Mojo (magazine)

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Mojo

Editor
Categories	Monthly music Magazine
Frequency
Publisher	EMAP
First Issue	1993
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Website
ISSN	unknown

Mojo is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. Following the success of the magazine Q, publishers EMAP were looking for a title which would cater for the burgeoning interest in classic rock music. Mojo was first published on the 15th October 1993 and in keeping with its aesthetic had Bob Dylan and John Lennon as its first cover stars. Noted for its in-depth coverage of both popular and cult acts it acted as the inspiration for Blender and Uncut. Many noted music critics have written for it including Charles Shaar Murray, Greil Marcus, Nick Kent and Jon Savage. The launch editor of Mojo was Paul Du Noyer and his successors have included Mat Snow, Paul Trynka and Pat Gilbert.

Often criticised for its over zealous coverage of classic rock acts such as The Beatles and Bob Dylan it has nevertheless covered more newer and "left-field" acts. It was the first mainstream magazine in the UK to cover The White Stripes, whom it has covered as zealously as many older acts.

It has recently introduced a regular covermount CD which ties in with a current magazine article or theme.

In 2004 it introduced the Mojo Honours list an awards ceremony which is a mixture of readers and critics awards.

More recently, the magazine has taken to publishing many "Top 100" lists, including the subjects of drug songs (Mojo #109), rock epics (Mojo #125), protest songs (Mojo #126) and even the most miserable songs of all time (Mojo #127). To celebrate 150 issues, the magazine published a "Top 100 Albums of Mojo's Lifetime" list (essentially 1993 onwards). The top five for this list were:

Grace - Jeff Buckley (1994)
American Recordings - Johnny Cash (1994)
OK Computer - Radiohead (1997)
Time Out of Mind - Bob Dylan (1997)
Definitely Maybe - Oasis (1994)

[edit] Special Editions

Many self-standing themed special editions of Mojo have been produced, devoting an entire magazine to one artist or genre. Three of the most successful were the series of magazines produced by editor Chris Hunt, telling the story of The Beatles - one thousand days at a time. Featuring contributions from many of the world's leading rock critics and Beatles experts, they were published between 2002 and 2003, before being collected together by Mojo Editor-in-Chief Paul Trynka and published as the book The Beatles: Ten Years That Shook The World (Dorling Kindersley, 2004).

[edit] Other media

The company behind the magazine, Emap, also produces a digital "radio station" called Mojo Radio, which is transmitted on the digital television networks in the UK and online.