MOJO Bar - Music for the people

Tweet This month I’m lucky enough to be writing from rum and sun soaked Cuba. The fact that I’m writing from here is less about wanting to show off and more a testament to my  awesome ability to procrastinate. I was going to get a little piece done before we left about how quiet January [...]

Tweet Another Year gone by, thousands more tunes have slipped, bounced or hammered their way out of our speakers. We try hard to bring you as much new music as we can, whilst also trawling the ages for anything that we have so far missed and Keeping everyone entertained by playing big hits and Mojo [...]

Tweet Walking towards the MEN Arena on a cold, wet Monday evening, it was becoming more and more apparent that we were going to be, at best, half the average age of the audience for this event, showcasing two of the world’s most influential and respected songwriters. But, with their combined age of 132, was [...]

Tweet In these past few weeks Leeds has experienced a tidal wave of festive revellers: Office parties, assorted work do’s and students in Christmas hats have been flooding our fair city, rockin’ out and spreading good cheer. It’s been fun for us bartenders too; there’s a lot to be said for a full-on party rolling [...]

Tweet It’s coming up to the year’s end and since a bartender getting time off in December is the stuff of a madman’s dreams, I’ve been forced to either use up some holiday time now or lose it forever. Between jetting around, dining in the finest restaurants, attending dinner parties and sipping champagne on luxurious [...]

Tweet Many of you cool cats will already be aware that Mr Lee Jones had made good his escape from Mojo, along with our ex-manager Mr Andy Turner, to open their new bar, Wax. While he paints, saws, sands and stresses his way to an early grave, he’s asked me to take over his blog. Which means all you lucky people [...]

Tweet In the past few months or so you’ve probably added a bar or two on one of the many social networking sites that are available in this modern age. I too was pleasantly surprised when I realised I could be friends with a building, although nights out on the town could pose a problem. [...]

Tweet Its commonplace these days as people’s palates develop at an astonishing rate. To have such a want for knowledge is now considered a social currency. Firstly with cookery, that scrappy faced Jammy Olive being the main culprit, now with drinks.  Whilst still in your pyjamas, expert “mixologists” woo woo you through the television or [...]

Tweet There really is nothing quite as spectacular a sight as a gaggle of 40-something women on a hen do, it’s a true metamorphosis, because you know after that weekend they’re all going back to the office with no concept or memory of the damage they’ve caused. But for now they’re on the prowl, all [...]

Tweet My Gig going continues to increase to the point where I am attending more gigs than buying albums, it is bringing into sharper focus a problem suffered by the not 100% committed music fan. The new or unheard material problem. A recent Metronomy gig left my speechless at its euphoric quality (I knew 1 [...]