MOJO 314 – January 2020: Leonard Cohen
The new MOJO magazine features Leonard Cohen, Best Of 2019 CD, Review Of The Year supplement, Ginger Baker, Brittany Howard, Madness, Beck and more…
A BUMPER SEASONAL PACKAGE, pairing a deep dive inside the genius of Leonard Cohen (plus the exclusive story of the posthumous new album, Thanks For The Dance) with our indispensable Review Of The Year, featuring the 75 Best New Albums of 2019, best reissues and the best releases in specialist genres – all presented in a handy and stylish additional book. The covermount CD is a comprehensive Best Of 2019, including tracks by Nick Cave, Underworld, Sharon Van Etten, Bill Callahan, Cate Le Bon and Fat White Family. Also in the issue: Ginger Baker – the full story; Brittany Howard’s solo breakout; the birth of Madness; Beck’s back pages; and Fontaines DC’s brilliant year. Not to mention: Springsteen, Hendrix, Nilsson, Lana Del Rey, Paul Butterfield, Jaz Coleman, Mark Hollis, Weller’s avant garde EP… and Ivor Cutler. Plus: Officially The Greatest Christmas Albums Of All Time!
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CONTENTS MOJO 314
MOJO 314 – Leonard Cohen’s in the bag.
COVER STORY: LEONARD COHEN As a posthumous album wraps the poet-singer’s extraordinary canon, MOJO gets the inside story from Leonard’s son Adam, and dives into the life and art of a fearless original.
COVERMOUNT CD: THE BEST OF 2019 This month’s audio companion to MOJO does exactly what it says on the tin – compiles tracks from what MOJO writers have decreed the best albums of the past 12 months. Nick Cave, Underworld, Sharon Van Etten, Bill Callahan, Cate Le Bon and Fat White Family feature.
COLLECTORS’ COVER Beautiful, cover-line free magazine inside the bag.
THE BOOK OF THE YEAR Our supplementary magazine presents MOJO’s 75 Best New Albums Of The Year, the best reissues, best music films, best music books and the best releases in specialist genres. Plus interviews and features on the key artists and products.
GINGER BAKER “Witty, and anxious to be a good guy”: the flipside of the original drummer-as-lunatic, who died last month, with bittersweet insights from friends and family.
BRITTANY HOWARD The most revealing interview yet with the Alabama Shakes’ soul shouter turned R&B alchemist. Has she gone solo for good? Read on for the surprising news…
MADNESS The Magnificent 7 of kitchen-sink ska-pop relive congas with Costello and the fan frenzy that greeted One Step Beyond, 40 years young. Warning: may contain Nutty.
BECK From lo-fi folk to mordant synth disco, there’s always been a splinter in the heart of the elfin singer’s oeuvre. “I’m a bit of an outsider,” he tells Tom Doyle.
PAUL BUTTERFIELD He midwifed Dylan’s electric transformation, but the blues-rock pioneer blazed in his own right. If only hard drugs and other demons hadn’t intervened…
JAZ COLEMAN Killing Joke’s fiery ex-drug mule remembers Brian Jones, classical epiphanies and finding bandmates through magick. “Anger is our fuel!” he tells Andrew Perry.
REVIEWED Coldplay / Joe Henry / Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry / Idles / U-Bahn / Bruce Springsteen / Josh Rouse / Yann Tiersen / The Go-Betweens / Motörhead / The Chemical Brothers / Arthur Russell / Caetano Veloso / Mark Hollis / Billy Bragg / Harry Nilsson / Pink Floyd / Blinky / The Raincoats / The Band / Pete Townshend’s novel!
PLUS Hendrix: by Royal appointment / Weller goes avant-garde / Lana Del Rey live in Hollywood / Rob Halford’s heavy metal Christmas / The (plywood) case for 75 Dollar Bill / Martha High on the secrets of James Brown’s hair / Psychedelic Furs brush up nicely / The strange wonders of Robbie Basho / Ivor Cutler gets his due / How To Buy… Christmas albums