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...

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

Theories, rants, etc. • MOJO welcomes correspondence for publication. E-mail to: mojoreaders@bauermedia.co.uk

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Mob-La-Di, Mob-La-Da • Lennon Vs. The Mafia? Lawyer Jay Bergen tells all about how they beat the rap.

Where There’s A Will There’s A Bill • They’ve thrown a guest-packed Blind Date Party. Will Oldham and Bill Callahan interview each other about “the super-niceness”.

Peter Hammill • VdGG’s magus salutes Steve Marcus’s free-jazz eruption The Lord’s Prayer (Vortex, 1969).

BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD REINVENT THEMSELVES FOR “ISLAND ALBUM” TWO

ALSO WORKING

MATT JOHNSON • The The’s returned generalissimo talks inertia, prescience, life and death.

UK SOUL CATALYST GENO WASHINGTON TAKES IT BACK TO THE SWEATY CLUBS

GENOROYALE • Geno Washington’s packet of three.

The East Was Rad • Bill Graham’s mighty New York venue the Fillmore East, remembered in all its glory.

VIRAL MAVENS OF COTTAGE-CORE WET LEG ON THE CHAISE LONGUE.

LIVERPOOL’S DIALECT SPEAKS IN TONGUES OF ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC CHAMBER-JAZZ

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THE MOJO INTERVIEW • From the edge of heaven to the brink of death, music has accompanied Spiritualized’s spaceman-in-chief to extraordinary places, but what’s really going on inside that helmet? “The songs always seem prescient,” says Jason Pierce. “I worry about that.”

A LIFE IN PICTURES • Pierce mission: the faces of Jason.

GALAXY QUEST • Three heavenly bodies from the eternal J. Spaceman.

Better Hide Your Heart • Don’t cry for Laura Nyro the singer-songwriter who launched a legion of smash-hit covers but whose own albums only inched into the charts. For over 40 years, she turned pain into art into self-knowledge and, as her friends and collaborators insist, victimhood never looked good on her. “She did what she wanted,” they tell Dave DiMartino.

“She Was A Really Great Teacher” • RICKIE LEE JONES on her love for Laura Nyro.

“I Was Kind Of A Wild girl

The Best of 2021 • STARRING: THE BEACH BOYS • ST. VINCENT • WARREN ELLIS • THE WEATHER STATION • PAUL WELLER • RICKIE LEE JONES • QUESTLOVE • DAVID CROSBY & MORE

THE 75 BEST ALBUMS OF 2021

“I Wanted To Set The Record Straight” • What did the chanteuse of the LA demi-monde learn from her scintillating memoir? “Fame is a hard act to follow,” she tells SYLVIE SIMMONS.

“I Had Way Too Much Information!” • SUMMER OF SOUL distilled cultural history and musical revelation in a mindblowing brew. First-time director QUESTLOVE talks to DAVID HUTCHEON.

“It’s Been One Of My Favourite Tours Ever” • Pioneering the post-lockdown return of live music – and much else besides – was Bad Seed WARREN ELLIS. ANDREW MALE caught up with him, just about.

MOJO PRESENTS • Exploring “climate grief” with fearless writing and sensuous music, THE WEATHER STATION’s Ignorance was one of MOJO’s revelations of...