MOJO

Launched in 1993, MOJO celebrates the stories of music's all-time greats. It does this through expertly written, insightful features and exclusive, in-depth interviews. MOJO also finds and recommends new music of quality and integrity, so if you want to read about the classics of now and tomorrow, it is definitely the music magazine for you. As founding editor Paul Du Noyer put it, MOJO has ""the sensibilities of a fanzine and the design values of Vogue."" It's lovingly put together every month by music fanatics with huge knowledge, who share your passion. And because they have unrivalled contacts in the music industry, they bring you the kind of access, news and expertise you won't find anywhere else.

THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE…

Pulp • Live. Rare. Unreleased. 1982-2025

ALL BACK TO MY PLACE • THE STARS REVEAL THE SONIC DELIGHTS GUARANTEED TO GET THEM GOING…

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Theories, rants, etc.

Back Where You Began • Nick Drake’s storied debut, replete with unheard material over four packed discs? Get ready for The Making Of Five Leaves Left.

48 YEARS AFTER THEIR FIRST, THE BLOCKHEADS RETURN TO THE STUDIO

ALSO WORKING

PETER MURPHY • Bauhaus’s undead idol talks new creation, goth, baldness and sick bats.

Miki Berenyi • The ex-Lush singer freaks over The Monkees’s Head (Colgem, 1968).

IRMA THOMAS JAMS OUT HER FIRST NEW ALBUM IN 17 YEARS

STILL A WILD CARD, SINGERSONGWRITER CHIP TAYLOR PLAYS IT COOL

VIAGRA BOYS, STOCKHOLM’S SUBVERSIVE PUNK TROGLODYTES, SHAPE UP!

KASSI VALAZZA STAYS ON THE MOVE TO TRANSCEND AMERICANA

MOJO PLAYLIST • Harken to the month’s best folk-rock, robo-jazz and curtain-closers.

THE MOJO INTERVIEW • From teenage fiddle prodigy to multi-Grammied ambassador of bluegrass, via O Brother, Robert Plant and Ringo, she’s always chased the next “high” of creation and communication. But why? “Everybody wants to be listened to,” says Alison Krauss.

A LIFE IN PICTURES • Take a bow: Alison down the years.

BLUE HORIZONS • Three key Krauss kollections

The King Of New York • Stack-heeled provocateur and obsessive blues scholar. RockRock’n’rpuritan and punk revolutionary. A Manhattan institution in a city cleaning itself up around him… David Johansen lived many lives in his hometown, all in pursuit of the best possible time. Kris Needs talks to his adoring fellow travellers, and remembers encounters with the New York Doll stretching back over 50 years: “I had this gift to incite a riot!”

Personality Crises • The shapeshifting genins of David Johansen in 10 songs.

MOJO PRESENTS • The loss of her father and an ugly, post-Glastonbury pile-on were big enough challenges for BILLY NOMATES. Then came an MS diagnosis. A third album of soul-baring post-punk pop proves she won’t be cowed, but she’s still baffled by the feedback. “People call me radical for my hair being a bit messy,” she tells JENNY BULLEY.

MATES’ GREATS • Four albums that helped inspire Billy Nomates’ Metalhorse.

WRITTEN ON THE WIND • In 1975, a songwriting genius mired in existential crisis, pushing pens in Motown’s LA office, came out of early retirement with an album that invented a whole new genre of soul. Fifty years on, SMOKEY ROBINSON approaches UK shores with a live show based around the “languid intimacy” of A Quiet Storm. “I was like a prisoner in a cage of my own making,” he tells ANDREW MALE.

ON THE WINGS OF LOVE • Six classics in the ‘QUIET STORM’ radio genre, 1975-1983. Your late-night DJ: Andrew Male.

WHO’s CRAZY NOW? • IN STRAITENED TIMES FOR ROCK’N’ROLL, SPARKS ARE THRIVING, WITH A CANNY BUSINESS MODEL, BRAND-EXTENDING COLLABS AND RECORDS THAT KEEP HITTING THE SWEET SPOT OF FUNNY, CLEVER, CATCHY AND CAMP....