MOJO JUJU
announces national album tour
+ partners with PLUS1
+ releases new album
NATIVE TONGUE
out now via ABC MUSIC / UMA
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“Mojo Juju is a killer vocalist, songwriter and musician, this we have known for years. But the skill to make a record of such disparate sounds come across so cohesively cannot be taught. Native Tongue works so brilliantly as a whole because it’s real. Mojo reaches deep on these songs and lays more of herself on the line than many others would have the guts to do.” – DOUBLE J
“We’re calling it: Australia’s Music Video of the Year Has Dropped” – SBS THE FEED
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Melbourne artist Mojo Juju’s highly anticipated and incredibly personal third studio album Native Tongue is out now via ABC Music / UMA.
Garnering rave reviews for her brutally honest title track ‘Native Tongue’, and amassing new fans along the way, Mojo’s star is on the rise with Native Tongue picking up feature albums across Double J, PBS, RTR and Edge Radio, as well as just being announced as support for Paul Kelly’s ‘Making Gravy’ Tour inBrisbane & Melbourne.
Sitting down with SBS The Feed, Mojo discussed the importance of telling her family story through the album to gain a better understanding of who she is as a person and as an artist.
Mojo explains:
“This album is about my relationships with Ancestry and Elders and how family history has informed a great deal of who I am. In a lot of ways, I wrote this album for my younger self, because as a kid growing up in regional Australia, I would have benefit so greatly from having heard more stories from, by or about other people of colour, queer people, people like me. I wanted this to be an album for First Nations People, 1st generations, 2nd generations and 3rd Culture kids.” – MOJO JUJU
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To coincide with the release, she has announced a massive 21 date national tour which sees her set off across the country from September through November, playing major cities and regional towns.
Mojo has partnered up with PLUS1 for the tour, a charity that supports Aboriginal Legal Service, working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People to provide culturally appropriate legal services, influence positive change, and increase access to justice. For each ticket sold, there will be $1 added on which will go towards PLUS1 to help make a difference.
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. . . . . . . . . .Native Tongue is a fitting title for the third studio album from Mojo Juju and it is her very essence laid bare. It is raw, honest, emotional and intrinsically political. It is also brutal and relentlessly real.
Through the telling of family history and her own personal experiences, Juju explores her relationships with Elders and Ancestry and how that informs her own identity. 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, it is an album about self-discovery and it is her most sincere, heartfelt and personal offering to date.
“One of the most crucial elements in order to know who you are is to know where you’ve come from, to know your roots. We’ve all heard it before but it really started to resonate with me. I started to think about the importance of oral traditions, how songs are such a huge part of that. I wanted to document these stories from my family, as well as my own experiences with identity and culture. So, delving into my family history is only the beginning of the story, but I think it’s a very good place to start.” – MOJO JUJU
Stylistically, Juju once again embarks on new territory through collaborations with multiple producers; Steven Schram (Paul Kelly), Joel Ma (a.k.a. Joelistics), jnbo (The Cactus Channel) and Jamieson Shaw (Netflix series ‘The Get Down’), and includes a number of features from an eclectic array of guests; Hip Hop MC Mirrah (L-Fresh The Lion), soul music royalty Joshua Tavares and spoken word artist Lay the Mystic.
This time around Juju has taken her eclectic influences and created a seamless and authentically original sound, continuing her dedication to bucking labels, bending genres and doing her own thing. Perhaps the manifold musical incarnations of Juju are symbolic of the manifold pieces that make up her identity. Perhaps this unique blend of soul, r’n’b, blues & hip-hop is in fact her ‘Native Tongue’.
NATIVE TONGUE
Track Listing:
1. Native Tongue (feat. Pasefika Vitoria Choir)
2. Papá (Tagalog Interlude)
3. Something Wrong (feat. Mirrah)
4. Think Twice
5. Bound To
6. Cold Condition (feat. Joshua Tavares)
7. Shut Your Mouth
8. Never Again
9. I Just Wanna Know
10. Pidge (Jackie Interlude)
11. Far Too Late
12. 1000 Years
13. History
14. Hurricane
15. Don’t Stop Me Now
16. Native Tongue Reprise (feat. Lay The Mystic)
MOJO JUJU
NATIONAL ALBUM TOUR DATESmojojuju.net
Thursday September 27 / Nightfest, Canberra, NSW
http://premier.ticketek.com.auFriday October 19 / Republic Bar, Hobart, TAS
https://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/Saturday October 20 / Bridge Hotel, Forth, TAS
http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?ESunday October 21 / Workers Club, Geelong, VIC
http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?Saturday October 27 / Dream Festival Music and Arts, Dubbo, NSW
Free EntrySunday October 28 / Dream Festival Zoocoustic, Dubbo, NSW
Free EntryThursday November 01 / Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane, QLD
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Friday November 02 / Nightquarter, Gold Coast, QLD
Free EntrySaturday November 03 / Imperial Hotel, Eumundi, QLD
http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?ESunday November 04 / Kingscliff Beach Hotel, Kingscliff, NSW
Free EntryThursday November 08 / The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine, VIC
http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?EFriday November 09 / Howler, Melbourne, VIC
https://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/Saturday November 10 / Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan, VIC
www.lyrebirdartscouncil.com.auSunday November 11 / Sooki Lounge, Belgrave, VIC
http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?EThursday November 15 / Jive, Adelaide, SA
https://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/Friday November 16 / Jack Rabbit Slims, Perth, WA
http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?ESaturday November 17 / Mojo’s, Fremantle, WA
http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?Thursday November 22 / Oxford Art Factory, Sydney, NSW
https://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/Friday November 23 / Small Ballroom, Newcastle, NSW
http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?ESaturday November 24 / Hotel Gearin, Katoomba, NSW
http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?ESunday November 25 / Heritage Hotel, Wollongong, NSW
http://tickets.oztix.com.au/?E NATIVE TONGUE
is OUT NOW via ABC Music / Universal
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