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
John Pietaro catches up with Ronnie Burrage to discuss his musical influences, St Louis's Black Artists Group, community outreach work and his most recent album Dance Of The Great Spirit
Following their first live performance with a full line-up since 2003, the Argentine trio of Alan Courtis, Rob Conlazo and Miguel Tomasín tell Hernan Muleiro about their latest CD box set, how they met Pauline Oliveros, and what they want for Christmas
Noisemakers are being used as guinea pigs to test new art spaces. It won’t last, predicts musician, artist and Wire contributor Yan Jun after a poorly attended gig in the capital of southwestern China’s Sichuan province
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 composer Kelly Moran releases her new Warp EP Origin on 17 May. She spoke to The Wire’s Deputy Editor Emily Bick before a performance at London's Southbank Centre on 5 April
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