Mojo (magazine)

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Mojo <tr><th style="font-size: 90%;" align="center" colspan="2">Image:Mojo cover.JPG</th></tr><tr><th>Publisher: </th> <td>EMAP</td></tr><tr><th>Language</th> <td>English</td></tr><tr><th>Year founded</th> <td>1993</td></tr><tr><th>Country</th> <td>United Kingdom</td></tr>

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.

Often criticised for its over zealous coverage of classic rock acts such as The Beatles, Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin 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] 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.