With a career-spanning compilation album and an authorized biography out this month, the 69-year-old British art rocker—and onetime card-carrying Communist—talks to Ryan Dombal about politics, pride, and living a full life outside of the mainstream.
Marcus O’Dair delves into the slippery subject of ‘pataphysics—which paved the way for Surrealism while inspiring musicians like cult hero Robert Wyatt—to see whether it is profound or preposterous.
The art-rock journeyman talks to Ryan Dombal about the sounds and stories of his life, including run-ins with Mingus and Björk, his insatiable love of jazz's "magic paradox," and how music helped him survive a near-fatal fall 40 years ago.
We close out 2007 with our annual review of the year's 50 best albums.
British psych-jazz legend on working with Brian Eno and Paul Weller, the long journey from Dionne Warwick to Johnny Cash, and how he considers himself a "sit-down comedian."
A decade of innovation starring Brian Eno, the Clash, Kraftwerk, Sly and the Family Stone, David Bowie, and more
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