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.

HEAVY NUGGETS VOL.6 • GROUNDHOGS BLOSSOM TOES MIGHTY BABY BILL NELSON HAWKWIND THE DEVIANTS TWINK EDGAR BROUGHTON BAND

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

Theories, rants, etc. • MOJO welcomes correspondence for publication. Write to us at: MOJO, Bauer Media Publishing, Lantern, 75 Hampstead Road, London, NW1 2PL. E-mail to: mojoreaders@bauermedia.co.uk

I Entertain Multitudes • Bob Dylan brings his Rough And Rowdy Ways to Norway. The UK has a revelation in store, reckons John Harris.

LIFE, DEATH AND ‘TALKING SHITE’ – KING CRIMSON’S WARTS-AND-ALL FILM PORTRAIT IS HERE!

BACK FROM LIMBO, R&B ENIGMA EDDIE CHACON BRANCHES OUT

PAULINE BLACK • The Selecter singer talks unharnessed energy, ska implosion and carrying the torch.

Daniel Lanois • The producer, pedal steel player, and pianist drifts into Harold Budd’s The Pearl (1984, Editions EG).

ZZ TOP HIT THE BOTTLE… AS DO EVERYONE ELSE. PLUS, A JEFF BECK TEAM-UP!

METAPHYSICAL JAZZ ELDER CHARLES LLOYD PLAYS ON!

IT’S THE NEW BOYS FROM COUNTY HELL – IRISH PUNK FOLK RABBLE-ROUSERS THE MARY WALLOPERS!

MOJO PLAYLIST • Get down! With the month’s soul fire, stadium motorik and folk fear.

BIENVENIDOS HERMANOS GUTIÉRREZ, GUITAR-SLINGING BROTHERS CROSSING THE BADLANDS BETWEEN ZURICH AND ECUADOR

THE MOJO INTERVIEW • He survived brushes with the French horn and Sham 69 to become one of America’s most lauded songwriters. But is he really as aloof as they say, or as mysterious? “I’m a simple man who likes making records,” insists Bill Callahan.

THE SEEKER • PAUL WELLER’s new album is an A-Z of roads less travelled, from 2005 to now. An opportunity to explore some unfamiliar and unexpected flipsides of The Modfather – like, for instance, his tattoo? “I thought, Fuck it, I’ll get one done,” he tells PAT GILBERT.

FLOWER POWER • Blessed with all the talents and backed by an eccentric svengali, BLOSSOM TOES were “a band on the up”, albeit torn between the Sirens of pop fame and heavy cred. Then the singer discovered he didn’t want to sing, and a car crash nearly ended them all. Resounding still: the eclectic power of their music. “Salvador 'Dali loved us,” they tell ANDREW MALE.

ROCK Steady • AS A NEW BOOK OF HER LYRICS BEARS OUT, JOAN Armatrading IS A ONE-OFF – FOR 50 YEARS A WRITER OF IRON-CLAD SONGS, IMMUNE TO FASHION, ADMIRED BY CLASSIC ROCK’S GREAT LUMINARIES. FAME SHE CAN TAKE OR LEAVE, BUT DON’T CONFUSE HER LOW PROFILE FOR LOW SELF-ESTEEM. “I WAS BORN TO WRITE SONGS,” SHE TELLS JOHN Aizlewood . “THERE’S NO OTHER REASON FOR ANY OF THIS.”

Poet, saxophonist, stand-up, ALABASTER DePLUME is the London jazz scene’s inspirational oddball – aScots-Mancunian ex-care worker-turned-hub of freewheeling musical spontaneity. But more important than anything, he argues, is the pro-human message he brings. “This is real work,” he tells MAT SNOW, “the emancipation of people.”

ON THE RIGHT TRACK • Dumped by Island, pushing 50,TOM WAITS responded with some of his greatest ever music. On...