Steel-driving man

Crazy Horse’s bassist BILLY TALBOT on Zuma, the rebirth of Crazy Horse, power cuts, Dylan jams and more

Amid the mayhem of his European tour, Joe takes time out to give us a guided tour around his 2025 live gear, delivers the lowdown on some of his more storied guitars, and tells us why his mighty multi-amp rig has to run at breaking point in order to make the earth move and those riffs resonate…

Taking cues from Steely Dan but bringing their own unique vibe to the 70s AOR genre, Young Gun Silver Fox have grown a devoted fanbase. We join guitarist and co-founder Shawn Lee to see how rare, oddball and collectible guitars have powered their sound

To celebrate the imminent arrival of Tracks II: The Lost Albums , Uncut takes a revelatory trip inside the archives of BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN . There, we piece together the stories behind an unexpected and expansive alternate discography not even the most devout Bruce fans could have imagined – from garage sessions and solo experiments to film soundtracks, pared-down dustbowl dramas, Vegas swing and more. “If you want to understand how Springsteen works creatively, he’s never shown you more of his cards than he does here,” one collaborator confides to Peter Watts

In 1975, NEIL YOUNG emerged battered but defiant from the darkness that had overshadowed much of the decade so far. Now accompanied by a reformed CRAZY HORSE , he recorded ZUMA – one of the defining releases in his peerless run of ’70s albums. Fifty years on, the Horse’s redoubtable bassist BILLY TALBOT share secrets of high times and heavy jams during the Point Dume recording sessions. Meanwhile, a host of Neil heads including MJ LENDERMAN , ALAN SPARHAWK , EVAN DANDO , BLAKE MILLS and KURT VILE salute the album’s musical marvels. “It is the arrival of a band that would anchor an era and influence generations,” says one acolyte

Few guitarists are loved as equally for their acoustic work as their electric playing but such is the unique talent of Richard Thompson . We meet him to find out how he’s preparing to go head-to-head with Tommy Emmanuel, chat about the end of his touring days, and talk alternative tunings