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…

HELLO OPERATOR! • THE SONGS JACK WHITE TAUGHT US

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

Theories, rants, etc.

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Standing On The Edge • Voice of unflinching catharsis, Mark Lanegan’s voyage reached its end on February 22. His friend Keith Cameron remembers him.

Old Friends, The Blues… • Reunited at last, Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder hail the genius of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee.

AFTER NINE YEARS, SIGUR RÓS RETURN TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING FOR LP EIGHT

ALSO WORKING

ALICE COOPER • The Nightmare man talks Detroit, Lou Reed and the beast inside.

JAPAN’S UNKNOWABLE AVANT-ROCK ENIGMAS LES RALLIZES DÉNUDÉS BREAK COVER!

KYOTO STORM WARNING • LRD in three lethal Doses.

Keith Richards • The Rolling Stone kneels at the altar of The Best Of Little Walter (Chess, 1958).

A STONE AGAIN OR • PLUS! Keith reveals what’s next for the World’s Greatest Rock & Roll Band.

FROM SILICON VALLEY TO THE NASHVILLE MESS AROUND – MEET MOLLY TUTTLE, ROOTS PRODIGY

THE ROCK’N’ROLL GOSPEL OF SARAH BROWN, VIA STEVIE WONDER, ROXY MUSIC, PINK FLOYD AND SIMPLE MINDS

MOJO PLAYLIST • Git down! With the month’s finest soul-punk, jangle and Afro-choogle.

THE MOJO INTERVIEW • Broadway babe turned blues teen with a bottle on her flipping-off finger, she lived fast ’til Prince put her right. Now, at 72, she sees clearer than ever. “John Lee Hooker was so cool at this age,” says Bonnie Raitt.

WE’RE NOT WORTHY • Jackson Browne on the greatness of Raitt.

A LIFE IN PICTURES • Special Raitt: Bonnie down the years.

HIGHLY RAITT-ED • Three Bonnie beauts across six decades. By Bob Mehr.

THE BONG SHOW+. • THIRTY YEARS A RECORDING CONCERN, CYPRESS HIL’S STONER SAMPLEDELIA HAS SURVIVED MORE THAN CHANGING TRENDS IN RAP – TRY A BULLET IN THE BACK. SO WHAT’S KEPT THIS BROTHERHOOD TOGETHER – ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES ONLY BARELY – AND IN THE GAME? “WE’RE MORE THAN JUST A HIP-HOP BAND,” THEY TELL ANDY COWAN.

MUGGS GAME • TEN OF THE CYPRESS HILL SOUNDMASTER’S BEST PRODUCTIONS…

Diamond In The Rough • A VISIONARY SINGER-SONGWRITER IT TOOK THE WORLD 40 YEARS TO RECOGNISE, WHO QUIT MUSIC TO TREK BRITAIN IN A HORSEDRAWN CARAVAN, AND QUIT AGAIN TO RETREAT INTO DECADES OF DOMESTIC SECLUSION, Vashti Bunyan IS SHROUDED IN MYTH AND PICTURESQUE LEGEND. BUT AS HER EXTRAORDINARY NEW MEMOIR REVEALS, THAT’S ONLY THE HALF OF IT. “I KNOW WHERE THE TRAUMA LIVES,” SHE TELLS Andrew Male.

Pilgrim’s Progress • VASHTI BUNYAN IN FOUR ALBUMS, BY ANDREW MALE

THE SPECTACULAR BIRTH OF MUDHONEY, 1988 • Rejected from more professional outfits, Seattle’s most unruly garage punks spontaneously came into being – and rashly invaded the stage. Bringing degeneracy, chaos and statement-of-intent Touch Me I’m Sick, of course they were going to be bigger than new labelmates Nirvana. “It was really a magical coming together,” say the band and friends in this excerpt from the updated...