Friday, 17 January 2025
New issue of Mojo - The 50 Best Songs of The Jam, The Style Council and Paul Weller
THIS MONTH’S COVERMOUNT CD is Beat Surrender! 15 Mod And Northern Soul Floorfillers, featuring James Carr, P.P. Arnold, Wynder K. Frogg, The ‘5’ Royales and an array of irresistible fruggers.
COVER STORY: PAUL WELLER’S 50 GREATEST SONGS From In The City to 66, from The Jam to The Style Council to solo stardom, his timeless compositions unpicked and eulogised. Plus a brand new interview, insights from colleagues and admirers, and more!
RINGO STARR A new album reignites the world’s embrace of The Most Lovable Beatle. Exclusive interview plus a little help from his friends – including Sir Paul McCartney.
EDWYN COLLINS How Orange Juice’s flamboyant refusenik became a pop star – twice – and rebuilt his life after near-fatal stroke. A bold new album underscores his recovery.
1965 IN 45s Sixty years on, Jon Savage revisits the year pop met art in 20 singles spanning rock, soul, folk, drugs and more: “Clearly, 1965 is not 1963, not even 1964…”
Tuesday, 7 January 2025
Friday, 3 January 2025
Toots and the Maytals (featuring Leba Hibbert) 2025 tour dates supported by Rhoda Dakar + The Hempolics
The Maytals formed in the 1960’s and updated their name to Toots and the Maytals for their debut album ’Sweet And Dandy’ in 1969.
One of the best known ska and rocksteady groups, they also are known for the first use of the word ‘reggae’ in a song on their 1968 single ‘Do The Reggay’.
Frederick ‘Toots' Hibbert was considered a reggae pioneer who was named by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the 100 greatest singers of all time.
Known for classic reggae songs such as ’54-46 Was My Number’, ‘Monkey Man’, ‘Pressure Drop’, ‘Funky Kingston’, ‘Broadway Jungle’, ‘Bam Bam’, ’Time Tough’ and 'Reggae Got Soul’, Toots and the Maytals are now fronted by Toots’ daughter Leba Hibbert, who has released her own recordings and worked with Sly & Robbie, Jimmy Cliff and more.
Special guest supports on the tour will be Rhoda Dakar of the Bodysnatchers performing with her band + The Hempolics.
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