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The Jive Aces band are celebrating delivering a year of live-streamed concerts, performing every day since just before the first COVID-19 lockdown began. More than 400 hours of music and…
Unreleased material by Billy Fury is finally seeing the light of day as part of a new compilation of his late-60s performances for the BBC. After signing with EMI in…
New Jersey-based Hi-Tide Recordings sprang out of a passion by its founders to hear the latest in rockin’ surf sounds – now it’s grown to become a multi-faceted record label…
With father Jason Smay in his touring band, the New Yorker is part of a fresh wave of young talent evoking the spirit of vintage soul and R&B “I was…
In the latest Vintage Rock we celebrate the life of Ritchie Valens, speaking to his family plus Hollywood actor Lou Diamond Phillips who played the young star in big screen…
This year, The Beach Boys celebrate their 60th anniversary and to mark the occasion, Vintage Rock Presents is looking back on the career of a band that have not only…
Roy Orbison’s emotive studio album reflected the early fruits of his revitalised recording career with Monument Records, which left his frustrations with the Sun and RCA labels behind him. By…
The young piano pumper from Kent tells us about first discovering music, his love of Jerry Lee Lewis and recording a rockin’ debut LP. Words by Douglas McPherson When a…
The Beatles were the rock’n’roll entry drug for The Delta Bombers’ gritty Las Vegas-based guitarist Last time Vintage Rock met up with Delta Bombers guitarist Andrew Himmler, he described his…
A new 3CD deluxe stereo boxset of some of Elvis’ live performances in Las Vegas is to be released next month, remastered and remixed for the best possible sound…