Issue September 2015 - MOJO (2024)

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IN THIS ISSUETHIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDEMark JunckerMark is a Manchester-based illustrator specialising in hand-drawn editorial portraiture using mixed media. His most recent works include illustrations for Disney and Next. A music fan, this month he illustrates our Foals lead album review (p85). More work examples can be found at markjuncker.comAndrew Cotterill“It’s always a pleasure to be asked to shoot stuff in Manchester, especially when it’s people like this,” says Andrew of his Bernard Sumner shoot (see p38). “It’s a great place, full of amazing musicians. Bernard was great to hang out with.” To see more of Andrew’s work go to www.andrewcotterillphotography.comJames McNairHaving first heard Bridge Over Troubled Water at his Gran’s flat in Glasgow aged six, James was thrilled to finally meet Art Garfunkel. “If I sang you these notes could you sing them back…1 min

IN THIS ISSUEMOJO PRESENTS LIFE COMPANION 15 TRACKS THAT SHAPED THE HUMAN RIFF...KEITH RICHARDS’ 2010 AUTOBIOGRAPHY IS notable as a chronicle of mischief. At its heart, however, there lies a deep appreciation of music and a fascinating insight into the development of the birth of The Rolling Stones’ sound. Richards is particularly lucid when it comes to outlining the band’s raison d’etre, stating at one point that they created their music “in defiance of pop”. Certainly, no group before them had managed to do what they did: to create a sound based on the deepest blues that was then sold to millions of people around the world. As MOJO speaks to Keith this month on the eve of his latest solo album release, we’re proud to present this collection of music culled largely from the man’s autobiography as well as his recordings…7 min

REGULARSALL BACK TO MY PLACEJames TaylorYOU’VE (STILL) GOT A FRIENDWhat music are you currently grooving to?I love Afro-Cuban music, particularly Arsenio Rodr’guez who plays the tres. I listen to a lot of Brazilian music too, I love Tom Jobim, Joao Gilberto, the fathers of bossa nova. Also my contemporaries: Milton Nascimento, Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso. The Brazilian tradition is so sophisticated and so profound.What, if push comes to shove, is your all-time favourite album?Ry Cooder’s Paradise And Lunch. I played it for my son, he’s learning guitar, and I saw him hear what I heard: the guitar is explosive.What was the first record you ever bought? And where did you buy it?That’s kind of embarrassing. I bought it at Kemp’s Record Store in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The local team, the Carolina Tar Heels…5 min

REGULARSTHEORIES, RANTS, ETC.WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU READ JUSTWilliam? If you’re Keith Richards, pretty recently it would appear. This is just one of the revelations in this month’s cover story that presents the most intimate portrait of the Stones guitarist in recent times. Of course, Keith represents many things to so many people. As well as Pat Gilbert’s unique New York encounter with the man, we are delighted to call upon the likes of P.J. O’Rourke, Andrew Loog Oldham and John Varvatos to hold forth on the sheer importance of being Keith Richards. Their thoughts start on page 68 in a world exclusive where Keith unveils his new solo album, Crosseyed Heart. Enjoy this issue and its soundtrack CD culled from the pages of Keith own rollicking memoir, Life. It’s a…7 min

WHAT GOES ON!DEMON DAYSI just thought the owls were pretty cool,” laughs John Grant of his birds of prey co-stars on the sleeve of his new album Grey Tickles, Black Pressure, out in October. “I didn’t know Hieronymus Bosch liked owls too, but I like his stuff, so I guess we’ve completed our weird little triangle.”Medieval religious painter Bosch used owls as a symbol of Satan within his extraordinary, sensual/grotesque allegories of wickedness and redemption. Grant’s newest work isn’t as literally Biblical, but it’s still a fantastical artwork populated by devils, with a shout out to classic 1902 horror story The Monkey’s Paw, a song called Voodoo Doll and an accompanying promo video of Grant covered in blood holding a mallet.“I’m such a big horror movie fan, that was fun to do,” he…3 min

WHAT GOES ON!NATURAL BORN SEED DRILLERWhen, in February 1968, someone in their agents’ office suggested the name Jethro Tull, band boss Ian Anderson had no idea he’d be spending the next five decades fighting to preserve his identity against that of the inventor of 18th century agricultural marvel the seed drill. “It happened again two hours ago,” he laughs. “I was doing an interview with a radio station in Chicago, and it was, ‘Hey Jethro!’”When Anderson’s latest project, Jethro Tull – The Rock Opera, hits the road in September, he’s hoping he might get his own name back for good, while at the same time give his pioneering agronomic forebear his due.“I’d avoided knowing too much about Jethro Tull out of a sense of embarrassment,” Anderson continues. “I had no idea who he was, and…3 min

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