Right on the tip of her tongue

DON’T Think Twice — get in quick if you want a ticket to see acclaimed Melbourne singer Mojo Juju perform in Tasmania next weekend.

Mojo, who has toured with the likes of Tony Joe White, Reverend Horton Heat, C.W. Stoneking and Hiatus Kaiyote, fronted a band called Mojo Juju & The Snake Oil Merchants until branching out on her own in 2010 and releasing her self-titled debut solo album two years later.

Her 2015 follow-up Seeing Red/Feeling Blue led to nominations for Best Female Artist and Best Soul/R&B album at The Age/ Music Victoria Awards.

Since its release in August, Mojo has been getting rave reviews for her highly anticipated and highly personal third album, Native Tongue, featuring the lead single Think Twice.

Blending elements of soul, RnB, blues and hip-hop, the album features collaborations with multiple producers, including Steven Schram and Joelistics, and guest appearances by an eclectic array of acts such as Sydney rapper MC Mirrah, Melbourne soul singer Joshua Tavares, and Melbourne spoken-word artist LAY the Mystic.

Raw, brutally honest and intrinsically political, Native Tongue sees Mojo contemplating her mother’s indigenous heritage, her father’s experience as a Filipino immigrant, and her own place in the cultural landscape of modern Australia.

“In a lot of ways I wrote this album for my younger self,” Mojo says, “because as a kid growing up in regional Australia, I would have benefited so greatly from having heard more stories from, by or about other people of colour, queer people — people like me.”

To launch Native Tongue and raise money for Aboriginal Legal Service charity PLUS1, Mojo last month set off on a 21-date national tour. The tour reaches Tasmania next weekend, starting with a show at the Republic Bar in North Hobart from 10pm next Friday (October 19).

Tickets are $26.38, go to www.moshtix.com.au for bookings.

Mojo Juju also performs at the Bridge Hotel at Forth next Saturday (October 20), go to www.oztix.com.au for bookings and details.