By then people’ll probably be driving Buicks to the moon

How encouraging to read in your Nana Mouskouri album review in MOJO 327 the phrase “the glory days of easy listening”. Back in the ’60s and ’70s when I was a soul music journalist, I, like my colleagues in rock journalism, had an unwavering attitude towards easy listening/MOR music. It was either to be ignored or it was to be vilified as not worthy of serious critical assessment. Such dismissive attitudes say far more about the prejudices of the editors and journos involved than about any understanding of the processes and disciplines of music making.

So it’s heartening that a magazine that gives insightful coverage to John Lennon and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard can also find space for a perceptive Nana Mouskouri review. At this rate, MOJO will get around to publishing quality pieces on Johnny Mathis or Daniel O’Donnell!

Tony Cummings, Stoke-on-Trent