MOJO Issue 241 / December 2013
MOJO MAGAZINE IS 20 YEARS YOUNG, a fact celebrated in a special collectors’ issue of the magazine, featuring a free 20-track CD of the best music of the magazine’s lifetime – starring Arctic Monkeys, Jack White, Black Keys, Boards Of Canada, Animal Collective and many more. Add to that exclusive interviews with 20 world-changing musicians looking back on their 20th year and a front cover design by Kate Bush, and you’re looking at a unique, unmissable package. ORDER THIS ISSUE HERE SUBSCRIPTION OFFER! Get a limited edition MOJO 20 T-shirt.
CONTENTS / MOJO 241
KATE BUSH DESIGNED FRONT COVER!
FREE CD! 20 FROM 20: 20 tracks of the best music of the magazine’s lifetime – starring Arctic Monkeys, Jack White, Black Keys, Boards Of Canada, Animal Collective and many more. Our best CD ever?
20 AT 20: To celebrate our 20th anniversary we asked 20 of our favourite musicians what they were doing when they turned 20. Jimmy Page, John Lydon, Ringo Starr, Alex Turner, Brian Wilson, Jeff Beck, Debbie Harry, Paul Weller, Prince Buster, Ray Davies, Martha Reeves, Yoko Ono, Cliff Richard, Steven Tyler, Danger Mouse, David Crosby, Pete Seeger, Buddy Guy, Bobby Womack and John Cale contribute.
THE 20 MOST IMPORTANT ALBUMS OF MOJO’s LIFETIME: As voted by the readers of MOJO
STEVIE NICKS: Fleetwood Mac’s otherworldly faerie queen tells all to James McNair about childhood, ghosts, mysteries… and Prince.
LAURA MVULA: From church and conservatoire to gospeldelic Stateside soul sensation.
REVIEWED: Midlake / Tears For Fears / Oh Land / Jake Bugg / The Who / Motörhead / Paul McCartney / White Denim / Billy Bragg / Rod Stewart / Woody Guthrie / King Crimson / The Grateful Dead / Gene Clark / Donald Fagen / Linda Ronstadt / Dinosaur Jr / Suggs / Johnny Marr
PLUS: The Beatles at the Beeb / Back in time with Mott The Hoople / Into the future with Fat White Family / How To Buy Neil Young / The perma-dysfunctional Gary Numan / Alex Kapranos’s mind-blowers / Exclusive new album news from Elbow.