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…

THE COMPLETE UNKNOWNS • THE BEST OF GREENWICH VILLAGE 1920-1965

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

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The Madcap Writes • A new oral history of Pink Floyd brings never-seen letters from Syd Barrett. “Twistravegrooveygroove,” as he says himself.

SOFT CELL GO BACK TO DIRTY OLD NYC WITH DANCETERIA

ALSO WORKING

Neko Case • The flaming indie-country talent talks memoirs, real strings and a Thelma & Louise musical.

Phil Manzanera • Roxy Music’s guitar maestro on the world opened up by The Soft Machine’s debut (ABC, 1968).

WELCOME BACK, BELOVED WEIRDOS CHEAP TRICK AND THE RIFFS THAT WON’T QUIT!

JOSH HADEN RETURNS TO THE BLUE MOODS OF SPAIN

HADEN VOYAGE • Josh in three lethal doses.

FOLK RADICAL ANNAHSTASIA KNOWS, FINALLY, HOW IT FEELS TO BE FREE

STRAP IN! FOR THE FILM/LIBRARY MUSIC HYPER-TRIPS OF SVEN WUNDER

MOJO PLAYLIST • Hey you! This month’s prime hot takes from veteran rebels and new cowboys in town…

THE MOJO INTERVIEW • From Cheshire village halls to LA Babylon, he’s the obsessive music fan who rode the Hammond grooves of The Charlatans through baggy, Britpop and beyond. But how has his band remained together through 37 years of chaos and tragedy as well as triumph? “We had to get used to heaviness,” says Tim Burgess.

WE’RE NOT WORTHY • Author and Charlatans fan Ian Rankin speaks!

A LIFE IN PICTURES • Telling stories: Tim down the days

TIM HAS TOLD ME • Three of the best albums from across Burgess’s career, by Chris Catchpole.

Being There • For 10 years, from 1965 to 1975, snapper BARRIE WENTZELL was the all-seeing eye of the UK music scene. His new book, previewed here, captures the biggest stars at their least guarded. DANNY ECCLESTON is agog.

MOJO PRESENTS • For 35 years, the sonic scientists of TORTOISE have toiled to redefine the scope and possibilities of indie music. Their influence has been pervasive, but their methods and results remain unique. So don’t call them ‘post-rock’, OK? “Our genre is that there isn’t a genre,” they tell GRAYSON HAVER CURRIN.

TURTLE RECALL • A Tortoise retrospective, by Grayson Haver Currin.

SOME GUYS HAVE ALL THE LUCK • History decrees that TERRY REID missed the boat, to Led Zep legendhood, to solo riches. But, as he told BOB MEHR just two months before he passed, this great songwriter and supreme singer-loved and admired by superstars from Robert Plant and Graham Nash to Aretha Franklin and Dr Dre - didn't see it like that: “I've lived my life the way I wanted.”

“THE SONGS YOU WRITE, THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE” • The broad reach of TERRY REID's greatest compositions.

WHAT ME WORRY? • Post-American Utopia, DAVID BYRNE is continuing to put a positive spin on the global omni-shambles. That includes engaging constructively with his Talking Heads legacy, but don't confuse it with looking backwards. “Even if something is going well and...