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.

JET POWERED POP! • 15 SKY-SCRAPING SONGS BY XTC, TEENAGE FANCLUB, THE LEMON TWIGS, SUSANNA HOFFS & MATTHEW SWEET AND MORE

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

Theories, rants, etc.

Let It Reid • The Jesus And Mary Chain return with Glasgow Eyes. Plus! Memoir, documentary and headbutt news.

BACK AFTER 26 YEARS! DEE CLEE HAS THINGS TO SAY

Hurray For The Riff Raff

DR JOHN COOPER CL ARKE CELEBR ATES 50 YEARS IN SHOWBIZ!

FUGITIVE SONGWRITER SCOTT FAGAN SCORNS OUTR AGEOUS FORTUNE

Magnificent Seventies

MEET ØXN, LATEST GR ADUATES FROM L ANKUM’S AVANT- FOLK ACADEMY. “DARK CR AIC” GUAR ANTEED!

MOJO PLAYLIST

GET READY: NEW SOUL SENSATION JALEN NGONDA DELIVERS FROM TEMPTATIONS!

Accrington Stanley FC’s loss was prog rock’s gain when Jon Anderson found his inner Art Garfunkel and said ‘yes’ to Yes. Through spats and schisms he’s soldiered on, unbeaten, unbowed. How so? “I’m from the North, mate. Don’t mess with me.”

A LIFE IN PICTURES

EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL IS FAR AWAY • WITH THEIR ON-STAGE FOLIAGE AND BACKWOODS FACE-FUNGUS, GRANDADDY CLOSED THE ’90S AS GLORIOUS ENIGMAS, MASTERS OF A UNIQUE AND STRANGE KIND OF HEART-TUGGING INDIE ROCK. IN 2024, FIGHTING DRINK AND DEPRESSION, THEIR TROUBLED LEADER HAS RETURNED TO RECLAIM THE NAME AND, PERHAPS, RENEW A VOCATION. “I’M SEEING A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL,” HE TELLS BOB MEHR.

Mission Accomplished • The dream of two comedians obsessed by blues and R&B, panned by critics but adored by generations of fans, The Blues Brothers carried a torch for the greats of the genre at a time when the music and movie industries could care less. Adapted from his new book about the film and its stars, Daniel de Visé relates the drugs, the jeopardy and the idealism behind a cult classic.

a man you don't meet every day • Scorning predictions of his demise, year upon year, Shane MacGowan is finally gone. What he leaves, in terms of his spirit and the music of the Pogues – its poetry of defiance, devotion and degradation – is unlikely ever to be matched. But was there enough of it? “He wrote so many great songs in a short space of time,” argues his friend and chronicler Ann Scanlon. “How many songwriters can say that?”

THE SHADOWS STEP OUT • Forged in skiffle, they found fame with Cliff Richard and became lords of instrumental rock when Apache was a smash in 1960. For years success on the charts, stage and screen made them cornerstones of British rock, with bespectacled lead player Hank Marvin an inspiration to a million bedroom guitarists. Then The Beatles happened. “Music was changing,” recall the band and admirers, adding, “we provided a template for the British group boom…”

Sometimes Salvaion • As famed for their stormy sibling rivalry as for their soulful rock extrapolations, The Black Crowes seemed dead and buried, the grave trampled by wronged and resentful ex- members. But now the brothers Robinson are back, with a new album and they claim - a new attitude. "In order to do this properly, we...