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…

You Gotta Move! • THE ROCK & SOUL SOUNDS OF MUSICLE SHOALS, ALABAMA OTIS REDDING, WILSON PICKETT GREGG ALLMAN, BETTYE LAVETTE JASON ISBELL & MORE

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

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Theories, rants, etc. • MOJO welcomes correspondence for publication.

Rage In Harlem • Directed by Questlove, Summer Of Soul exposes the lost music revolution of summer ‘69.

GEORGE HARRISON’S ALL THINGS MUST PASS, GOES UBER-DELUXE (WITH GNOMES)

GIMME FIVE… MUSICAL CASH-INS

THE STRANGLERS SAY FAREWELL TO DAVE GREENFIELD WITH DARK MATTERS

ALSO WORKING

JACKSON BROWNE • The Laurel Canyon laureate talks protest, golden toilets and cocaine.

REVEALED! ALICE COLTRANE’S SANSKRIT-VIA-MOTOWN SOLO WURLITZER OPUS

LAST NIGHT A RECORD CHANGED MY LIFE • The songwriter’s songwriter flips out over Little Stevie Wonder’s Fingertips Parts 1 & 2 (Tamla, 1963)

HENDRIX FAVE ELLEN McILWAINE, STILL BLAZING UP THE BOTTLENECK BLUES

FARTHER ALONG • McIlwaine explores the blues and beyond.

INDIE-KOSMISCHE SCREAMERS SQUID ARGUE IN HARMONY

AROOJ AFTAB’S “LOVE-ORIENTED INTOXICATION MUSIC” AND THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS…

MOJO PLAYLIST • All rise, for the month’s best epic pop, sunny dub and punk reborn.

THE MOJO INTERVIEW • Through 50 years of taboo-busting, hat revamps and beard-growth, the “Dali of the Delta” has kept faith with the blues. Has his mojo never flagged? “Plug in, turn it up – that’s always been the reward,” says Billy Gibbons.

WE’RE NOT WORTHY • Don’t fear the beard, advises Josh Homme.

A LIFE IN PICTURES • Billy Gibbons: caught by the (face) fuzz.

FROM A TO ZZ • Tres classics by the king of the cyber blues. Your guide: David Fricke.

HEAVY WEATHER • With their effortless songs and on-stage larks, CROWDED HOUSE made a good show of flying above the fray. But splits and sackings, and their drummer’s shocking suicide, told another story. As Neil Finn and Seymour – the “angsty songwriter” and the “smart arse” – regroup and go again they relieve the blasphemy and meat raffles, the good times and bad, with ANDY FYFE.

HOME COMFORTS • All the CROWDED HOUSE albums, rated by ANDY FYFE.

MOJO PRESENTS • Sci-fi, soul and self-belief carried YOLA through chaos at home in Portis-head, to Nashville, where Dan Auerbach and Sister Rosetta Tharpe have helped her connect with the source, and where the future is finally within reach. “Just commit and that shit is yours,” she tells BILL DeMAIN.

“SHE’S UNAFRAID TO TELL HER STORY” • Producer and Black Key Dan Auerbach on the wonder of Yola.

BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY • Tearaway Teddy Boy to prog-hating progger in rock’s least predictable band: FAMILY firebrand ROGER CHAPMAN does what he likes and damn the torpedoes. Not the safest career strategy, but one that means he rocks stoically on, 60-odd years since he started. “I can’t switch my mind off from creating,” he tells. JIM...