Mojo Magazine #319 June 2020

COVER STORY: NICK CAVE’S 50 GREATEST SONGS The deepest dive into the vibrant and haunting world of a modern great and his badass band(s), with insights from old friends and new. “Nick gave more than is possible,” they tell MOJO, “pushing himself to such extremes. He knew he was special.”

COVERMOUNT CD: THE GOOD SONGS a collection of moody and magnificent covers of Cave’s landmark compositions by Primal Scream, Sharon Van Etten, Giant Sand, Mark Lanegan, My Morning Jacket and more.

GEORGE HARRISON How the Beatles’ Dark Horse came by on the outside to win big with All Things Must Pass, in spite of Phil Spector, The Chiffons and Allen Klein.

DIANA ROSS Fifty years a solo star, 40 since she broke the shackles of Motown, the label that made her great, MOJO salutes black pop’s imperious queen.

PETER FRAMPTON School with Bowie, University Of Life with Steve Marriott and the Mafia, the superstar of Frampton Comes Alive is learning his greatest lesson.

CAR SEAT HEADREST American indie-rock’s new hope put on a hazmat suit to walk the pre-viral streets of Brooklyn. As David Fricke discovers, it’s not his only eccentricity.

STEVE EARLE How a Nashville write-off breathed the rock, and reality back into country-rock, and how it bit him in the ass. Eyewitnesses revisit Guitar Town.