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Pop music review: Wanda Jackson and Best Coast
Pop & HissTwo far-flung generations of rock ’n’ roll — Wanda Jackson and Best Coast — ring in the New Year with spirit and sass at Club Nokia.... -
Rosie Flores' Kickstarter campaign for new album from '50s rockabilly heroine Janis Martin* [Updated]
Pop & HissRoots rocker Rosie Flores producing new album from 1950s rockabilly heroine Janis Martin.... -
Nick Lowe discusses his contribution to Buddy Holly tribute album, and his slot on upcoming Wilco tour
Pop & HissNick Lowe discusses 'Rave On Buddy Holly' tribute album.... -
Rockabilly star Imelda May talks about her top five guitar-toting influences in American music
Pop & HissRockabilly star Imelda May talks about her top 5 guitar-toting artists from the 50s that influence her music.... -
Jody Reynolds dies at 75; rockabilly singer's 'Endless Sleep' hit Top 10
Jody Reynolds, the 1950s rockabilly singer and songwriter whose one and only Top 10 hit, "Endless Sleep," was the first of a wave of melodramatic "teen tragedy" tales, died of liver cancer Nov. 7 in Palm Desert. He was 75. “Endless Sleep,”...Tags: Liver Cancer, Radio Industry, Death, John Fogerty, Family
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Billy Lee Riley dies at 75; rockabilly pioneer did 'Flyin' Saucers Rock and Roll'
Billy Lee Riley, a rockabilly pioneer and songwriter who recorded for the legendary Sun Records label and is best remembered for his 1957 singles "Flyin' Saucers Rock and Roll" and "Red Hot," has died. He was 75. Riley died Sunday of colon cancer that...Tags: Roy Orbison, Pocahontas, Johnny Cash, Death, Sammy Davis Jr.
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Austin: The nonstop sound of music
Chicago Tribune ReporterChances are, if you dig music, you've been to Austin. This is, after all, the "Live Music Capital of the World," and it's an apt slogan: Austin has more live music venues per capita than anywhere in the U.S. There's a ton of music here, and it's...Tags: Dining and Drinking, James Stewart, Tourism and Leisure, Film Festivals, Austin (Chicago, Illinois)
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There were a lot more of those stray cats than you thought
Special to The TimesThere's something so immediately appealing about rockabilly music that it's easy to assume the invigorating style has been a bestselling fixture on the pop scene ever since its start in the '50s in Memphis, Tenn. In truth, only one pure rockabilly...Tags: Cat (animal), Johnny Cash, Bette Davis, Neil Young, Memphis
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Rockabilly rebel Ray Campi still stirs the fire
Witnessing rockabilly originator Ray Campi in performance can be an unforgettable experience. Decked out in colorful, custom-tailored western wardrobe, letting fly with a biting vocal style reminiscent of a rebel war cry while balanced, mid-air, atop...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Concerts, BBC, Lifestyle and Leisure, Gene Vincent
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Blues bands give their all to send Midnight Shift to Memphis
Lehigh Valley MusicThe blues trumped football for around 300 people on Sunday. Ten top local bands came together at Pitchers in Allentown, raising a little more than $1,000 for Midnight Shift's trip to Memphis to represent the Lehigh Valley Blues Network this week in the... -
CD Review: Eilen Jewell cooks up fresh, unique mix in 'Queen of the Minor Key'
Lehigh Valley MusicEILEN JEWELL “Queen of the Minor Key” Signature Sounds Records SIG 2039 Combine equal parts Billie Holliday, Carl Perkins, and the Surfaris and you just might come up with the unlikely but thoroughly likable mix singer/songwriter Eilen... -
Eilen Jewell smoldering and seductive on a warm, summer night at Levitt Pavilion
Lehigh Valley MusicBy Steve Siegel Special to The Morning Call The warm air of a soft summer night was a perfect complement to the honey-dipped voice of singer/songwriter Eilen Jewell, who charmed a large crowd at the Levitt Pavilion at SteelStacks in......
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