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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…

Sand Blasters A Raising Sand Companion • 15 songs chosen by Robert Plant

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.

Open For White Goods • Third Man Records opens a London branch! Jack White talks beatnik culture, vinyl recording booths and a live launch.

KENNEY JONES LAUNCHES NICE RECORDS WITH A SMALL FACES ’66 LIVE LP! (AND A FACES REUNION?)

GIMME FIVE… GAMBLING SONGS

COURTNEY BARNETT EMBRACES THE DRUM MACHINE, DISCOVERS ARTHUR RUSSELL ON LP 3

ALSO WORKING

WANDA JACKSON • The rock’n’roll godmother on honky tonkin’, sharp dressing and several Elvises.

TRUNK RECORDS TURNS 25! BOSS JONNY TALKS THE WICKER MAN, PATIENCE AND SONIC ERUPTIONS

Clem Burke • Blondie’s drummer lauds Bowie’s The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (RCA, 1972)

Volcanic Reactions • Under The Volcano revisits the rise and fall of Sir George Martin’s AIR Studios.

ONE MORE TIME FOR PUB ROCK ACES BRINSLEY SCHWARZ

ROOTS ALLURES! • Three ways to Anglo-Americana nirvana.

FROM AMSTERDAM TO SOUTH MIMMS: THE CANNONBALL TRAJECTORY OF PIP BLOM

MOVE ON UP, WITH LA SOUL RE-INVENTORS GABRIELS

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THE MOJO INTERVIEW • From painter in oils to sculptor of sound, The War On Drugs’ mainman has turned panic and breakdown into beatific song, beloved of Bruce and Sir Mick. So what’s next? “Now it’s time to live it for real, ” says Adam Granduciel.

WE’RE NOT WORTHY

A LIFE IN PICTURES • Adam’s antics: a growing Granduciel.

DREAM HARDER • Three landmarks on Granduciel’s sonic journey, by Tom Doyle.

The Queen And I • When struggling jazz-pop diva Aretha Franklin came to Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in January 1967, it was the epiphany that transformed her art and career forever. Bass man David Hood watched the magic happen, and helped the makers of new Aretha biopic, Respect, shoot the truth.

Soul Serenade • Before she died, Aretha Franklin told Jennifer Hudson she foresaw “a big motion picture of her life”. But how did its makers match music’s greatest voice and reveal its most private personality? “We had to bring our A-plus game,” they tell Andrew Gollins.

GRACE UNDER PRESSURE • FROM DYLAN’S HOME TOWN SPRING THE FRAGILE ECSTASIES OF LOW, FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS A BYWORD FOR QUALITY IN ALTERNATIVE ROCK. AND THAT’S IN SPITE OF THE UNIMAGINABLE DEMONS THAT HAVE TORMENTED ONE HALF OF ITS MARRIED CORE, AND THE FALLOUT FOR FAMILY AND FANS. “TESTING PEOPLE’S PATIENCE WAS AN INTEREST FROM THE BEGINNING,’’ THEY TELL VICTORIA SEGAL PHOTOGRAPHY: NATHAN KEAY.

THE NETHER WORLD • Six of the best LOW albums, by Victoria Segal.

READING 88'S PISS-BOTTLE APOCALYPSE • Out of sync with the times and changing audience demands, it was the twilight of Berkshire’s venerable National Rock Festival. But its death-throes were a horrorshow of mud, blood and beer....