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…

HIGHER ROCK • A ROBERT PLANT COMPILATION

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

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Theories, rants, etc.

Two Louder! • British rock gods Spinal Tap return with new film The End Continues. David St. Hubbins and Derek Smalls resume their yakkin’.

LUCINDA WILLIAMS GOES FOR THE JUGULAR ON LP 16

ALSO WORKING

Behind The Music • He’s made albums with the Stones, Sir Elton, Iggy and more, but who exactly is go-to producer to the elite Andrew Watt?

HIGH WATTAGE • The gospel according to Andrew, in 10 chapters.

DAVID GEDGE • The Wedding Present’s leader talks 40-year anniversaries, his own rock musical, and not dyeing his hair.

NEIL HANNON • The Divine Comedy’s incurable romantic owes it all to The Human League’s Dare (Virgin, 1981).

FOUND! WOODY GUTHRIE’S HOME TAPES AND LOST SONGS

SKA! JAMES BOND! MARLEY! REGGAE GUITAR GREAT ERNEST RANGLIN FORGES ON

RANKING RANGLIN • Deadly Ernest, in three solo helpings.

NOURA MINT SEYMALI BRINGS THE DESERT BLUES TO THE CITY AND THE OCEAN

JAZZ’S LOSS IS INDIE’S GAIN: IT’S PROLIX KIWI ROCKERS THE BETHS!

THE MOJO INTERVIEW • Behind the irresistible rise of his elegant folk-pop-soul lie identity crises and recurrent rejections. A new album reveals a bolder, “bolshier” artist, but still with much to prove. “I have to keep polishing my knives,” says Michael Kiwanuka.

WE’RE NOT WORTHY • Danger Mouse on MK’s timeless honesty.

A LIFE IN PICTURES • Coming home: Michael down the years.

CHANGE AGENT • Three phases of MK, examined by David Hutcheon.

THE COMEBACK KID • Over seemingly insurmountable obstacles, OZZY OSBOURNE dragged himself to the pinnacle of rock'n'roll. Haunted by rejection, raddled with substances, but also full of love, fun and a talent he couldn't describe or always understand, his victory was one of every underdog, everywhere. SYLIVIE SIMMONS watched it all unfold…

OZZ THE GREAT & POWERFUL • John Michael Osbourne at his best, in Sabbath and solo, by Mark Blake.

MOJO PRESENTS • West London flâneur BAXTER DURY has spent over 20 years grappling with the influence of his Blockhead father Ian. Now, as success brings him back to his father’s old stamping ground, has he finally come to terms with his chaotic boho upbringing? “I’m a mockney nepo Jane Austen in a male form,” he convinces VICTORIA SEGAL.

DURY SERVICE • How Baxter did it himself.

THE ROAD WARRIOR • 1975 was JONI MITCHELL’s roller-coaster year: 12 months of romance and heartbreak, adventure and retreat, cocaine and Rolling Thunder. And in the middle of it, The Hissing Of Summer Lawns, her doubling-down on jazz rhythms, exotic melodies and songwriting-as-literature, with (for now, at least) a simpatico crew in tow. “It was just a good vibe,” they tell GRAYSON HAVER CURRIN. “And Joni was at the centre of it, at the peak of her powers.”

A SWINGIN’ AFFAIR • A sprawling new compilation of...