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Marc Bolan, David Bowie: Child of the Revolution: Tony Visconti: The Autobiography: Bowie, Bolan And The Brooklyn Boy (Harper Collins) ****

Book Review by Mark Paytress, MOJO, April 2007

A life in music, rich in chemical romances, bickering stars and some wonderful work, is recounted with great dignity, says Mark Paytress ...

Crickets, The, Buddy Holly: The Crickets: "We were the first ugly band!"

Retrospective and Interview by Bill Holdship, MOJO, October 2004

Author's note: This is the piece originally submitted to MOJO as a sidebar to Greil Marcus' Buddy Holly feature "The Lost Boy". ...

Frank Sinatra: The Best of Frank Sinatra: A Home Taping Special

Guide by Chris Ingham, MOJO, 1999

BECAUSE OF THE near-flawless nature of a handful of albums (Wee Small Hours, Songs For Swingin' Lovers, A Swingin' Affair, Only The Lonely), it would ...

Willie Nelson: How To Buy Willie Nelson

Guide by Fred Dellar, MOJO, May 1997

TWO THINGS. Willie Nelson is not a country singer but a singer who just happens to fit neatly in the country section for those of ...

Tim Buckley: Live At The Troubadour 1969

Review by Mark Cooper, MOJO, April 1994

HE WAS, ABOVE all, a beautiful boy. Sure, the album sleeves show those impossible good looks steadily thickening into manhood and by 1974's Look At ...

Bruce Springsteen: The Ties That Bind – The River Collection

Review by Phil Sutcliffe, MOJO, November 2015

ON HIS FIFTH E Street Band album, Springsteen still struggled "to gain the knowledge of how to make records". But this sense of technical difficulty ...

Fountains of Wayne: The Fountains of Wayne: Mojo Rising

Interview by Barney Hoskyns, MOJO, May 1997

CHRIS COLLINGWOOD and Adam Schlesinger have waited a long time to see their pure-pop/power-pop dreams realised. The duo were penning addictively hummable songs as long ...

Radiohead: "Thank you, ignite!": Radiohead at Meltdown

Report by Jim Irvin, MOJO, July 2000

AUTHOR'S NOTE: This was a piece for the news section of MOJO in July 2000 previewing songs from the forthcoming Radiohead album that were unveiled ...

Arthur Lee: 10 Questions for Arthur Lee

Interview by Sylvie Simmons, MOJO, June 2002

On your recent US warm-up date you asked, "What did the monkey say after the pitbull bit off his tail?" ...

Beatles, The: The Beatles' No. 1s: 1963

Retrospective by Phil Sutcliffe, MOJO, August 2015

'From Me to You' #1 in: UK Released: April 11, 1963 ...

Alley Cats, The, Bags, The, Black Flag, Dickies, The, Germs, The, Go-Go's, The, Nerves, The, Plugz, The, Screamers, The, Weirdos, The, X: L.A. Punk: California Screamin'

Retrospective by Don Waller, MOJO, July 2004

Ignored by the major labels, hounded by cops, fuelled by booze and drugs, L.A. punk was born in a concrete basement in Hollywood known as ...

Georgie Fame: Look Sharp

Retrospective and Interview by Lois Wilson, MOJO, November 2015

IT'S DECEMBER 1962, three sharp dressed GIs are hefting a Hammond organ down the icy steps of the Flamingo, a tiny jazz club on Wardour ...

Black Crowes, The: The Black Crowes: The Return of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers

Interview by Paul Elliott, MOJO, April 2008

After seven years in the wilderness, the Black Crowes, America's freewheelin', dope-smokin', warring Blues Brotherhood are back. And this time their singer Chris Robinson is ...

Paul McCartney

Interview by Mat Snow, MOJO, November 1995

WHATEVER PAUL McCARTNEY is on in 1995, they should dump it in the water supply. Talcum-pink of complexion and trim of figure, only a curious ...

Duke Ellington: Black, Brown, Beige and Sacred: A Journey through Duke Ellington

Guide by Chris Ingham, MOJO, July 1999

IT'S HARD to overstate Duke Ellington's stature as a 20th century musician. Honoured by world leaders, respected by legit' cats and revered by jazz musicians ...

The Doors: Jim Morrison: Death On The Instalment Plan

Retrospective by Dave Thompson, MOJO, September 2001

JIM MORRISON LAY IN A BATHTUB FULL OF WATER drawn from the same mystic spring that fed Brian Jones's swimming pool. The flesh over his ...

Ramones, The: Johnny Ramone: Johnny's Last Stand

Interview by Jaan Uhelszki, MOJO, November 2004

The taciturn, stony-faced dictator behind the Ramones' three-chord punk masterplan, in one of his last-ever interviews, Johnny Ramone emerged as a man at peace with ...

Gang of Four, Pop Group, The, Public Image Ltd, Slits, The, Throbbing Gristle: Post Punk's Not Dead!: ATTACK!

Retrospective by Mark Paytress, MOJO, January 2004

The avant-garde post-'77 post-punk sound was a revolutionary amalgam of funk, punk, disco and reggae. Mark Paytress explains the battle plan. ...

Michael Kiwanuka: Move on Up

Profile and Interview by Stevie Chick, MOJO, November 2016

Two years ago, in crisis, doubting his worth and dismissed by his own label. Then he started to sing about that uncertainty, and everything changed. ...

J.J. Cale: No Name, No Number, No Pack Drill

Interview by Dave DiMartino, MOJO, July 1994

HE IS THE MOST unrecognizable man in pop music; success, it seems, comes to him only when he wants it. And a major part of ...