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…

A Man Of Wealth And Taste • THE BRIAN JONES COMPANION

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

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Theories, rants, etc.

The Return Of Ringo • Get 2025 rolling with a new Starr album – country-style.

LANA DEL REY, OFF TO THE COUNTRY CLUB FOR LP 10?

LED ZEPPELIN DOC LANDS

COMING SOON – THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND BOX YOU ALWAYS WANTED

COULD IT BE FAREWELL, ELO? JEFF LYNNE EXPLAINS

A MAJOR NEW ALICE COLTRANE BIOGRAPHY ACHIEVES ILLUMINATION

U.K. SUBS’ PUNK PERENNIAL CHARLIE HARPER IS 80 NOT OUT

TV ON THE RADIO’S TUNDE ADEBIMPE RETUNES TO A NEW SOLO CAREER

MEET BROOKE COMBE, NORTHERN SOUL REBEL FROM THE CORAL’S CAMP

MOJO PLAYLIST • Dig the month’s new-old soul, guitar battles and festive woe.

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THE MOJO INTERVIEW • Homophobia, self-hate and obscurity were his foes until Queen Of Denmark raised him up. A fêted oeuvre of psychic unburdening has since flowered, but success has proved no panacea: “It’s a very distorted view of reality,” says John Grant.

A LIFE IN PICTURES • Grant access: John down the years.

CANDID FRUITS • Three shots from Grant’s full-disclosure canon, by Victoria Segal.

A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man • A collection of early Phil Lynott demos, newly embroidered by original Thin Lizzy guitarist Eric Bell, brings a new focus to the Rocker’s early years. Friends and bandmates remember a wounded romantic and frustrated writer, slowly donning to be a great Trish poet,” they tell James McNair.

LIZZY UNPLUGGED! • The new Thin Lizzy Acoustic Sessions album remainds Eric Bell of Phil Lynott’s “more sensitive side”, reports James McNair.

MOJO PRESENTS • In ’70s Nigeria, the LIJADU SISTERS were an anomaly – independent singer-songwriters standing up to a corrupt government and chauvinist musos. Now their visionary grooves are being rediscovered and, reports DAVID HUTCHEON, rightly celebrated at last. “We were ahead of everybody and we were women,” says TAIWO LIJADU.

FELA TRAVELLERS • Your next four Nigerian discoveries, suggested by David Hutcheon.

ACURSE AGAINST ELEGIES • MANIC STREET PREACHERS have survived tragic loss, cultural upheaval and relentless self-scrutiny to arrive at a fifteenth album that acknowledges their precarious place in the world. Other rock bands wouldn’t be as exacting, but they are not other rock bands. “We’ve never, ever allowed ourselves to be deluded,” they tell DORIAN LYNSKEY.

“A RUSH OF DESPERATE EMOTION” • JAMES DEAN BRADFIELD and NICKY WIRE on the ’80s LPs still in their DNA.

MY EYES HAVE SEEN YOU • Celebrating 60 years since their formation, THE DOORS unveil Night Divides The Day, a whopping 344-page slab of text and photographs, many unseen, reflecting every stage of their career. Affording MOJO a sneak peek, John Densmore and Robby Krieger offer their thoughts. “We want people to feel how it really was,” they tell DANNY...