“Spiritually, it’s a medicine, too, because if you play the drums with that perfection, you can bring the ancestors close to you. That’s the mystical side of drumming and how it can cure people.”

Haley Fohr of US band Jackie Lynn talks aliases and identity

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

Read a transcript of an interview conducted by Biba Kopf as part of an article on Neu! in The Wire 208, June 2001

Read an excerpt of Joseph Stannard's interview transcript with the the duo

Hasan Shahid reveals the secret history of Cleveland, Ohio's legendary The Black Unity Trio, whose 1969 album Al-Fatihah is set for reissue in late 2020. By Pierre Crépon

The trumpeter shares a full stream of his latest release and talks about his roles as bandleader, community music venue programmer and Sun Ra messenger

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

Trumpeter, promoter and Heart N Soul affiliate Robyn Steward highlights eight artists from London’s inclusive conscious gig scene

“There is a noise switch on the organ; when you first put it on you get a ‘Whurghssh!’”

Matthews talks to Bell about returning to solo recordings with her newfound ELKA 400, relaunching Annette Works and Berlin's community spirit

Stream the new live album by Garcia Peoples and read an interview with the taper who captured the gig for posterity

“I think the first ‘actual’ concert I attended was a piano recital. I was probably nine...I was in the first row and spent the entire concert frozen by fear of disturbing the pianist.” – Bonnet

The artist also known as Kassel Jaeger talks about the act of listening and what Radigue's music means to him

House DJ and Shoom founder Danny Rampling talks to Louise Gray about his long and deep friendship with the DJ, producer and musician Andrew Weatherall

The London DJ and producer died on 17 February. Culled from The Wire's archive, read two articles penned 20 years apart

The Gateshead DJ, composer and musical director of turntable ensemble NOISESTRA selects her top ten scratch records

In this extract, Cafe Oto founder Hamish Dunbar recalls an early email exchange with the saxophonist

The California based producer talks about films with interesting sounds

The longtime Wire contributor has penned a major study of UK progressive rock in the 1970s. Based on his own extensive research and interviews with musicians, journalists and insiders, it amounts to 608 pages long. In this extract, Barnes offers an account of an early King Crimson set that took place one sunny afternoon in 1969 at London's Hyde Park