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…

DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL!

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

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Theories, rants, etc.

The Ashes And The Fire • After years of silence, a surprise EP: but what's coming next for the re-engaged, reconstituted U2?

THE MUSIC IS BLACK: A BRITISH STORY COMES TO V&A EAST

GIMME FIVE… FILM STAR SONGS

DAVE WAKELING PREPARES NEW RHYTHMS FROM THE BEAT…

ALSO WORKING

Courtney Pine • The Brit jazz saxophone veteran talks Art Blakey, a diverse UK and the power of ‘Om’.

GOLDEN DISCS • But what are the most collectible releases from RSDs past?

COLTRANE, BEEFHEART, WELLER AND MORE LIGHT UP RECORD STORE DAY 2026!

LAST NIGHT A RECORD CHANGED MY LIFE

STILL PUSHIN’ TOO HARD, THE SEEDS BLOOM AGAIN

HOW CLOUDS, FRIDGES AND WHALES INSPIRE ICHIKO AOBA'S INTIMATE FOLK

MEET ANDREW WASYLYK, DUNDEE'S MASTER OF PASTORAL DAYDREAM JAZZ

MOJO PLAYLIST • Get ready! For the month's best rock, synths and fighting the power.

THE MOJO INTERVIEW • She penned classic songs and sang them too. Toured with The Beatles, wrote with Randy and The Byrds, and surfed changes in rock and pop, all in defiance of the showbiz patriarchy. “I'm like Bruce Lee,” says Jackie DeShannon. “I flow like water.”

WE'RE NOT WORTHY • Randy Newman praises a songwriting lifer.

A LIFE IN PICTURES • Breakaway star: Jackie down the days.

PLATINUM BLONDE • De best of DeShannon,

THE WILD BUNCH • Imagining themselves a gang of western renegades, BAD COMPANY were fugitives from legendary, fractious groups – Free, King Crimson, Mott The Hoople – yet would outsell them all with the help of notorious Led Zep manager Peter Grant. Four fiery characters touting soulful bluesrock, their stock has rarely been higher, but as the crew's living members tell MARK BLAKE, their heyday was haunted by tragedy and burn-out: “We were flying too close to the sun.”

BAD MEANING GOOD • The classic line-up's opening salvos, by MARK BLAKE.

WILD THINGS • Famed for his punk-era pics, RAY STEVENSON had already documented the first golden age of British pop. His new photo book covers all his eras, but here's a sneak peek at his first decade. DANNY ECCLESTON keeps ’em peeled.

NO ORDINARY JOE • PIANO PRODIGY, NEW WAVE NEUROTIC, JAZZ EVANGELIST, CLASSICAL COMPOSER: JOE JACKSON IS THE MUSICAL NONCONFORMIST WHO GIVES ELVIS COSTELLO A RUN FOR HIS MONEY. EVEN AT 71, TOTING A NEW ALBUM OF STATE-OF-THE-NATION SONGCRAFT, HE SAYS “I'M AS GOOD AS I WAS”. IS THERE ANYTHING HE DOESN'T DO? “I DON'T DO FALSE HUMILITY,” HE WARNS JOHN AIZLEWOOD.

THE JACKSON FIVE • The essential albums, selected by JOHN AIZLEWOOD.

MOJO PRESENTS • An Americana group like no other, HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER unleash a 12th album this spring. Shaped by trying times, Moondance melodies and “an incredible sense of groove”, mainman M.C. Taylor sees it as a vehicle of hope. And yet… “I'm trying to be...