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Latest issue

A ten page special on cosmic guitar music: Marisa Anderson, Robbie Basho, Davey Graham, Glenn Jones, C Joynes, Sarah Louise and Gwenifer Raymond. Plus: Lonnie Holley, a guide to DJ tools, Invisible Jukebox: John Edwards x Caroline Kraabel, Shirley Collins, Drexciya, 38 pages of reviews, and more.



Also this month: download the The Wire Tapper 53. Get it here: https://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/the-wire-tapper