wire: march 2021

Maggie Nicols: As the legendary free music vocalist releases her first ever solo album, Louise Gray talks to her about her early days among the jazz clubs of Swinging 60s Soho, her groundbreaking feminist music projects of the 70s, and her enduring interest in the healing and communal power of sound. Don Cherry: As Don and Moki Cherry's work is the subject of a new book, Gabriel Bristow revists the global music traveller's roots in the post-bop mileu of Watts, Los Angeles in the 1950s. Invisible Jukebox - Femi and Made Kuti: Afrobeat royalty enjoy an audience with The Wire's mystery record collection, as they release a pair of albums together.