Ornette Coleman
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Books
Scene And Not Heard: Jesse Rifkin’s Playlist For NYC’s Lost Music Spaces
The new book by Jesse Rifkin, *This Must Be the Place* tracks the rise and fall of music scenes and the places that gave them succour. In his author playlist, he picks out 11 key tracks that exemplify those scenes, from the Greenwich Village folk revival to early 00s Brooklyn noise-rock, via loft jazz, punk rock, hip hop and more
Black Sky Thinking
Vinyl Staircase: July In Record Collecting Misery By John Doran
A halo of coffee mugs? An impassable wall made from Kraftwerk box sets? The OST so frightening it can't be listened to in the dark? It can only be the return of Vinyl Staircase - John Doran's melancholy death march through this month's black wax
Baker’s Dozen Appearances 7
Baker's Dozen
Music As Mountain Railroad: Jeb Loy Nichols’ Favourite Records
Musician and crate-digger extraordinaire Jeb Loy Nichols tells the stories behind the stops on his musical railroad, from a deep friendship with Adrian Sherwood and the heroes of Muscle Shoals that led to a love of bluegrass, country, reggae and soul
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Organic Intelligence
Organic Intelligence VII: Bill Brewster’s Balearic Sound Of Scandinavia
Get your sauna logs and loosely fitting tiny towels at the ready as we head to Scandinavia for this month’s Organic Intelligence subscriber exclusive, in which Bill Brewster guides you through the Balearic sounds of Scandinavia
Things I Have Learned
Steve Ignorant On Saving Lives With The Sea Palling Lifeboat
Steve Ignorant now lives in North Norfolk and volunteers as a crew member on the independent Sea Palling lifeboat. Here, he tells Luke Turner about his work on the choppy grey waters. Photo thanks to Damon Allen Davison
Remember Them…
A Different World: Holger Czukay Interviewed
Holger Czukay, co-founder of Can, student of Karlheinz Stockhausen and maker of great music, has died. In this interview, originally published on tQ in 2014 to mark 40 years since the release of Canaxis 5, he spoke to Bobby Barry about Stockhausen, John Lydon and learning to fly.
