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…

FEED YOUR HEAD! THE SECOND COURSE • 15 MIND-ALTERING CLASSICS OTIS REDDING, THE FALL, JOHN PRINE, LOVE, BERT JANSCH, THE ORB, CHARLIE PARKER & MORE

ALL BACK TO KINKS’ PLACE • THE KINKS REVEAL THE SONIC DELIGHTS GUARANTEED TO GET THEM GOING…

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Blurred Visions • Booze, cigs and Japan: Dave Rowntree reveals his photo scrapbook of Blur’s early years.

NEW DYLAN CENTRE EXHIBIT PLUGS INTO ELECTRIC YEAR ’65

GIMME FIVE… SONGS ABOUT BEING PUBLIC ENEMY

KIERAN HEBDEN AND WILLIAM TYLER UNITE AND CHANNEL ’80s COUNTRY

ALSO WORKING

GINA BIRCH • The Raincoat and feminist punk paragon talks solo expression, Year Zero ’77 and superfan Kurt Cobain.

CABARET VOLTAIRE CELEBRATE 50 YEARS!

Dennis Bovell • The UK dub master delights in Argent’s Hold Your Head Up (Epic, 1971).

LEGENDARY BLUES HARMONICAT CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE KEEPS ON BLOWING

RINGING IN THE EARS! HOTLINE TNT CALL BACK TO PEAK NOISEPOP

MEET POOR CREATURE, COSMIC SUPERGROUP OF THE IRISH FOLK RENAISSANCE

THE MOJO INTERVIEW • With his cape and on-stage curry, he defined prog rock excess. Breakdowns, penury and near-death were the prices paid, but somehow the baroque synth lines and droll quips kept flowing… and still do. “I’m my own worst enemy,” laughs Rick Wakeman.

WE’RE NOT WORTHY • Tony Visconti on the “viking” of the keys.

A LIFE IN PICTURES • Rick’s pics: Wakeman down the ages.

RICK ROLLING • Three albums from potentially hundreds, picked by Tom Doyle.

WE HUNGER • Behind darking power of SIOUXISE AND THE BANSHEES lay fraught relationships between troubled people-not least the lovers at its core: iconic singer SIOUXSIE SIOUX and livewire drummer PETER EDWARD CLAKE, AKA BUDGIE. In a moving and extraordinary new memoir, extracted here, Budgie delves into the relationships's incendiary ups and downs, a rag doll dance encoded the moment he first set eyes on her. “I saw her body, her stature, as a statement.”

BE MY B-A-B-Y • Among the starletsof '60s soul, original CARLA THOMAS was dubbed 'The Queen'. Adored by The Beatles and Otis, a star turn at Wattstax, at 82 her flame burns bright, her career a storied object lesson. “I have tried to make it a joyful experience,” she tells ANDREW PERRY.

“I CALL CARLA MY FAIRY GODMOTHER” • Moderen roots-soul star Valerie June on her Carla collab.

Into The Void? • The BALCK SABBATH story will end definitively on July 5, when the band conclude 57 years of sui generis heaviosity and tragi-comic conflict at an epochal mega-gig at Villa Park. Or will it? With less than a month to go, it's still unclear quite how these gallant yet frail septuagenarians make it to the stage… or off it. “We'll probably keel over after two songs!” they tell KEITH CAMERON. Portrait by KEVIN GOFF.

“I'M DONE, DONE, DONE!” • Stop press! Ozzy takes time off physical rehab to answer MOJO's questions.

“IT'S STILL HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE THIS IS A THING” • Back To The...