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…
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,…
In Elvis The Early Years, we pay tribute to the King’s Imperial Phase, when America was first seduced by the raw charisma of Elvis Aaron Presley. We delve into…
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…
Elliot James Reay is a young artist who channels the timeless sounds of Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison and Billy Fury for the present day. After organically building 3 million followers…
Singer-songwriter Pokey LaFarge reveals to Vintage Rock how living off the fat of the land helped redefine his sense of purpose as an artist and inspired him to craft his…