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Vintage Rock
Sixty-five years ago, Berry Gordy – a former boxer and failed record store owner – launched the label that would become Motown. We trace its funky first five years, which…
Another night, another hotel room – and that’s just the way Jenny Don’t And The Spurs like it. The band’s unique brand of country-fried rock’n’roll has taken them all over…
Kid James (James Schembri) is the new kid on the block in the Melbourne rockabilly scene and now the young star is looking to go global. Words By Craig Brackenridge …
Darrel Higham has been a leading light on the UK rockin’ scene for more than 30 years. The acclaimed rockabilly guitarist rose to fame via his work with Imelda May…
With his motorvatin’ debut hit, Maybellene, Chuck Berry combined country and blues, resulting in a song that raced towards the future. As the pioneering classic turns 70, we declare: “Hail!…
Al Michaels This Boy Ain’t So Bad (Brisk) ★★★★★ It’s not often that a debut comes along which is capable of making such an immediate impact, but This Boy Ain’t…
Nick Curran And The Nitelifes Doctor Velvet/Player! (Sleazy) ★★★★½ Sleazy Records pay a fitting tribute to Nick Curran here by bringing two of his albums to vinyl for the first…
Review – Crazy Cavan ‘N’ The Rhythm Rockers Rockabilly Crazy! (Crazy Rhythm) ★★★★½ Nearly five years on and there’s still a big gap in the musical universe left behind by…
Issue 74 of Vintage Rock, featuring Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis and much more is on sale now! In our latest magazine, we reveal all about…
Elvis Presley’s Kissin’ Cousins from 1964 isn’t one of the King’s best movies, but there’s still much to savour on its No.6-charting soundtrack album… Words by Douglas McPherson Kissin’ Cousins…