Mojo (magazine)
Mojo is a British music magazine from the Bauer Media Group . It was first launched in November 1993 and appears monthly. In addition, Mojo special editions are published that are dedicated to a specific artist or topic. It is one of the most important music magazines in the English language, dealing with pop and rock music even beyond the charts and appealing to an older readership. It is available worldwide and is also used by many music lovers and the like. a. read in Germany, where it can be obtained from station bookshops and by subscription.
history
With the success of Q magazine , Emap's editors began looking for a title similar to Rolling Stone magazine that would serve the growing interest in classic rock music of the 1960s and 1970s. The origin of the title refers to the song by Muddy Waters Got My Mojo Working, known in rhythm & blues circles . The first cover stars were Bob Dylan and John Lennon . The comprehensive presentation of the history of popular performers as well as less well-known and / or sales-oriented cult music performers proved to be successful and drew imitation magazines such as Blender and Uncut with a similar concept. In 2004 the Mojo Honors List was introduced, an award ceremony based on judgments by critics and readers.
Authors
The authors who have written for the mojo include well-known music critics such as u. a. Charles Shaar Murray , Greil Marcus , Simon Reynolds and Jon Savage . Musicians like David Bowie or (for the 200th edition in July 2010) Tom Waits have already acted as guest editors .
subjects
Leaders are often classic rock acts like The Beatles , Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin . However, new musicians and bands who are not (yet) in the charts and do not necessarily embody a mainstream aesthetic, such as the White Stripes, are also discussed .
CD
For some time now, the magazine has also been published with a supplement CD on which you can find pieces by various well-known artists or by unknown artists. However, due to copyright reasons, the CD cannot (partially) be included with subscribers outside the UK.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Cover of the first edition on the magazine's website, viewed on June 26, 2008