Tom Verlaine died on 28 January aged 73. Read Alan Licht’s 2006 cover story on the Television guitarist and singer in our online library.

Michael Snow died on 5 January aged 94. Read Julian Cowley’s 2019 interview with the Canadian multimedia artist free in our online library.

Contributor Clive Bell selects ten pieces of writing from The Wire’s back pages featuring Michael Nyman, Chris Watson, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Stereolab and more. All selected articles are available to read in The Wire’s digital library with a Wire print or digital subscription

Primary Information shares a segment from this new analysis of techno as Black-led folk music for an industrial society

Chris Lane goes island hopping with the crown prince of reggae in his ongoing odyssey through Jamaican music classics

The Pennsylvania born composer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist discusses how her artistic practice has evolved to centre her disability and explore it as a creative source

As part of her memoir of queer pre-and post-punk music and art life in London, Dorothy Max Prior recalls her involvement in the short-lived new wave outfit Rema-Rema

Daniel Spicer talks to Ukrainian soldier and electronic music producer Timur Dzhafarov

Manuel Göttsching died in Berlin on 4 December, aged 70. Read Keith Moliné's 2011 cover story with the Ash Ra Tempel guitarist and electro-minimalist pioneer via our online library for free

A new illustrated account of the life and work of Crass member and resident visual artist Gee Vaucher charts her influence through generations

Contributor Emily Pothast selects ten pieces of writing from The Wire's back pages that “capture particularly pivotal moments in the lives of the artists they feature”. All selected articles are available to read in The Wire's digital library with a Wire print or digital subscription

A 740 page book reflecting on the life and work of saxophonist Sonny Rollins charts his musical evolution, including his little documented engagement with the avant garde

Following the death of Low's drummer and singer Mimi Parker on 5 November, read Abi Bliss's 2018 interview with the band free in our online library

Jason Gross returns to an unpublished interview with the Ohio born Golden Palominos drummer who died in September

Equinox Publishing share a segment from a new translation of an extended interview between Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stańko and broadcaster Rafał Księżyk

The author of Goodnight The Pleasure Was Ours ponders the ephemeral relationship between performer and audience on a call with fellow musician Richard Thomas

Chris Lane checks in with “undisputed king of ska” Mongo Santamaria in his latest version excursion

Pierre Crépon pays tribute to the US saxophonist by looking at his career-defining years on the Impulse! label

“Take an R&B lick and shake it until it vibrated to death, into freedom.” Following the death of the great saxophonist on 24 September, read Phil Freeman’s eight page guide to the key records in a multifaceted career free in our online library

In a new book written before his death in 2021, bassist Ubadah McConner recounts the evolution and history of his home based educational, cultural and music centre in Pontiac, Michigan, which held all night Friday sessions of music and conversation for over 30 years