Issue Issue 289 - MOJO (2024)

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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.

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IN THIS ISSUETHIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDEClinton HeylinHeylin is a leading rock historian, with over two dozen books to his name, including Dylan biog Behind The Shades. He writes about Dylan’s conversion to Christianity (p68). His latest book, Trouble In Mind: Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years, is reviewed on p113.Guy Eppel“On a hot and steamy day in rural Ohio,” says New York-based photographer Guy Eppel, “I meet one of Cincinnati’s favourite sons, Bootsy Collins. He gave me his real self to capture and I got to be enveloped in his aura of awesomeness.” Open that envelope on p40.RJ SmithRJ Smith was born in Detroit and has written about really good and really bad music since a time when Ted Nugent was good. He interviews Bootsy Collins on page 40. His biography of the photographer and film-maker Robert…1 min

IN THIS ISSUETHIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDEClinton Heylin Heylin is a leading rock historian, with over two dozen books to his name, including Dylan biog Behind The Shades. He writes about Dylan’s conversion to Christianity (p68). His latest book, Trouble In Mind: Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years, is reviewed on p113. Guy Eppel “On a hot and steamy day in rural Ohio,” says New York-based photographer Guy Eppel, “I meet one of Cincinnati’s favourite sons, Bootsy Collins. He gave me his real self to capture and I got to be enveloped in his aura of awesomeness.” Open that envelope on p40. RJ Smith RJ Smith was born in Detroit and has written about really good and really bad music since a time when Ted Nugent was good. He interviews Bootsy Collins on page 40. His biography of…1 min

REGULARSALL BACK TO MY PLACEGary NumanOUR FRIEND ELECTRICWhat music are you currently grooving to?An album called Elysium For The Brave by Azam Ali. My new album has a number of Eastern flavourings and I listened to several of Azam Ali’s albums, and others with a Middle Eastern vibe, to try and learn a little more about the melodies and instrumentation that they use.What, if push comes to shove, is your all-time favourite album?I have several that I love, but I’ll go for Songs Of Faith And Devotion by Depeche Mode. It came along at a time when my career was at an all-time low and it encouraged me to go back to writing about things I was genuinely interested in, rather than continue my entirely unsuccessful attempts to write chart hits.What was the first…5 min

REGULARSTHEORIES, RANTS, ETC.IT’S COLD IN THE WILDERNESS. THAT’S WHAT Bob Dylan found in 1979, when his startling spiritual rethink and fierce new music caused consternation among fans and fellow musicians. In 2017, with the help of a new Bootleg Series release, it’s possible at last to pronounce the band Dylan convened to take that message to the world as amongst his best ever, but that does nothing to obscure the daring of an artist who’d grown used to defying expectations and forging his own path, whatever the cost to his own comfort, coffers or career. You can hear the special sound they made on this month’s covermount CD – Track 1.Tom Petty, who died just days before this issue of MOJO went to press, was another who did things his own way.…7 min

Issue Issue 289 - MOJO (2024)

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