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Released on her own record label, the new album’s a precursor of a much bigger project.

THE HAMMER INTERVIEW

Having pushed MODERN NATURE as far out into the free-folk ether as they could go, Jack Cooper has brought it right back to first principles with The Heat Warps – an album of succinct and distinctly Beatlesque songcraft, recorded live with a classic four-piece band, that speaks directly to our turbulent times. “We’re not hiding behind anything,” the newly energised frontman tells Sam Richards

Returning with an album of man-and-guitar Dylan covers, the Eurythmics legend’s playing has never been laid so bare. He tells us about gigging folk clubs underage, the blues in his palette, and a memorable night on the tiles with Robert Zimmerman himself

OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS, ELLE HAS CELEBRATED CREATIVITY OF ALL KINDS. HERE, A RANGE OF TODAY’S LEADING ARTISTS, WRITERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS AND DIRECTORS SHARE THE RITUALS, ROUTINES AND REALITIES BEHIND THEIR GREATEST WORKS, FROM MIND-BLOWING EXCEL SHEETS TO THE MAGIC OF THE DARK ROOM