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…

SMALL FACES • LIVE. RARE. UNRELEASED.

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

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Theories, rants, etc.

The Soul Brother • Friends and admirers say farewell to Stax Records’ six-string polymath Steve Cropper, who left us on December 3.

CREAM OF THE CROPPER • Five of Steve’s Soul Stirrers

THE STORY OF GUY STEVENS, APOSTLE OF ROCK & ROLL, COMES TO THE SCREEN

GIMME FIVE… ROCKIN’ GRANDMOTHERS

Ezra Furman • Heading your way soon: a woman on a mission, but not on the shabbat.

JUST LIKE KICKSTARTING OVER: FOLK LEGEND DICK GAUGHAN OPENS THE BOX

LAST NIGHT A RECORD CHANGED MY LIFE

ELUSIVE BUTTERFLY HITMAKER BOB LIND TAKES HIS SECOND CHANCE

PRAISE CARDINALS, PUNK ROMANTICS RECLAIMING IRISH ROOTS FROM THE FOLK CABAL

MEET MOMOKO GILL, INTIMATE ELECTRONIC DISRUPTOR OF UK JAZZ

MOJO PLAYLIST • It’s time! For Syrian rave, reggae blues and Bowie covers.

THE MOJO INTERVIEW • Judas Priest’s heavy metal air-raid siren lived a lie before grasping the nettle of his sexuality. Now his honesty and passion drive him and his band onwards towards their eighth decade. “I still love my metal,” insists Rob Halford.

WE’RE NOT WORTHY • Sabbath’s Geezer Butler hymns Rob Halford.

A LIFE IN PICTURES • Metal guru: Rob down the years.

HOLY TRINITY • Halford’s Priest pinnacles, by Mark Blake.

BLEU IS THE COLOUR • “Stifled” in The Jam, bewitched by jazz and soul, enlivened by the café culture of Paris and Sorrento, PAUL WELLER struck out for new horizons, with an idea for a freewheeling collective instead of a hidebound band. As an expanded reissue of Café Bleu hits the shelves, he blows the froth off the first phase of The Style Council. “It was like life had been coloured in,” he tells TED KESSLER.

SONGS TO DRINK PASTIS BY • Five unreleased gems from the Café Bleu Special Edition, buffed up by Chris Catchpole. Special Edition, buffed Up by Chris Catchpole.

ONCE AND FUTURE KING • B.B. KING was the gracious, perma-gigging ambassador of the blues, but his seeming serenity glossed a rollercoaster career, struggles with racism and gambling, audiences lost and found. As a new tribute album reinforces his legacy, MAT SNOW goes to bat for arguably the most underrated legend of the form, starting with the gig that turned everything around…

RIDING WITH THE KING • On the road with B.B., across the generations. As told to Mat Snow.

MOJO PRESENTS • UK folk pathfinders THE UNTHANKS celebrate their 20th anniversary with special shows this month. Their family bond and creative health abide - with unexpected support from Robert Wyatt and Mackenzie Crook - but they’ve been tested, emotionally and financially, again and again. “Every year it’s a leap of faith,” they tell JIM WIRTH.

UNTHANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC • Five essential releases, selected by Jim Wirth.

BLOOD BROTHER • Suicide singer ALAN VEGA was a writer and performer like no...