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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…

SECOND HAND NEWS • THE SONGS OF STEVIE NICKS & FLEETWOOD MAC

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

Theories, rants, etc. • MOJO welcomes correspondence for publication. Write to us at: MOJO, H Bauer Publishing, The Lantern, 75 Hampstead Road, London, NW1 2PL. E-mail to: mojoreaders@bauermedia.co.uk

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The Big Twang • Inspirational guitar great Duane Eddy left us on April 30. Phil Alexander bids farewell.

Purple Duane • Five prime slices of Eddy.

AI STEVE MARRIOTT SINGS: “THE ULTIMATE SLAP IN THE FACE” OR “BEAUTIFUL”?

FINALLY! SQUEEZE RECORD 50-YEAR-OLD LP TRIXIE’S (AND ANOTHER ALBUM)

Graham Gouldman • 10cc’s master songwriter talks The Yardbirds, Ringo, and the pros and cons of bubblegum.

GOLDEN GRAHAMS • Gouldman’s top five writers (and their songs).

FINALLY! LOUIS ARMSTRONG’S LAST HURRAH LIVE IN LONDON

Ron Sexsmith • A craftsman remembers, in awe, Golden Hour Of The Kinks (Golden Hour, 1977).

ANI DiFRANCO, ANTI-FOLK ACTIVIST STILL BRINGING UNPRECEDENTED SH!T

ANI WONDER • Definitive DiFranco, times three.

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WHO IS CINDY LEE? ON THE TRAIL OF 2024’S MOST MYSTERIOUS UNDERGROUND STAR

FROM GUATEMALA TO MEXICO CITY: THE FREAKY CELLO GROOVES OF MABE FRATTI

MOJO PLAYLIST • The month’s best Floydness, banjo freak-outs and old-school rap.

THE MOJO INTERVIEW • The junior pole vaulter-turned-vocal acrobat in Deep Purple on the dreams and the screams, rucks with Ritchie Blackmore, ‘being’ Jesus, the farcical Sabbath stint, and… what’s this? Something you might mistake for wisdom? “We were stumbling idiots,” admits Ian Gillan.

A LIFE IN PICTURES • Purple reign: Ian through the ages.

GILLAN’S GLORIES • Three highlights from an eclectic career, by Mark Blake.

THE EQUALIZER • INTIMIDATING, INSPIRING, WISE – SOMETIMES DUMB – STEVE ALBINI, WHO PASSED LAST MONTH, WAS A ONE-OFF. IN BIG BLACK AND SHELLAC HE REDEFINED HOW A BAND COULD SOUND, AND WHAT IT COULD SAY. AND ON THE HUNDREDS OF RECORDS HE ENGINEERED HE ESTABLISHED A NO-FRILLS PHILOSOPHY THAT CLIENTS AND FRIENDS INSIST WILL REMAIN A PARADIGM. “HE HAD ALL THIS KNOWLEDGE, BUT HE WAS NOT LORDING IT OVER YOU,” THEY TELL GRAYSON HAVER CURRIN.

A RICH MAN’S 10-TRACK • A STEVE ALBINI MIXTAPE, COMPILED BY MOJO, ANNOTATED BY DANNY ECCLESTON.

LET IT SHINE ON ME • The songs of LEAD BELLY lit a path for the folk revival and beyond, but the legend of a guitar-toting killer, freed from prison by white song collectors, was fanciful at best. Adapting from her new book, Sheila Curran Bernard unpicks the man and musician from the politics of race in 20th century America, and explains how his extraordinary northern debut, 90 years ago, failed to end his troubles…

“HE WAS TOTALLY FEARLESS" • 2024’s hot bluesman, Buffalo Nichols, on five key Lead Belly...