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...

Break It Up! • NEW YORK ART, ROCK, POETRY AND NOISE 1956-2022

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. E-mail to: mojoreaders@bauermedia.co.uk

WHAT GOES ON! • THE HOT NEWS AND BIZARRE STORIES FROM PLANET MOJO

THE BOWIE FILM VAULT OPENS IN BRETT MORGEN’S REVELATORY MOONAGE DAYDREAM!

GIMME FIVE… TRANSPORT TUNES

ROBYN HITCHCOCK PLAYS WITH SOFT BOYS, JOHNNY MARR, SEAN ONO LENNON AND MORE, FOR LP 22!

ALSO WORKING

STEVE EARLE • The Hardcore Troubadour talks Jerry Jeff Walker, politics and staying sober.

P.P. Arnold • The soul powerhouse salutes Aretha Franklin’s Respect (Atlantic, 1967).

AS A.I. CLEANS UP ‘BROTHER’ JACK McDUFF LIVE IN ’82, WHERE NEXT FOR DIGITAL AUDIO RESTORATION?

AVANT-GUITAR SEER OREN AMBARCHI FINDS NEW SENSATIONS VIA IMPOSSIBLE METHODS

ORENJUICE • Ambarchi’s starter for three.

BABY I’M A STAR! THE EMANCIPATED FUTURE-BLUES OF FANTASTIC NEGRITO

FROM TEEN-POP BAPTISM BY FIRE, TO SUMMERISLE REBIRTH, KATY J PEARSON RETURNS STRONGER

MOJO PLAYLIST • Tune in! For the best in folk-blues, chakra-jams and alco-punk.

THE MOJO INTERVIEW • The Master Drummer to Dylan, Lennon, Neil, Lana Del Rey and dozens more has come through overdoses and epiphanies to be the heartbeat of the greatest rock and pop. His secret? “It’s allowing the music to blossom,” says Jim Keltner.

WE’RE NOT WORTHY • Ringo Starr on his brother in rhythm.

A LIFE IN PICTURES • He bangs the drums: Jim in focus.

BEAT POETRY • Five of Keltner’s fave deep cuts, by Keltner.

THE AL CHEMISTS • Forty years ago, a band of Glaswegian art-rock misfits located the formula for a spectacular transformation. From base metals, SIMPLE MINDS alchemized New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84), an album which would change their lives for even As they prepare to reconstruct the album live in Edinburgh, Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill and their former bandmates tell KEITH CAMERON the whole miraculous tale, from psychedelic experiences in the Scottish countryside, to redneck run-ins in Saskatoon… “Worldwide on the widest screen!”

ALIVE AND KICKING • All this and a new SIMPLE MINDS album in the offing. Bring on the “Valhalla disco”, says KEITH CAMERON.

MANFRED MANN DOO- WAH-DIDDY THE SIXTIES! • Formed as the British Blues boomed in ‘62, the Anglo-South African R&B hit squad took the decade by the horns, wailing the theme to Ready Steady Go!, being the first British Invasion group to score a US Number 1 and forging ahead despite the ‘66 departure of vocalist Paul Jones. But as the ‘60s drew to a close, not even another tranche of Top 10 hits could stop the rot. “The biggest illusion in pop music is that all you have to do is succeed, ” recall the group. “You actually have to succeed over and over…”

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

Fantasy Island • 1972, Lower Manhattan, a band before their time are...