Alan Tomlinson died on 13 February aged 76. As a tribute to the UK trombonist and improvisor we have made Mike Barnes's 2018 interview from The Wire 413 free to read in our online library.
Contributor Abi Bliss selects pieces of writing from The Wire’s back pages featuring Laurie Anderson, MF DOOM, Robert Wyatt, Matmos, Evan Parker, Iannis Xenakis, Annea Lockwood, and more. All selected articles are available to read in The Wire’s digital library with a Wire print or digital subscription.
Damo Suzuki died on 9 February aged 74. As a tribute we have made Mike Barnes’s 2004 interview with the experimental rock vocalist free to read in our online library.
As a tribute to writer Neil Kulkarni, who died on 22 January aged 51, we have made a selection of the many articles he wrote for The Wire free to read in our online library for one month
To coincide with his interview with the British composer, improvisor and multi-instrumentalist in The Wire 479/480, Clive Bell compiles a primer of works from Fred Frith’s vast discography
The Wire is deeply saddened to hear of the death of writer Neil Kulkarni. Neil was one of the UK’s most original and distinctive music critics. He had been writing for The Wire since the early 2000s, and just last week filed this online essay, in which he picks his favourite writing from The Wire’s back pages. We publish it now as a tribute to Neil. RIP.
Phill Niblock died on 8 January, aged 90. As a tribute to the American composer and film maker we have made Dan Warburton’s 2006 cover feature from The Wire 265 free to read online for one month
Tony Oxley died on Boxing Day aged 85. As a tribute we have made Ben Watson’s 1999 interview with the drummer and live electronics improvisor and composer free to read in our online library.
Catherine Christer Hennix died on 19 November 2023. As a tribute we have made Marcus Boon’s 2010 interview with the Swedish musician, artist and mathematician free to read in our online magazine library.
Contributor John Morrison selects pieces of writing from The Wire’s back pages featuring hiphop mixtapes, Can, Meg Baird & Mary Lattimore, Steinski, and more. All selected articles are available to read in The Wire’s digital library with a print or digital subscription
As a tribute to hiphop producer Mark James aka 45 King who has died aged 62 we have made Peter Shapiro’s 1997 interview with James free to read in our online library.
Sound artist Steve Roden died on 6 September aged 59. Read Christoph Cox’s interview with him in The Wire 229 and Roden’s Epiphanies essay in The Wire 196 for free in our online library.
Free jazz saxophonist and pianist Charles Gayle has died aged 84. We have made two interviews with the musician also known as Streets The Clown free to read in our online library, from 1994 and 2012.
Contributor Frances Morgan compiles an annotated list of some of The Wire's Once Upon A Time In... special features that tell the stories of significant and localised scenes in underground music history. All selected articles are available to read in The Wire’s digital library with a print or digital subscription.
Contributor Marc Masters selects ten of his favourite Invisible Jukebox interviews from The Wire’s back pages featuring Sunny Murray, Derek Bailey, Jaimie Branch, Lydia Lunch, and more. All selected articles are available to read in The Wire’s digital library with a Wire print or digital subscription.
Following the interview with his new band House Of All in The Wire 472, the former Fall bassist selects some of his favourite pop and rock basslines
Wire subscribers can explore this selection of past features on The Fall and Mark E Smith from The Wire's back pages in our online library
Agit-Pop Group leader and sonic rule-breaker Mark Stewart died on 21 April aged 62. Read Mark Fisher’s interview with Stewart from The Wire 293 and Adrian Sherwood’s Epiphany from The Wire 445 free in our online library