Big Big Train cofounder Gregory Spawton on the records, artists and gigs that are of lasting significance to him.

The month’s best guitar music – a hand-picked selection of the finest fretwork on wax

After decades of feuding and fall outs, Chris and Rich Robinson, aka The Black Crowes , have found a groove of brotherly love and rock bravado.

Musical chameleons Ulver have reinvented themselves yet again. With their 14th album, they’ve turned away from the progressive synthpop of their recent releases and delivered something more atmospheric. Mainman Kristoffer Rygg looks back on the personal strife and decades of deviation that have paved the way for Neverland.

The return of a roots rocking infestation from late-’80s Florida.

The brothers Robinson recall the highs, lows and sibling spats of a 36-year recording career