FROM THE JAM, through The Style Council and solo stardom, Paul Weller’s 50 Greatest Songs are celebrated over 20 pages in the brand new MOJO, including an all-new interview with the man himself. That’s entertainment? No question! Also in the issue: Ringo Starr – the man in full; Edwyn Collins’ miraculous journey; 1965’s pop revolution. Plus: The Tubs; Donovan; Wilco; INXS; Quincy Jones; Jeff Buckley; Jesse Ed Davis; King Jammy; Eddie Chacon; Träd Gräs Och Stenar; The House Of Love; then All Back To Vashti Bunyan’s!
NOTE: This is the export edition with Ringo Starr on the cover (as pictured) The Paul Weller covers are only available as imports. Same CD, though!
COVER STORY: RINGO STARR A new album reignites the world’s embrace of The Most Lovable Beatle. Exclusive interview plus a little help from his friends – including Sir Paul McCartney.
PAUL WELLER’S 50 GREATEST SONGS From In The City to 66, from The Jam to The Style Council to solo stardom, his timeless compositions unpicked and eulogised. Plus a brand new interview, insights from colleagues and admirers, and more!
EDWYN COLLINS How Orange Juice’s flamboyant refusenik became a pop star – twice – and rebuilt his life after near-fatal stroke. A bold new album underscores his recovery.
1965 IN 45s Sixty years on, Jon Savage revisits the year pop met art in 20 singles spanning rock, soul, folk, drugs and more: “Clearly, 1965 is not 1963, not even 1964…”
INXS Unfancied Antipodeans ascend to super-massive status. Sex-symbol singer implodes. One of the most dramatic trajectories in ’80s/’90s rock re-plotted.
DONOVAN “Jazz jigs”, jazz cigs, Mickie Most, Jimmy Page, law suits, sitars and Ed Sullivan: the making of folk’s pop subversive, by the man himself and his coterie.
THE TUBS Wales’s indie recidivists continue their seemingly inexorable rise, turning tragic back stories into “primitive rock’n’roll music” for 2025.
REVIEWED Wilco / Eddie Chacon / Nadia Reid / Toumani Diabaté / Squid / Archie Shepp / Gary Kemp / Manic Street Preachers / Sharon Van Etten / Andy Fairweather Low / Horsegirl / Sunny War / Jean Claude Vannier / Loudon Wainwright III / The Moles / Bill Evans / Seth Lakeman / Ambrose Akinmusire / Brigid Mae Power / Cymande / Richard Dawson / Guided By Voices / Rose City Band / Throbbing Gristle / Melanie / Doves
PLUS Jeff Buckley: The Movie! / Cher by Cher / All the Quincy Jones you need / Everything you never knew you wanted to know about Paul McCartney / Giving Jesse Ed Davis his due / Rising up with Early James and Heartworms / In the studio with Colin Blunstone (of course) / King Jammy’s soup love / The transfiguration of Träd Gräs Och Stenar / Johnnie Walker signs off / The history of songs (with brackets) / All Back To Vashti Bunyan’s!
