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...

A THIRD MAN RECORDS ANTHOLOGY • THE WHITE STRIPES, THE RACONTEURS, THE DEAD WEATHER, ALABAMA SHAKES, LILLIE MAE, BUSH TETRAS, KELLEY STOLTZ & MORE

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

Theories, rants, etc.

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Who Were You • Unseen! The teenage Townshend’s ground zero of auto-destructive art! Plus, the roots of Tommy?

BLACK SABBATH BRING IT ALL BACK HOME FOR A 50 YEAR CELEBRATION OF DIABOLOUS IN MUSICA…

GIMME FIVE… KRAFTWERK SIMULATIONS

ALABAMA SHAKES’ BRITTANY HOWARD DOES IT HER WAY FOR SOLO LP ONE

FACT SHEET

ALSO WORKING

BILLY CHILDISH • The Medway punk-art renegade talks rock’n’roll vitality, the colour of music and moustaches.

CHILDISH THINGS • Five Billy Bangers

Maceo Parker • Funk sax vet hails Ray Charles’s What’d I Say (Atlantic, 1959)

SPARKS AND DIRECTOR LEOS CARAX SAY ‘ANYTHING GOES!’ FOR NEUROTIC SCREEN TRAGEDY ANNETTE.

Comic rolls • Y-fronts! Trees! Latex props! Welcome to photographer Neil MacKenzie Matthews’ parallel pop world.

SELF PORTRAIT RICKIE LEE JONES • The jazz-pop boho-storyteller in her own words and by her own hand.

THE MIGRANT BIRD SONGS OF BEDOUINE . HER FLIGHTPATH? ARMENIA, SYRIA, SAUDI ARABIA, LOS ANGELES.

BRASS! BONGOS! BEARDS! NEW YORK’S NOISY NONET, THE BUDOS BAND

MOJO PLAYLIST • Bite down! For the month’s finest rock, pop and Thai-surf dub.

You’re Gonna Miss Me • Roky Erickson, 13th Floor Elevators’ father of Texas psychedelic garage rock, departed this planet for places unknown on May 31.

THE LEGACY

Nobody Knows But Me • Musical archaeologist and channeller of old-time goodness, Leon Redbone has gone on ahead.

THEY ALSO SERVED

“Bullied and beaten up”, she soldiers on, self-rebooting at 60, still thinking out loud, still finding new ways to dance, with unexpected interventions from Bowie, The Beast and Baba O’Riley. “I have to share this with the world,” declares Madonna.

WE’RE NOT WORTHY • Nile Rodgers on Madonna’s depth and vision.

A LIFE IN PICTURES • Body of evidence: Madonna as icon.

MADDY’S PRIOR • Three great Madonna albums, by Danny Eccleston.

SMELLS LIKE TEAM SPIRIT

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

WHITE BLOOD SELLS

SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL HAPPENEN

DOWN PAT • Arnold’s early work, by Danny Eccleston .

An evolution of sound • Just as modern musicians explore new territory using vintage instruments, Jaguar’s collaboration with premium audio brand, Meridian™, is founded on a shared vision. It’s one where heritage values and cutting-edge outlook sit side by side.

THE NEW JAGUAR XE

MOJO PRESENTS • When IDLES felt lost and lonely they made music to heal themselves. Now the biggest cult band in Britain are taking on The Home Of Hardcore™. Just don’t call them punk, or ask them to turn the noise down. “We’re here to speak in our own language,” they tell KEITH CAMERON.

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