In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Mojo

• THE MOJO INTERVIEW
  Behind the irresistible rise of his elegant folk-pop-soul lie identity crises and recurrent rejections. A new album reveals a bolder, “bolshier” artist, but still with much to prove. “I have to keep polishing my knives,” says Michael Kiwanuka.
• THE COMEBACK KID
  Over seemingly insurmountable obstacles, OZZY OSBOURNE dragged himself to the pinnacle of rock'n'roll. Haunted by rejection, raddled with substances, but also full of love, fun and a talent he couldn't describe or always understand, his victory was one of every underdog, everywhere. SYLIVIE SIMMONS watched it all unfold…
• MOJO PRESENTS
  West London flâneur BAXTER DURY has spent over 20 years grappling with the influence of his Blockhead father Ian. Now, as success brings him back to his father’s old stamping ground, has he finally come to terms with his chaotic boho upbringing? “I’m a mockney nepo Jane Austen in a male form,” he convinces VICTORIA SEGAL.
• THE ROAD WARRIOR
  1975 was JONI MITCHELL’s roller-coaster year: 12 months of romance and heartbreak, adventure and retreat, cocaine and Rolling Thunder. And in the middle of it, The Hissing Of Summer Lawns, her doubling-down on jazz rhythms, exotic melodies and songwriting-as-literature, with (for now, at least) a simpatico crew in tow. “It was just a good vibe,” they tell GRAYSON HAVER CURRIN. “And Joni was at the centre of it, at the peak of her powers.”
• BUT NOT FOR ME
  MIKE TAYLOR was the most original voice in British jazz, a legend on the scene, an inspiration to Cream and the coming wave of prog. But his recordings are rare, his career curtailed by mental illness and a mysterious early death. New reissues of key works prove his genius, and remind peers and pals of their heartbreak. “The whole story is just so tragic,” they tell ANDREW MALE.
• REBEL MUSIC
  Fifty years ago, WILLIE NELSON up-ended the tyranny of the Nashville Sound with a record like nothing before or, perhaps, since. The road to Red Headed Stranger was long and uphill: strewn with broken marriages, record label wrangles and acts of God, but it transformed his fortunes, and his image. “It got to be a cool thing to like Willie,” discovers SYLVIE SIMMONS.
• GARY NUMAN OPENS THE DOOR FOR SYNTH-POP
  He began leading London punks Tubeway Army but was diverted into brooding synth-rock by a stray Minimoog. Cue 1979’s mysterious monster hit Are ‘Friends’ Electric? and the adoration of superfans the Numanoids. Follow-up solo 45 Cars also hit Number 1, but soon GARY NUMAN dramatically retired from live performance at the height of his success. “A whole world descended on me,” he says. “I wanted to get out of the burning building…”
• BLACK COUNTRY ROCK
  From a home in England’s West Midlands, to Knebworth and Live Aid with Led Zep and back, via fame, fortune, tragedy and musical resurrection – ROBERT PLANT’s come full circle. A new album with local heroes Saving Grace exemplifies his hard rock apostasy, the reason he’d rather worship Nora Brown than hang with Axl Rose. And if all else fails? “I’ll just be an Elvis impersonator!” he tells KEITH CAMERON.
• Forever Changes
  The newly reconfigured band throw open the doors on an expansive sixth album.
• Faith and courage
  Outlaw country’s current queen looks back to move forward.
• The lost boys
  Rather gear collection of punky outsider artists’ BBC work recorded between 1978 and 1980.
• Van Morrison
  Feeling hassled by The Man? Andrew Male smooths the path.