a crash course in career-building from the bard himself

...Is one of the producers responsible for the new wave of guitar-based pop. Paul Tingen finds he has plenty to say about modern music technology, not all of it favourable.

Tim Goodyer talks to Carl Marsh, guitarist with E&MM's idiosyncratic cover artists, about Oil and Gold, rock and roll, and the Jupiter 8 versus the DX7.

Weller and Talbot collectively swapping shopping stories with Adrian Deevoy

Chas de Whalley meets legendary Folk Rock svengali, Joe Boyd

The chiming of distant Rickenbackers, the drawl of Peter Buck, the whirr of Chris Maillard's tape recorder, and other sweet Georgia sounds

A swim on the wild side

Hull heroes hassled

Songs from the North

Tony Reed talks to Somerville and Coles, the Morecambe and Wise of agit-Pop

Billy Bragg

Billy Bragg picks eight that rate.

A new book published, A New England dissected

Are They A Good Mix?

mixing the pop world's most powerful cocktail: should your music have a message?

Sound On Sound reader Kofi Busia continues his tale of how he came to grips with MIDI, discovered the joys of music software and produced his own LP of African music.

(so that people can actually hear them)

A rundown on what's involved in setting up your own personal cassette label and how to bring your product to the attention of the people who matter.

Budget guitar with the built in amp

It's that time of the month again...

don't panic

Goes Chrimbo Crazy

A special seasonal waft of your favourite news and gossip column, this time drifting through the whole magazine and including mini-interviews with the likes of China Crisis and jokes from the likes of us. The fun starts here.

Who you (the readers) voted as best musician, and what you (still the readers) voted as best gear. We shake the world.

Cover Versions

Why do them, how do them, when do them.

do you have to be a politician to have a hit

Show Reports

what we saw