Pierre Crépon celebrates the career of the late pianist Bobby Few, who united the avant garde and the power of song and dance

The Wire's Julian Cowley looks back at the life, work and unseen worlds of the experimental composer, who has died at the age of 75

The Wire’s Mike Barnes remembers his 1996 encounter with the ambient composer

George Grella looks back at the work of a digital music innovator, who has died at the age of 75

Julian Cowley pays tribute to the Romanian avant garde composer

Veteran spinner and host Raj Chaudhuri remembers the many DJ booths where he has taken to the airwaves

“Drop out” Japanese punk group are about to drop their debut record – 20 years after they formed. By Biba Kopf

The Chicago drummer remembers his Die Like A Dog bandmate and close collaborator

Roy Ayers and Fela Kuti each explored Pan-Africanism and diasporic solidarity their own way before their meeting in 1979, which represented a crystallisation of ideas. By John Morrison

The late producer's biographer Noel Hawks writes an appreciation

The Wire’s Japanese flute specialist finds himself improvising on the soundtracks to two video game blockbusters

In 1971 Cecil Taylor joined the University of Wisconsin to lecture on Black music history and lead its student jazz ensemble. Budding photographer and student Paul Ruppa shares his photos and memories of Taylor at work and play in Wisconsin and New York

Ken Hollings maps the late Italian composer’s use of power chords and psychedelic rock tropes to crack open his crime and horror soundtracks

Byron Coley chronicles the life of prolific East Coast guitarist, lap steel player and chess freak Marc Orleans, of Sunburned Hand Of The Man, Spore and many more

The harpist and bandmate pays tribute to a musician who always set the bar high

The Wire publisher asks: What is wrong with this industry? Why is it such a monoculture? What is wrong with the white people who run it, work in it, report on it, study in it?

Julian Cowley on the life of the UK bassist and composer who died on 28 June

As lockdown begins to ease and protests over the killing of George Floyd fill the sonic landscape, Alan Licht examines the value of New York Public Library's anthology of nostalgic field recordings

The Wire contributor, musician and Decolonise Fest co-founder asks white readers: “Does the diversity of your record collection reflect the diversity of your real social life or approach to the world?”