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...

Thunder In Our Hearts

ALL BACK TO MY PLACE

Theories, rants, etc.

A Round For Friends

THURSTON MOORE BRINGS LINGER ON, A REVELATORY VELVET UNDERGROUND BOOK

NATALIE MERCHANT GETS RESURRECTED ON SOLO LP SEVEN

JULIAN LENNON

Ian Broudie

PETER GABRIEL, IGGY, AND MORE SALUTE THE GENIUS OF LEONARD COHEN

SWAMP POP GREAT TOMMY McLAIN GETS BACK ON TRACK WITH COSTELLO AND MORE!

Scratch Afire

DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS, THE HYPNOTIC INTERIOR BALLADS OF JANA HORN

ENTER THE WU-LU! BRINGING THE DUB - GRUNGE RUCKUS FROM BRIXTON’S GENTRIFICATION FRONTLINE

From The Legendary Stardust Cowboy to a Dylan disc worth a million, he is a facilitator of the extraordinary. But did he never want stardom for himself ? “It was never a goal of mine or even an interest,” shrugs T Bone Burnett.

BLOOD BROTHERS • NEU!’s other worldly sound, one of the most influential in rock, was the brainchild of two men: ambient guitar guru Michael Rother and screaming madman drummer Klaus Dinger. As another generation of bands tip their hats on a new tribute LP, MOJO asks how this telepathic unit ended up the best of enemies. “Klaus gave me so many pains,” Rother tells ANDREW MALE. “But I owe him so much.”

Scion of a blues guitar dynasty, his visceral licks and soulful howl tempered by tragedy, M ARCUS KING was always the hot young torchbearer of Southern rock. Now, with Dan Auerbach in his corner, he’s adding something unique to the mix: himself. “Dan’s helped me strip it back to me,” he tells ANDY FYFE.

THE TRUTH IS overrated • JACKIE LEVEN WAS A FIBBER, A FANTASIST, A JUNKIE, AN UNDER-ACHIEVER, A CELTIC FOLK-PSYCH-PUNK-POP ONE-OFF AND ONE OF THE GREAT BRITISH SONGWRITERS. AS HIS SOLO MASTERPIECE GETS ANOTHER DAY IN THE SUN, HIS FRIENDS AND ALLIES REMEMBER AN EXTRAORDINARY FORCE OF NATURE. “HE WAS A BIG FAT LIAR,” THEY TELL JOHN AIZLEWOOD, “BUT ALL HIS LIES WERE TRUE.”

DOLL Parts • 10 great JACKIE LEVEN songs, by the people they touched.

THE LIBERTINES GIVE INDIE A PUNCH UP THE BRACKET • In 2002, who would ride the new garage rock wave and be the British Strokes? Step forward PETE DOHERTY and CARL BARÂT, who in making their fantasies of mythical Albion come true, seized imaginations and gave fans a rare sense of belonging. The Clash’s MICK JONES was besotted enough to produce them, and for a time it was heaven, though catastrophe was waiting in the wings. “We may have been in the middle of a manic episode,” reflect the band and intimates, “but we were definitely on an upswing.”

MUSIC IN DREAMLAND • Reluctant rock star, accidental axe hero, BILL NELSOI helped define musical futurism in BE-BOP DELUXE and beyond. But blazing his own visionary trail has come with side orders of mainstream exclusion and fan bemusement. "That wasn't really my concern," he tells JAMES McNAIR. "I had to do what I had to do."

FUTURE PROOF • 5 Nelsonian victories,byJames McNair

WATCH THE BYRDIE • A new book celebrates THE BYRDS’ first classic line-up with an 0D of sumptuous...