Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brian Setzer plays a Gretsch Chet Atkins onstage in Chicago, 1983. Brian Setzer revitalised the rockabilly scene with his band The ...
Despite being overshadowed by their London and New York counterparts, left-coast punksters X flourished in the late 70s and early 80s, grinding out dirty, blistering rock in dingy nightclubs.
There’s something so immediately appealing about rockabilly music that it’s easy to assume the invigorating style has been a bestselling fixture on the pop scene ever since its start in the ‘50s in ...
Guitarist Sonny Burgess, an early rockabilly player who rose to prominence through his work with Sun Records, has died at the age of 88. The Memphis Commercial Appeal reports on Burgess' death, which ...
Modern retro quartet Lucky 757 would make the founding pioneers of early rockabilly proud. Portsmouth Virginia-based modern retro quartet Lucky 757 would make the founding pioneers of early rockabilly ...
Rockabilly bounced into the spotlight in the 1950s when Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Bill Haley and other legends rocked country-boogie, hillbilly and rhythm & blues with a slapped bass sound that ...
The rockabilly pioneer was frequently lauded by stars including Paul McCartney and Graham Nash as a major influence. By Gil Kaufman Charlie Gracie, an early rockabilly singer and guitarist who ...
When the much-anticipated 20th-anniversary celebration of the Hootenanny Festival was suddenly canceled two years ago, lovers of the annual event, which included rockabilly, alt-country and old-school ...
On the title track of his new CD, Greenwood’s Mack Allen Smith sings, “Well I’m growing old and it may sound silly, but I still love my rockabilly / I can’t explain it so please don’t ask me why / ...
SoCal rockabilly pioneer Larry Collins and friends pay tribute to his late sister, singer Lorrie Collins Guitarist-singer-songwriter Larry Collins, center, performs in Santa Ana in front of the ...