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

The history of Western music is built upon the work of Indigenous musicians whose voices must be heard, says tanner menard

The Paris based improvising musician shares an interview with the Japanese sound artist originally undertaken for the Oscillation festival

Mike Barnes recalls meeting the singer whose music made his listeners get a bit too carried away

A resource of music orientated organisations that have been set up by and for people with learning disabilities

“This uneasy interface between Alan Lomax and the record team is also where some errors crept into Voyager’s liner notes, many of which would last for decades”

Pierre Crépon and Richard J Koloda speak to the bass player and poet who worked with Albert Ayler and Black Unity Trio, among others

A reading list of over 20 music books intended to teach or educate, compiled by Wire staff to accompany The Great Learning special issue

Ahead of his performances at Big Ears Festival, the US electronics composer discusses process and his love of radio with The Wire’s Deputy Editor

Rob Young pays tribute to the former Talk Talk frontman

Ilia Rogatchevski catches up with the Polish quartet’s front man to discuss Gdansk’s tumultuous history, the films of Werner Herzog and the importance of boredom to the creative process

Roger Robinson and Kevin Martin share and discuss their new album, a meditation on loss and loneliness

“Why and how can a rock band like The Observatory exist in such a silent dream state?” Yan Jun discusses censorship amid the noise and silence of Singapore

The Art Ensemble Of Chicago frontman died on 9 January. Howard Mandel recalls several encounters with the musician, and a gig cancellation that had him dodging the collective for several years

In her memoir of the great US jazz drummer, educator and pharmacist, Val Wilmer recalls her visit to Alvin Fielder’s hometown of Meridian, Mississippi, where he introduced her to leading Civil Rights activists for her project to photograph the lives of black women

Extracts from Mark Sinker’s introduction to A Hidden Landscape Once A Week: The Unruly Curiosity Of The UK Music Press In The 1960s-80s, In The Words Of Those Who Were There

“Why did this gentleman blow up our speaker, mom?” “It’s sound art, dear.”

The musician and poet sounds out the meaning of his life in art

On the first anniversary of Murray’s death, Pierre Crépon pays tribute to the pioneering free drummer by documenting his early years as a leader on the international scene

Read an unpublished interview with the late US saxophonist and synth player Marzette Watts, conducted at his home in New York City on 3 July 1974. Transcribed, edited and introduced by Pierre Crépon