Alex Neilson
Issue 378
August 2015
+ The Wire Tapper 38
News
Volcanic Tongue closing after ten years
Volcanic Tongue closing after ten years
David Keenan talks about the reasons behind the closing of the Glasgow underground music shop he ran with Heather Leigh
News
Alex Neilson curating new events series
Alex Neilson curating new events series
Coventry arts centre The Tin working on a programme with Neilson, beginning with 26 October show.
Tracks
Listen: Death Shanties tracks
July 2014
Listen to music from a new project by Alex Neilson, Sybren Renema and Lucy Stein, mixing references to medieval music, sea shanties and field hollers with the ecstatic cry of 1960s fire music.
Issue 364
June 2014
Issue 363
May 2014
Essay
Lou Reed 1942–2013: Alex Neilson: The Quality Of Mercy
November 2013
Lou Reed died on 27 October, 2013. Musician Alex Neilson on how 1978's Take No Prisoners intensified and counter acted his prejudices about Reed
The Portal
Alex Neilson's Topic Label Portal
March 2013
Alex Neilson, author of The Wire 349 Collateral Damage article on the connections between folk music and the future promised by digital culture, chooses five highlights from the newly digitised Topic label.
Issue 349
March 2013
News
Trembling Bells new site, with exclusive Bonnie 'Prince' Billy live album
Trembling Bells new site, with exclusive Bonnie 'Prince' Billy live album
Alex Neilson's Trembling Bells have launched a new site which includes downloads of tracks recorded with Bonnie 'Prince' Billy.
Essay
Collateral Damage: Alex Neilson on Topic records
February 2013
As the Topic label prepares to put its vast archive online, Alex Neilson sees unexpected connections between folk music's pluralist roots and the new routes promised by digital culture.
