London Shepherd’s Bush Empire

BASED IN NORTHERN IRELAND, Janice Lightowler works in oil and graphite. When working on her oil paintings, she uses only one small brush, irrespective of the size of the piece, and later attaches that

Mike Patton and the Avett Brothers join forces to create a work of immense beauty.

Fifty years on from their first successes, Roger McGuinn, the 12-string architect of THE BYRDS , tells Uncut about their exceptional first 18 months – and his relationship with Gene Clark. As the young group make their jet-powered escape from the folk think tank, we hear about making the scene on the Strip, outraging Iowa and a muted response in the United Kingdom. But ultimately how “Eight Miles High” became the spectacular conclusion of the band’s first era. “I almost left The Byrds entirely to go and be in this space band With Dino Valente,” McGuinn tells John Robinson

Kerry James Marshall, ‘poised between narrative and allegory’

My Focus – Live Under The Rainbow