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...

OH! YOU PRETTY THINGS • 15 CHAMBER POP NUGGETS FROM ST. VINCENT, FATHER JOHN MISTY, JOHN GRANT & MORE

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.

When Joni Met Jimi • Found in a tape hoarder’s secret stash! The reel Hendrix recorded of Mitchell in Ottawa in 1968. But how did it happen?

ELVIS COSTELLO REIMAGINES THIS YEAR’S MODEL – IN SPANISH!

GIMME FIVE… FOOTWEAR ANTHEMS

THE AMORPHOUS ANDROGYNOUS RETURN! WITH “SONIC WANGERY”, WELLER AND MORE

ALSO WORKING

GARY KEMP • Spandau Ballet’s hitman talks crises, Pink Floyd and going solo.

BRITISH JAZZ EXPLOSION RESTORES LOST TREASURES OF THE ’60s AND ’70s!

Martha Wainwright • The songwriting scion hails Leonard Cohen’s I’m Your Man (Columbia, 1988)

MASTER SONGWRITER DAVID WIFFEN GETS BACK TO THE BUNKHOUSE

WIFFENOLOGY • David’s small but perfectly formed milieu.

MEET W.H. LUNG, MANCHESTER’S NEW KING MONKEYS

GARAGE-ROCK ROYALTY’S CHOSEN SON TURNS ON THE HEAT WITH NEXT-GEN PUNKS THE SHADRACKS

MOJO PLAYLIST • Load up with the month’s best grooves, psych and punkery.

THE MOJO INTERVIEW • With four strings and a feather boa, the Manic Street Preachers’ iconic Minister Of Aggravation carries on the Kulturkampf, while reflecting on loss and longevity. “You are allowed to build bands on hatred and delusion,” insists Nicky Wire.

WE’RE NOT WORTHY • Screen star Michael Sheen on a fellow Welsh wonder.

A LIFE IN PIICTURES • Wire images: postcards of a young man.

BARBED WIRE KISSES • Three salvos from a Manic’s magazine, by Keith Cameron.

THE ROAD is lONG… • With voices in heavenly sync, THE Hollies made evergreen pop, until songwriting, drug differences and David Crosby sowed disharmony. Yet through splits and rifts, the group’s prime movers are still with us and primed to reclaim their legacy. “We were always the underrated underdogs,” they tell john Aizlewood.

EVOLUTiON iN THEiR HEADS • THE Hollies TRANSFORM, 1966-70, IN ALBUMS,

MOJO PRESENTS • R&B for homebodies? Americana for hipsters? Atlanta’s Obama-endorsed yo-yo pro FAYE WEBSTER doesn’t mind what you call her as long as she’s improving, and at 23, she’s come a long way fast. Her philosophy? First thought, best thought. “It doesn’t have to be perfect,” she tells ALISON FENSTERSTOCK, “and sometimes it’s better when it’s not.”

WEBSTER’S DICTIONARY • Twang, humour and soul from the weird, cool South.

MY FOOLISH HEART • Bill Evans WAS THE MOST POETIC AND INDIVIDUAL PIANO PLAYER IN JAZZ, MILES’S MUSE ON KIND OF BLUE, A SONIC VISIONARY. BUT HIS INNER SADNESS SEEMED TO INVITE PERSONAL CATASTROPHE, AND HE WAS BEWITCHED BY THE “DARK ROMANCE” OF DRUGS. AS A SET FROM HIS LATTER YEARS RESTATES HIS GENIUS, MOJO RELATES HIS RISE AND FALL. “WHAT HAPPENED TO BILL EVANS WAS A TRAGEDY,” DISCOVERS Andrew Male.

EVANS SENT • TEN...