Monkeys, Richard Pryor and inside the billionaires' party circuit.

JANUARY 2006

10 writers and musicians explode 10 myths about Bob Dylan. Plus Gorillaz, Chris Langham, Jackson Browne, Mark E. Smith and the worst of everything.

DECEMBER 2005

Close to the Edge: on tour with U2, plus Doctor Who, Clint Eastwood, Sharon Osbourne, Arcade Fire, Noddy Holder, Hard-Fi, the best and worst album covers, and life backstage at Live 8.

NOVEMBER 2005

Mick Jones remembers, the real John Peel, a New Orleans story, plus Neil Young, the Magic Numbers, John Martyn, Alan Bennett, Louis Theroux and the best and worst movie lines ever.

OCTOBER 2005

Roger Waters, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Stephen Fry, Charlotte Church. Plus free CD featuring Echo & The Bunnymen, Sigur Ros, M. Ward and more.

SEPTEMBER 2005

Noel Gallagher, Elvis Costello, The Pixies, Richard Dreyfuss, Siouxsie Sioux, Bananarama, KT Tunstall, The New Yorker and James Bond.
CD:Richard Thompson, Stereo MC's, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Hal, Ladytron, Alfie, Baxter Dury, Juliet, Griffin House, Hayseed Dixie, The Boy Least Likely to and Lord Kitchener.

AUGUST 2005

Paul Weller, Pink Floyd playing Live8, Brian Eno, Gene Wilder Tori Amos and Words Glastonbury diaries.
On the months CD: Joy Zipper, Fountains Of Wayne, Daniel Lanois, Luke Haines, Shelby Lynne, Madness, Joseph Arthur, loeela James, Sweetblood, Karine Polwart and the Shortwave Set,

JULY 2005

Ry Cooder, Bruce Springsteen, Coldplay, James Blunt, Catch 22 and other language-changing expressions and movie sets you could live in. Plus free Word Of Mouth Cd with Ry Cooder, Guy Chambers, Keren Ann, Telepopmusik, Patty Griffin and Mitch Benn’s legendary ‘Everything Sounds Like Coldplay Now’.

JUNE 2005

Underrated Albums, Marc Bolan, Aimee Mann, David Schwimmer, The Tears, Teenage Fan Club and House Of Love. Reviews of new albums by Oasis, Bruce Springsteen and Van Morrison.
Also, the latest Word Of Mouth CD featuring the Magic Numbers, Aimee Mann, Ben Folds, the Ethiopians, Maria Taylor, Johnathan Rice, Morcheeba, Martha Wainwright, Loudon Wainwright (special family discount) and more.

MAY 2005

Pete Doherty, The Rolling Stones, Peter Sellers, The Eels, Julian Clary, Piers Morgan and Malcolm Gladwell.
Word Of mouth CD: The Blind Boys Of Alabama, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Shivaree, British Sea Power, Orishas, The Arcade Fire, Steven Lindsay, Fairport Convention, Kathleen Edwards, The Broken Family Band and Seasick Steve and the level devils.

APRIL 2005

Paul Du Noyer on Eric Clapton • Mark Ellen with Tony Blair • Andy Gill on Hunter S. Thompson • Stuart Maconie on Beck.
Word Of Mouth CD: Marshmallows, The Magnetic Fields, Roots Manuva, Ben Lee, Everything But The Girl, Brendan Benson, Gretchen Peters, Thievery Corporation featuring David Byrne, June Tabor, Ambulance Ltd and Ray lamontagne.

MARCH 2005

Joni Mitchell, Rufus Wainwright, Francoise Hardy, Chris Morris, lunch with The Goodies and Word's underrated books.
Word Of Mouth CD: The Finn Brothers, Rilo Kiley, Francoise Hardy, Laura Veirs, The House Of Love, Bright Eyes, Ambershades, Josh Rouse, Emiliana Torrini, Craig Armstrong, Lemon jelly and Hank Williams.

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FEBRUARY 2005

Tom Waits by Mick Brown with exculsive pictures by Anton Corbijn. The art of writing lyrics by Elvis Costello, Tori Amos, Bernie Taupin and Rufus Wainright among many others.Jamie Fox as Ray Charles and Word's underrated DVD's.

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JANUARY 2005

Morrissey interviewed by Stuart Maconie, The ninth life of The Pogues, PJ O'Rourke, Word's underrated DVD's and the best music, DVD's and books of 2004.
Word Of Mouth CD featuring: Mercury Rev, Jem, k.d.lang, The Czars, Leonard Cohen, Angela McCluskey, Paul Weller, The Memory Band, Amy Farris, Josh Ritter, The Dears, David Kitt, James Grant, Yo-Yo Ma and Tom McRae.

SOLD OUT

DECEMBER 2004

John Peel (1939-2004) Probably the greatest broadcaster of his generation.
Plus Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, David Starkey, Robyn Hitchcock and Word's under-rated movies.

NOVEMBER 2004

Live Aid: What really happened. Plus Michael Palin, Eddie Izzard, Tom Waits, Razorlight, Tom Wolfe, The Zutons and Ringo's postcards.
Word Of Mouth CD featuring Rilo Kiley, Elvis Costello and the Imposters, Tres Chicas, Marjorie Fair, Nellie McKay, Ella Guru, Anne McCue, The Roots, Cristina Dona, Trashcan Sinatras, Stina Nordenstam, The Blue Nile, James Yorkston and The Athletes, The Delgados and Elliott Smith.

OCTOBER 2004

How Springsteen, REM, Outcast and Michael Moore plan to swing the US election. Plus Crosby and Nash, The Blue Nile, Marianne Faithfull, Lou Reed, Yes and Nick Cave.

SEPTEMBER 2004

The White Stripes: Their twisted tale untangled. Plus The Libertines, Neil and Tim Finn, Keane and The Rutles.
Word of Mouth CD featuring: Nick Cave and The bad Seeds, Sondre Lerche, Paul Weller, Adem, Mylo, Lari White, Ed Harcourt, Groove Armada, Robyn Hitchcock, The Bees, Sons and Daughters, The Handsome Family, The Honeymoon, The Concretes and Toots and the Maytals.

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AUGUST 2004

Prince, Word to the wise: Terry Wogan, Ronnie wood, Mike Batt & Katie Melua, Ray Charles, All the young dudes, Shaznay Lewis, Unseen Hendrix.

JULY 2004

Jeff Buckley, Mark E Smith, Andrew Loog Oldham, Christine McVie and the changing face of the Rock festival.
Also the first Word of Mouth CD featuring: Nick Drake, Fountains Of Wayne, John Martyn, Babel Gilberto, Jim White, Franz Ferdinand, Delays, Jolie Holland, Amp Fiddler, Juana Molina, Grand Drive, Zero 7, Kathryn Williams, Dogs Die In Hot Cars and Sufjan Stevens.

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JUNE 2004

How rock changed movies, Andrew Harrison on The Smiths, Isle of wight 1969, Papa wasn't a rolling stone by Caitlin Moran, John Martyn, Johnny Vaughan, Nick Drake.

MAY 2004

Franz Ferdinand, Shaun of the dead, Lost movie titles, Steve Earle, Adventures on eBAY, Who cares about Nirvana? "Turbofolk?"
Plus picture supplement.

APRIL 2004

110 songs you should have on your ipod, Hip hop's Jane Austen, Meet meela-yo-yo-vich! Andy Partridge
The seven ages of rock, Elvis and the colonel.
Plus picture supplement.

MARCH 2004

Secret History Of Entertainment, Half man half biscuit, The Beatles take America, Matt Groening, The man who invented the iPod, The White Stripes, Norah Jones, Bogart.

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FEBRUARY 2004

50th anniversary of Rock'n'Roll, The Cure, A Mighty Wind, Steely Dan, The lost picture show, The dawn of celebrity, School Of rock, The Cure, Ryan Adams.

JANUARY 2004

Blue's christmas: 100 years of The Blues, Jools Holland, Music's digital future, World gone mad, Elliott Smith, Word's perfect ten.

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DECEMBER 2003

The Beatles: Let It Be Naked: exclusive interview with Paul McCartney, Julian Cope, File-sharing & P2P, Neal Stephenson, The party's over, Emmylou Harris, Jargon Update.

NOVEMBER 2003

David Bowie by Paul DuNoyer, Andy Kershaw on Johnny Cash, Paul Heaton, Robert Carlyle, Nigella Lawson, Usher, MP3 without tears, Belle and Sebastian, Victorian Vice, Bob Geldof, DVD commentaries and Mark Cooper on what it's like producing Laters.

OCTOBER 2003

Travis, Massive attack in Japan, Summer festivals, The Darkness, Billy Bragg, Dead comics, The afterlife of eva cassidy, Douglas Coupland, Armando Ianucci, James Herbert.

SEPTEMBER 2003

Dido, New serbia calling, Kevin Rowland, Invasion of the beautiful people, Online Diaries, Records ate my life, So solid crew, Urban underworld, Multi-region DVDs.

AUGUST 2003

Paul Weller, James Naughtie on interviewing politicians, Gillian Welch, Secrets of the entertainment world, Super Furry Animals, Anniversaries, Beyonce Knowles, Bill Bryson, Mel & Sue.

JULY 2003

Bjork, Life as a tabloid columnist, Royksopp, Secrets of the entertainment world, Grandaddy, Friends.

JUNE 2003

Morrissey, Running Glastonbury, Luke Haines, Benny Hill, Jargon, James Taylor.

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MAY 2003

Blur, Doing Soundtracks, DVD a la carte, Lucinda Williams,Roman Polanski, Antony Beevor, Cocaine.

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APRIL 2003

Elvis Costello, Bebel Gilberto, Daredevil, Phil Jupitas on doing stand-up, Ian Hislop, Tony Wilson and the Awards Racket.

MARCH 2003

First and very special issue. Includes: Nick Cave, The kid stays in the picture, Writing Eastenders, Growing up with Julie Christie, Eminem
John Peel.
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