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Buddy Holly as a country artist? It could have easily ended up that way, had the young singer’s head not been turned by the arrival of Elvis Presley in the…
The Rockin’ Race Jamboree returns in February 2023 with star guests including The Delta Bombers, The Planet Rockers, The Lucky Stars, Modern Don Juans and Slink Moss Explosion. 2023’s event,…
Revolver, The Beatles’ revolutionary 1966 album will be re-released worldwide on 28 October in a range of newly mixed and expanded Special Edition packages by Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe. The Special…
More than six decades after Johnny Burnette scaled the charts with Dreamin’, his son Rocky Burnette and nephew Billy Burnette discuss the life, death and lasting influence of one…
Jerry Allison, who played alongside Buddy Holly in The Crickets, has died. The drummer, who co-wrote such classics as That’ll Be the Day and Peggy Sue, died on Monday 22…
Not only was he, arguably, British pop’s first major singer-songwriter, but Billy Fury was also the creative force behind The Sound Of Fury. Alan Clayson chronicles its journey… He…
Space the final frontier… It was the other-worldly sci-fi sound that changed music production forever, now Vintage Rock boldly goes where no magazine has gone before to tell the story…
Grammy Award-winning guitarist Albert Lee is celebrated the world over for his hybrid picking technique. It was in the early-60s when Albert had his first taste of commercial success playing…
With a father who was both a rockabilly DJ and a guitarist, Terry was immersed in ’billy from the day he was born. Listening to tracks from the likes of…
Elvis gave one of his very best performances in this lively remake of a Hollywood Silver Age classic. By Bill Dahl The script for Kid Galahad wasn’t exactly a virginal…