Back in the ’50s, pompadours, beehives, two-toned shoes and swing skirts were all the rage. And blaring from the AM dial were the savage strains of artists like Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison and Link ...

What is the Phoenix sound? In this week’s issue of New Times, we explore the subject with longtime radio DJ Jim West, author of a new book, The Phoenix Sound: A History of Twang & Rockabilly Music in ...

As Robbie Stokes has no doubt documented over the past year in this space, Carbondale has seen a healthy profusion of bands that performed many varied types of music. The decade of the 1970s had seen ...

In a 1984 interview with The Tribune, Rick Nelson talked about a decision he had made to return to the rockabilly sound that had marked his earliest recordings. When he began his pop-music career as a ...

The Rockin’ Hep Cats are out of the bag, and they are bringing the rockabilly music of the 50s and 60s with them. A trio of musicians, founded by 21-year-old Coltan Smisek of Dodge Center, Minnesota, ...

Sometimes the phone rings at Joe Bennett's house, and the voice on the other end of the line has a question to ask. "They'll say, 'Is this really a member of the Sparkletones,' " Bennett said, ...

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There’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 ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Last year I wrote a story about the myriad bootstrap methods musicians ...

This column is like the title says - its intention is to fill the gap for those of us who were satiated musically in the '60s and then searched desperately as we aged for music we could relate to and ...

After 10 years as a staple of the Chicago music scene, the Big “C” Jamboree remains one of the city’s better-kept secrets. Over the last decade, this highly organized and vibrant jam session, held the ...

Wanda Jackson just loves to visit Southern California. The 78-year-old Oklahoma native even said she’s considered getting herself an apartment in the area since she travels to the West Coast for so ...