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2024
Lloyd Price may never have been accorded the status of a true great, but his Lawdy Miss Clawdy was one of the cornerstone songs of rock’n’roll. Later dubbed ‘Mr Personality’…
In 1965, Otis Redding’s Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul rewrote the soul rulebook – a blistering, vibrant collection of originals and covers that would become his defining LP… It’s not often…
The Big Bang Vintage Festival returns to Gran Canaria for a seventh time in October with power pop legend Paul Collins, Les Rencards, Trouper’s Swing Band and Titis Twister, alongside…
Words of Love – The Buddy Holly Story: In 2022, just a couple of months before Jerry Allison passed away at the age of 82, Vintage Rock talked with the…
Beyond the No.1 hits, Vintage Rock discovers some true gems in Elvis’ remarkable recorded catalogue in our Top 40 Lesser-Known Elvis Tracks… Probably more so than with any other artist…
The infectious thumping rhythm, that unique upright bass thud, the exhilarating guitar solos that cut through it all … rockabilly is quite simply, the greatest music in the world. Well……
With a timeless design that has remained virtually untouched since it first landed 70 years ago, the Leo Fender Stratocaster is without doubt the most well-known and influential electric guitar…
Little Stevie Wonder defied those who told him he wouldn’t amount to anything on account of him being “Blind, Black and Broke”, and spent the 60s rising through the ranks…
Vintage Rock and friends celebrate the Queen of Rockabilly – Wanda Jackson. The first lady to make a mark in the male-dominated world of 1950s rock’n’roll, Wanda Jackson was the…
The Great Rock’n’Roll Revival of the late 60s through the early 70s, saw the original rock’n’rollers return with a mix of nostalgia shows and bold new recordings. High points included…