by mojo | Sep 2, 2025 | MOJO Presents
Mojo FEATURE A Right Pair Two halves of one brain, John Lennon and Paul McCartney formed the most extraordinary and intimate musical partnership of the rock era. In this extract from a new book that probes their bond through the medium of their songs, Ian Leslie...
by mojo | Aug 25, 2025 | MOJO Presents
Mojo FEATURE The Pogues unleash Rum Sodomy & the Lash Out of the saloon bars of early-’80s north London came an unholy union of Irish rebel music and punk, fronted by hard-drinking poet-bard Shane MacGowan. In 1985, The Pogues recorded their masterpiece of...
by mojo | Aug 12, 2025 | MOJO Presents
Rebel Music Fifty years ago, WILLIE NELSON up-ended the tyranny of the Nashville Sound with a record like nothing before or, perhaps, since. The road to Red Headed Stranger was long and uphill: strewn with broken marriages, record label wrangles and acts of God, but...
by mojo | Aug 11, 2025 | MOJO Presents
But Not For Me MIKE TAYLOR was the most original voice in British jazz, a legend on the scene, an inspiration to Cream and the coming wave of prog. But his recordings are rare, his career curtailed by mental illness and a mysterious early death. New reissues of key...
by mojo | Aug 12, 2025 | MOJO Presents
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? Star Wattage: Andrew Watt in Sunset Sound studio, LA, October 2023. AS IF FURTHER proof were needed that Andrew Watt is currently...
by mojo | Aug 11, 2025 | MOJO Presents
BLACK COUNTRY ROCK From a home in England’s West Midlands, to Knebworth and Live Aid with Led Zep and back, via fame, fortune, tragedy and musical resurrection – ROBERT PLANT’s come full circle. A new album with local heroes Saving Grace exemplifies his hard rock...
by mojo | Aug 11, 2025 | MOJO Presents
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...
by mojo | Aug 11, 2025 | MOJO Presents
Found! Woody Guthrie’s Home Tapes And Lost Songs Home comforts: Woody Guthrie’s voice is still out there. It’s 75 years since Woody Guthrie taped the songs on the newly released Woody At Home Vol. 1 & 2. Included are 22 previously unheard recordings made by just...
by mojo | Aug 6, 2025 | MOJO Presents
Mojo FEATURE From Here To Eternity Sixty years ago, the Grateful Dead embarked on a mission that would freak out label bosses, exasperate producers, and turn on millions to the infinite possibilities of improvised psychedelic rock. David Fricke heads back to 1960s San...
by mojo | Aug 6, 2025 | MOJO Presents
Mojo FEATURE Jane’s Addiction O.D. with Ritual De Lo Habitual They’d freaked out the squares with 1988’s Nothing’s Shocking, but Perry Farrell’s alt-rock diabolists went mainstream in 1990 with their epic, carnal second album and its nagging hit Been Caught Stealing....
