John Morrison traces the new world routes mapped by the Philadelphia musician, promoter and Star’s End presenter

John Morrison on how the 1980s black music scene gave Kraftwerk the club-wise edge

“The truth is that Tony could keep better time than any drum machine, but his emigration to Europe coincided with the increasing mechanisation of dance music.” Allen’s biographer and some time musical collaborator Michael Veal traces the ever evolving work of the heart-steady Afrobeat drummer

“Henry was not hired to fill the role of a bass player; he was hired to be Henry,” declares fellow bassist William Parker

“Hal came up in a music industry that no longer exists,” observes Alan Licht, in his tribute to the US producer

The pioneering 1960s free jazz saxophonist learnt the high cost of freedom playing for change in New York's subways and parks before his late period rediscovery by William Parker, Cooper-Moore, and others. By Pierre Crépon

Founder member of The Scratch Orchestra Carole Finer died on 20 March

“There’s still a way to preserve a space even if there are no venues,” says SHCR's Katy Roseland, whose station is primed and ready for indoor parties

Alan Licht examines Genesis Breyer P-Orridge’s legacy of transforming 1960s psychedelic culture into a subversive vehicle for social change

Pat Thomas relays how great African traditions shaped Tyner’s musical education in the face of racist music journalism and white supremacy

Alan Courtis recalls an unforgettable night in Blackpool with the beaming Ceramic Hobs mastermind who died last month

Christopher DeLaurenti looks back at the work and career of the electronic music composer who died on 29 November

Writer, historian and deejay Lez Henry traces connections between poets and the dancehall, from Oku Onuora and Linton Kwesi Johnson to Nazamba and Roger Robinson

In an essay to accompany our Excess All Areas feature in The Wire 427, Daniel Neofetou dissects the psychological and musical overload of Kanye West

Apartment House’s Anton Lukoszevieze sets the scene for a rediscovered Mingus composition that the ensemble will perform with Elaine Mitchener at September’s Totally Thames Festival

The Wire's Deputy Editor heads to Berlin to investigate the relationship between contemporary dance and avant garde composition

An automatic composing machine, capable of inventing new tunes long before the age of autonomous artificial intelligence driven devices. Or was it? By Robert Barry

Val Wilmer remembers the cloaked coffee bar performer who took a new approach to poetry reading inspired by skiffle, jazz, rock ’n’ roll and the blues

US guitarist Davey Williams died from spinal cancer on 6 April at the age of 66. Writer and friend Lee Shook recalls how their friendship expanded his musical universe