Listen to a recording of Wire staff member Shane Woolman ’ s closing set at this year's Stihia festival near Moynaq, Uzbekistan ...

As a tribute to the South African drummer who has died aged 85, we have made two articles in our online magazine archive free to read ...

A farewell concert for the Ugandan improvising multi-instrumentalist and poet who is moving to Iceland. London Avalon Cafe, 15 June, 1pm–6pm, £12.

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The 12 June edition of The Wire ’s weekly radio show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured tracks by Burqa Boyz, Moin, ...

Simon Coates compiles an annotated playlist to go with his report on Dhaka’s underground music scenes in The Wire 497 ...

In The Wire 497 it is the turn of bassist and breakcore pioneer DJ Scotch Egg, real name Shigeru Ishihara.

Fingerpicking guitar player combining influences from American Primitive, Mississippi blues and Appalachian finger styles, with a new album Last Night I Heard The Dog Star Bark coming out on We Are ...

On 27 September 2024, as Bratislava’s WAX2 club gradually reaches capacity, the club is flooded with lights and police officers. Then a voice commands: “Stop the music immediately! This is a police ...

In The Wire 496, Jo Hutton argues that radiophonic art is its own highly developed and theorised artistic practice, not merely an offshoot of electroacoustic music ...