THIS MONTH'S CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE...

Matt Turner “It’s been an honour to work

BURIED TREASURES

15 key tracks From the greatest albums you'd l never heard

ALL BACK TO YOUR PLACE

MOJO READERS REVEAL THE SONIC DELIGHTS GUARANTEED TO GET THEM GOING...

The Sugar Man

Mystery superstar and liberation singer Sixto Rodriguez left us on August 8.

OCTOBER 1963 …Muddy Waters gets his Mojo working… in Croydon

Down south London blues: Muddy Waters live at

Whose inter-group co-writes were cut by both composers’ bands?

Come with us as we answer your rock-related questions and uncertainties.

Dali’s Cor!

Win! A DALI EQUI system with award-winning OBERON C speakers.

Paul Du Noyer and MOJO

He began as MOJO’s first editor, charged with mystic Scouse vibrations. And he stepped back when he heard the motor purring

Theories, rants, etc.

MOJO welcomes correspondence for publication. Write to us

Life House Everlasting

THE HOT NEWS AND BIZARRE STORIES FROM PLANET MOJO

THE BLACK KEYS READY STAR- STUDDED “PARTY RECORD”

Noel Gallagher joins Dan and Patrick at London’s

Bernie Taupin

The songwriter on his memoir, getting stoned with Lennon and Marley, and a new record with Elton.

Lucinda Williams

The Americana outlier bows to Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited (Columbia, 1965).

STEVE COOGAN, CRIME FICTION AND US TV? IT’S MOJO IN POPULAR CULTURE!

ADAM AND JOE 6 Music tag-team DJs Adam

MEDWAY GARAGE-MODS THE PRISONERS BUST OUT, AGAIN!

All Mod cons: The Prisoners (from left) Allan

THE GREAT SPIRITUAL POWER OF JEREMY DUTCHER , RADICAL VOICE OF INDIGENOUS CANADA

“Europeans have always struggled with our words.” JEREMY

2023’S BREAKOUT STAR OF UNDERGROUND RAP UNMASKED: BILLY WOODS!

AFTER YEARS OF flying below the radar, Billy

MOJO PLAYLIST

The month’s dub funk, racy pagans and fresh soul.

KRIST NOVOSELIC CRACKS OPEN THE NEW NIRVANA BOX SET

Out of the garage: Nirvana rev up In

THE MOJO INTERVIEW

Born poor on the side of a mountain, she’s the country mogul who’s only now, at 77, learning to rock. Another of those surprises she keeps on springing? “I just go where my heart leads,” says Dolly Parton.

ACROSS RHE GREAT DIVIDE

ROBBIE ROBERTSON: 1943-2023

ROBERTSON'S JAMS

Fifteen Robbie landmarks - as tunesmith, guitarist, lyricist and, occasionally, even singer

SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIFE

The Best of MOJO's First 30 Years

Who will be the enduring stars of MOJO in 2053? We pick 30 key artists to sustain us through the next 30 years.

TAYLOR SWIFT “Long story short – Isur vived,”

The men from uncles

Jeff Tweedy’s Chicago mob make some surprising new connections on their thir teenth album. By John Mulvey. Illustration by Quinton Winter.

“Wilco’s an unpopular pop band.”

Jeff Tweedy speaks to John Mulvey.

Spear of destiny

Returning to his singer-songwriter roots, Stevens offers glimpses into the loves and losses that have shaped him.

Allison Russell

Allison Russell: she’s back with a unique groove.

Return to Oz

A 50th anniversary reinvention that’s as necessary as it is timely – says Waters.

Songs in the key of love

The Chicago soul polymath’s deeply touching third album.

WORLD

Anoushka Shankar ★★★★ Chapter I: Forever, For Now LEITER.

Irreversible Entanglements

Protect Your Light

FOLK

Martin Simpson and Thomm Jutz ★★★★ Nothing

New dimensions

The third album from Jack Cooper’s fluid alias aims to make “something that no one has heard before.”

Nick Cave And Warren Ellis

Australian Carnage – Live At Sydney Opera House

FILTER ALBUMS EXTRA

Bahamas ★★★ Bootcut BUSHFIRE. CD/DL/LP With a crack Nashville

The song’s not over

How Pete Townshend’s futuristic concept inspired his band’s 1971 masterpiece. Now with added bells, whistles and a graphic novel.

High Tide

Making waves: High Tide bring the noise in

Various

Hearts For Sale! Girl Group Sounds USA 1961-1967

Cream of the crop

The saxophone master’s serene 1977 masterpiece, finally available again.

Galt MacDermot

★★★★ Woman Is Sweeter NOW-AGAIN. DL/LP Gorgeous

Tom’s wild years

The transition from motel Sinatra to Brechtian carny did wonders for Waits

The Replacements

★★★★★ Tim: Let It Bleed Edition RHINO.

A passing shower

Acid-folk Cali dreamers who went from high school to nudist camps.

MOJO covermount CDs

Our finest compilations, picked by you!

HOW TO BUY

1 Instant Garage MOJO 115, JUNE 2003 You

Altitude sickness

The high times and crashing lows of psychedelic pioneer Sylvester Stewart

FILTER BOOKS

Sonic Life: A Memoir ★★★★ Thurston Moore

She shall overcome

With access to the folk legend’s vast personal archive, a new doc finds Joan Baez facing her demons.