Mojo – February 2023

DEPECHE MODE
How will the loss of founder member Andy Fletcher impact on album number 15, Memento Mori? And will one of the world’s biggest bands ever feel at ease with themselves? “We’ve always been the odd one out, the weird kid in the corner…”

JEFF BECK
The guitarist’s guitarist was so, so much more. Mat Snow corrals his heartbroken collaborators and Ronnie Wood pays tribute: “He was always creating something new.”

BOB MARLEY
Fifty years since Catch A Fire broke The Wailers internationally, eyewitnesses relive their UK sojourn: “I saw Peter Tosh coming up the Neasden High Road…”

LEON RUSSELL
The full, crazy tale of Joe Cocker’s Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour and its top-hatted mastermind – from a brand new book by Buffalo Tom’s Bill Janovitz.

ROGÊ
Presenting Roger José Cury: the man breathing new life into vintage Brazilian pop along with a lost genius star of its glory years – Arthur Verocai.

DAVID CROSBY
Flags are lowered for The Byrds’ and CSN’s angelic voice and force of nature. Cue: his 20 Greatest Songs plus a classic encounter with MOJO’s Dave DiMartino.

SLEAFORD MODS
The punk-rap duo’s game-changing frontman Jason Williamson sits for The MOJO Interview. On the agenda: shit Britain, midlife fame and baking