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Dan Biggane
Supposedly intended to appeal to potential older record buyers who had been alarmed by his incendiary style, the Little Richard (1958) LP actually lives up to the performer’s billing as…
The Animals to reissue classic debut album The Animals on 18 October. The 2CD release features the full album in both mono and stereo with bonus track House of the Rising…
The Beatles’ 1964 US albums have been collected for a mono vinyl boxset celebrating 60 years of global Beatlemania. Originally compiled for US release between January 1964 and March 1965…
Legendary British rhythm and blues band, The Manfreds announce 30-date UK tour, for October and November 2025. Their Maximum Rhythm N Blues Show promises an unforgettable experience for fans of…
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…
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…
Sun Records have released an evocative animated video celebrating Carl Perkins’ Blue Suede Shoes. The delightful clip depicts a cool rockabilly cat – we assume to be The King of…
Buoyed by his pals in The Beatles, Billy J. Kramer rode a Merseybeat wave of success all the way to the top of the UK charts in the 1960s. Now,…
British blues pioneer John Mayall OBE – whose band the Bluesbreakers influenced countless generations of rock artists – has died aged 90. “It is with heavy hearts that we bear…