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…

MOJO PRESENTS HANDLE WITH CARE NEW MUSIC 2022

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.

A ’Loaf Supreme • The mighty Meat Loaf, the force of nature who brought the epic, crazed and fantastical to rock, left us on January 20.

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN DESTROY DELUSION, EMBRACE DHARMA ON CLUBHOUSE LP II

ALSO WORKING

O Brother, Where Art Thou • Edgar Winter and friends from ZZ Top, Eagles and The Beatles pay tribute to late blues sibling Johnny.

Stuart A. Staples • Tindersticks’ inimitable voice kneels before Townes Van Zandt’s Our Mother The Mountain (Poppy, 1969).

KEN BOOTHE • The reggae elder on number ones, losing everything and fighting back.

UNSINKABLE DUSTMAN-TURNED-POP STAR JOHN OTWAY RACKS UP 5,000 GIGS

WAY OUT OTWAY • Three ways into John’s world.

PEACE, LOVE AND POETRY! THE HEALING JAZZ ADVENTURES OF ALABASTER DEPLUME

AMAZONE ROKIA KONÉ STEPS OUT OF MALI AND INTO THE WORLD OF U2 AND R.E.M.

MOJO PLAYLIST • Buckle up! For trip-reggae, folk hymnals and belt-loop boogie.

THE MOJO INTERVIEW • How the “lovable puppy” of The Lemonheads went to the dark side and took his time crawling back. With It’s A Shame About Ray’s 30th birthday in sight, is it time for him to grow up? “I’m trying my best,” insists Evan Dando.

A LIFE IN PICTURES • ’Head shots: Dando down the years.

CHILDREN OF EVAN • Dando’s bittersweet fruit, picked by Andrew Male.

I CAN HEAR MUSIC • Loved alike by Beatles and Ramones, RONNIE SPECTOR’s voice rings through the ages. But the guts she had to survive persecution by her husband Phil is even more extraordinary. Sinee her death in January, her records and her story speak louder than ever, in defiance of those who would shackle her. “She was a free spirit,” discovers SYLVIE SIMMONS.

WALL OF HEARTACHE • FIVE STELLAR RONNIE SPECTOR PERFORMANCES, BY LOIS WILSON

MOJO PRESENTS • An endearing hotchpotch of homespun grooves and mordant Northern wit, YARD ACT are Britain’s busiest buzz band. But can they compete in the big leagues while still keeping it DIY? “What we’ve realised,” they tell ANDREW PERRY, “is that we can have it both ways.”

GARDEN VARIETY • Four albums that inspire Yard Act, as told to Andrew Perry.

IT HURTS ME TOO • KAREN DALTON was the real thing: a dust-bowl folk singer who astonished her ’60s peers until drugs and an allergy to the bright lights threw her music into shadow. Only now, as a bumper reissue of her key In My Own Time album hoves into view, is her voice – and those of her devotees – being properly heard. “ She could do the magic,” they tell VICTORIA SEGAL.

DIAMONDS & DUST • Six songs that summon the magic of Karen Dalton, by VICTORIA SEGAL.

TEARS FOR FEARS BUILD SONGS FROM THE BIG CHAIR • Ex-powerpop misfits from Bath, CURT SMITH and ROLAND ORZABAL found themselves as hit-making...