Robert Wyatt Turns 75 (Uncut)

Uncut magazine has a fine piece on Robert Wyatt (and Alfie) in their March issue 2020:
"I´m so somewhere else now..." (Uncut 274 March 2020 pp 56 - 61).

The focus is on history, stories and daily life, but there are also some great news: Faber will publish Robert Wyatt and Alfreda Benge´s collected lyrics this year, with introduction written by Jarvis Cocker!

Jarvis Cocker: "His version of Chic´s "At Last I´m Free" is amazing! I was DJing in Cologne once and we´d been told we had to stop, so I put that track on, thinking, "It´s quite mellow, so that´ll be the end of the party". But it was a lovely moment - all these people in Germany at three o´clock in the morning singing a Robert Wyatt song at the top of their lungs". Now that´s Wyatting!

Cuckooland

I´m not the kind of person that play the same records over and over again during a short period of time, but I have to admit that I have had a crush on "Cuckooland" (2003) this January!
What a great album!

Play it today!

Happy 75th birthday to Robert!!!

Further Perspectives & Distortion

Here is a Cherry Red compilation (3xCD) that might interest you:
"Further Perspectives & Distortion – An Encyclopedia Of British Experimental And Avante-Garde Music 1976-1984" (Cherry Red Records 2019).

You will even find a Robert Wyatt track in there: "Rangers in the night", previously released on "Miniatures (A Sequence Of Fifty-One Tiny Masterpieces Edited By Morgan-Fisher)" (Pipe 1980).

Full track list (and an order button) right here.

Return To Y'Hup - The World Of Ivor Cutler

"Chemikal Underground takes great pleasure in announcing the upcoming release of Return To Y’Hup: The World of Ivor Cutler; a celebration of the life and work of an artist of unrivalled musical and poetic vision. 26 of Cutler’s choice compositions are presented by Citizen Bravo, Raymond MacDonald and a host of friends...".

With "distinct Scottish voices alongside new arrangements of Cutler’s music, featuring a large number of high profile guest artists, including: Stuart Braithwaite (Mogwai), Tracyanne Campbell (Camera Obscura), Kris Drever (Lau), Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand), Stuart Murdoch (Belle & Sebastian), Pictish Trail, Emma Pollock (Delgados), Karine Polwart, Rick Redbeard (Phantom Band) and James Yorkston. Visiting the island as distinguished guests are two English vocalists, Phyllis King (Ivor Cutler’s longtime companion and collaborator) and living legend, Robert Wyatt".

Vinyl, CD and download out on 24 January 2020. Looking forward to this one!

Robert and Alfie in LUNCHEON Magazine

Check out Martin Clark´s interview with Robert Wyatt and Alfreda Benge in LUNCHEON N.8 AW 2019-20:"Robert Wyatt and Alfie Benge" (p 90 - 101).

Great photos by Kuba Ryniewicz.

I don´t know how big this magazine is, but here in Norway it seems to be for sale in one place only! Since I was in Oslo for the weekend I found it at Narvesen kiosk/Continental, where they had copies with 2 of the 3 front pages available.

Sur FIP le 4 décembre en direct, Tribute to Robert Wyatt.

Pardon my French, but this seems to be a live tribute to Robert Wyatt by North Sea Radio Orchestra with John Greaves and Annie Barbazza, broadcasted on fip.fr December 4th 2019.

Taken from this site.

My Fleeting Trio cover "Maryan"

My Fleeting Trio cover "Maryan" (Wyatt/Catherine). Arranged by Pablo Roquefort, performed by Clement Brajtman (Vocal, Drums), Armand Dubois (French Horn), Pablo Roquefort (Guitar).