Basic Country Mustard

John & Yoko/ Plastic Ono Band Power ...

The sixtieth anniversary ‘heritage’ edition of Ariel

Fifty years on, PATTI SMITH ’ s visionary debut Horses has lost none of its defiance and power. Here, Smith’s long-serving lieutenant LENNY KAYE recalls her emergence as the noble warrior poet of rock’n’roll, and the making of this incantatory album – tracing its creative arc from St Mark’s Church to a rehearsal room in Times Square, the stage at CBGB and, finally, the hallowed confines of Electric Lady Studio A. “We kept pushing it further out there,” he tells Nick Hasted

I’ve just returned from three magical days in the Lake District. Craggy mountains, mist over the fells, and the gentle hum of a Herdwick sheep or two. I stayed near Hill Top, once home to Beatrix Pott

IN THE HUSHED YET AIRY “COCKTAIL PARLOUR” ...