Jackie Leven, 1950–2011: "I'm too connected to the pain of other people. It really breaks me up."
Graeme Thomson, Uncut, February 2012
In his life as in his music, the Scottish singer-songwriter who died last November found inspiration in the raw extremes of human behaviour, which he documented with poetic soulfulness. Uncut pays tribute to a wild and brilliant talent.
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