This week we want to talk about just one item and it is not even a record, it is a book – but a book that has been a long time coming but well worth the wait. Weighing in at over 700 pages we have the first history of the British Rockabilly scene. It is packed with information and a sprinkling of flyers and photographs. It is essential for everyone who was there and everyone who wishes they had been.
Read MoreBrand new old school Rockabilly 45s
A couple of weeks ago we looked at albums from contemporary Rockabilly bands albums and you all liked that so much that this week we’re going to put the spotlight on brand new Rockabilly 45s.
Read MoreTreasure hunting with Koko Mojo and Atomicat
Anyone keeping up with Rock ‘n’ Roll, Rhythm ‘n’ Blues and Rockabilly issues on CDs over the last few years will be familiar with Koko Mojo and Atomicat. The labels’ CDs are split roughly between Blues / Rhythm ‘n’ Blues on Koko Mojo and Rockabilly / Hillbilly on Atomicat and, of course, both include a whole lot of Rock ‘n’ Roll.
Read MoreModern Rockabilly and Rock ‘n’ Roll, you know, like just twenty years old…
Rockabilly is a musical style that erupted in the USA in the 1950s as part of the Rock ‘n’ Roll explosion – it took the world by storm and then quickly faded away. Took the world by storm? Yes, one of the biggest hits of the 1950s was Carl Perkins’ Blue Suede Shoes and it is pure Rockabilly. And then there was that Elvis guy you may have heard of…
Read MoreTens and sevens: Rockabilly, Crossover Soul, Rhythm and Blues and Popcorn
We think most of you will be up to date or hopefully catching up with the fine series of 10-inch albums coming from Multigroove records. A deceptively simple idea, take the cream of the crop of Rockabilly artists and collect their best output onto an album. Artists covered so far include Charlie Feathers (two albums), Mac Curtis, Hayden Thompson, Bob Luman and many more.
Read MoreHappy New Year!
Each year John Tefteller issues a calendar that is illustrated with rare Blues images and annotated with mini-biographies, and birth and death dates of notable artists and more. The calendar really is a work of art and worth every penny on its own – but it also comes with a free CD featuring 24 tracks, all of them remastered and nine live performance recordings of Lead Belly from 1949. Limited copies available so get in there quick!
Read MoreOur selection of Christmas crackers!
It’s getting towards the end of the year so we thought we would have a look back over some of the great albums that have come out this year. We have Rock ‘n’ Roll, Country Bop and Hillbilly, 60s Punk and Garage and some pure Rockabilly. Each one of these albums is like a big box of chocolates except you won’t make yourself sick if you binge the lot, so go on, spoil yourself!
Read MoreCharge of the El Toro femme fatales
This week we’re taking a look at the transition from Jump Blues to Rock ‘n’ Roll from the 1940s into the 1950s. We’re focussing on four fabulous female R’n’B singers; Ella Johnson, Big Mama Thornton, Annisteen Allen and Little Esther, on four EPs from El Toro. And then some more stuff because once we start pulling out our records and playin’ ’em…
Read MoreKaisers coming home for Christmas
We have had a good few deliveries this week and it is now December so we really can start talking about Christmas, especially as this year we have something you will want nice and early to send out to your friends…
Read MoreReturn to the Rockabillies
For the newsletter a few weeks ago we grabbed a bunch of Rockabilly 45s that came out fairly recently that may have slipped past your radar. In selecting those six, inevitably, we bookmarked a whole lot more so this week, we’re having another ramble in the Rockabilly wildlands…
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