The Rhythm Rocker selects 10 timeless vinyl cuts that shaped his musical evolution… Having fired up their crazy rhythm all over the globe for half a century, Welsh Ted icons…
Undiluted contemporary rock’n’roll out of West Coast USA from a resolutely independent label – it’s the stuff dreams are made of. Since we first heard the marvellous noises emanating from…
We met the maker of a stylish new film about the life of a Teddy Boy in the 1950s – Dandilicious. By Douglas McPherson Forty years ago, the film Quadrophenia…
It was a scene that burned hotter than a comet and was gone almost as fast. Vintage Rock heads to to Liverpool to salvage 20 of the finest Merseybeat songs…
Boasting both the Surf Ballroom and the Everly Brothers’ childhood home, Iowa is proud of its iconic landmarks. Music heritage scholars Sherry and Sheryl Davis tell Vintage Rock why they…
We remember the fifth album by Bob Dylan’s former backing back, the sublime Moondog Matinee… By Steve Harnell The covers album – a last refuge of the creatively bankrupt or…
Making waves with a fresh take on rockabilly, the Forest of Dean three-piece Red Hot Riot have unleashed their debut album… By Craig Brackenridge Despite the punishment that the music…
Some artists don’t just produce a new album, they live it. So it is with Lee Rocker and his latest studio effort that has been inspired by a cross-country journey…
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…