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...

Ramblers & gamblers • LANKUM, ANGEL BAT DAWID, LISA O’NEILL, CASSANDRA JENKINS, JANA HORN, ANGELINE MORRISON, JULIE BYRNE & MORE

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

Theories, rants, etc.

For The Black, White And Blues • New doc Born In Chicago salutes the city’s titanic music legacy, with help from original masters, their apprentices and Dan Aykroyd.

GANG OF FOUR RETURN? KING AND BURNHAM EXPLAIN ALL

Sparks • Ron and Russell talk Cate Blanchett, creative obstinacy and wanting to be sued.

INTRODUCING DAMIEN, ALAN SPARHAWK TALKS LIFE AFTER LOW

Jenny Lewis

EX-SUPERSTAR MAINMAN JOE McALINDEN GOES IT ALONE

THE HISTORIC ALCHEMY OF ANGELINE MORRISON, BRINGING BLACK BRITAIN’S UNTOLD STORIES TO TRAD FOLK

MOJO PLAYLIST

MEET KASSA OVERALL: VIRTUOSO DRUMMER, RAP CONFESSOR, BACKPACK JAZZ PRODUCER!

THE MOJO INTERVIEW • Fronting the ’60s’ most anomalous band, he was a choirboy among “pirates and brigands”. A Zombie and a gentleman in 2023, his remains a unique path through rock’n’roll. “The less I try, the more successful I am,” reckons Colin Blunstone.

THE REBEL ALLIANCE

MOJO PRESENTS • Fifty years ago, the sound of liberation rang around southern Africa, as a generation of heavy, funky rock bands heralded a new political and musical era. At the forefront? Zambia’s WITCH, surviving turmoil and tragedy to become cratedigger superstars in the 21st century. “We want to keep the Zamrock fire burning,” they promise DAVID HUTCHEON.

nick drake: the making of a genius • Far from the work of a cloistered savant nick drok0's subtle songs were shaped by myriad influences, from Bach to Bert Jansch, Mose Allison to Randy Newman. Mining his interviews for a brand new authorised biography richord morton jock tracks Drake's listening from cradle to tragic early grave and its impact on his art: "Nick was very conscious of what was happening."

THE TEARDROP EXPLODES ACCEPT THEIR REWARD • Careering out of Liverpool’s post-punk scene, The Teardrop Explodes and Orphic pin-up JULIAN COPE looked set for hugeness when existential piledriver Reward stormed the Top 10 in March 1981. Yet their fame-year of escape, adventure and psychedelic colours nosedived when heroic second LP Wilder tanked. “It was mad fun, and everyone was involved,” recall members and affiliates, of supporting Queen, playing Macca at pool and tripping on Top Of The Pops. And then? “Disaster.” Tom Sheehan

LOVE HURTS • Divine, deranged, divided: it’s taken 50 years and change for LOVE’s JOHNNY ECHOLS to make peace with his doomed band’s ageless legacy. In 2023. the Book of Love is reopening, but not before the guitarist confronts its more contentious passages.”1 won’t sugar-coat it.” he tells ANDREW PERRY. “There’s nothing to hide."

THAT TOUCH OF MINK • Pimp style, tough love, and the romance of New York, Paris and New Orleans infused the extraordinary rock, roots and soul of wily De Ville But as sylvie Simmans discovers, bad luck,...