When I began researching the history of rock and roll music in the UK, I explored various artists. An artist I constantly stumbled upon was Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. […]
1960s Music
The twentieth of October 2022, was the occasion of American singer Wanda Jackson’s eighty-fifth birthday. To celebrate this milestone, Bear Family Records have compiled a vinyl album of Jackson’s highly […]
After the additions of Roy Orbison and Gene Vincent, Bear Family Records‘ Connection series returns to Elvis Presley; Following the releases of volumes one and two. The third instalment, featuring […]
Following the release of On The Dancefloor With Joey Dee & The Starlighters, the second entry takes a dive into the world of an iconic and fondly remembered craze of […]
Remember the days when a certain type of music filled the dancefloor and the dances that came with it? On The Dancefloor With is a new series of compilations from […]
Following Tommy Steele, Billy Fury, King Size Taylor, Colin Hicks, Lee Curtis and Tony Sheridan, Germany’s Bear Family Records has continued their The Brits Are Rocking series with the one […]
Following on from Tommy Steele, Billy Fury, King Size Taylor, Colin Hicks and Lee Curtis, Tony Sheridan becomes the sixth British rocker to feature in Bear Family Records‘ The Brits […]
Continuing the long-running Rocks series from Bear Family Records, this edition focuses on the recorded material of American musician Jimmy Cavallo. Covering recordings made under several guises and bands, the […]
Continuing Bear Family Records‘ long-running Rocks series, the Germany-based label have compiled an album of recordings by Rock and Roll and Blues artist Jimmy Reed. Like other entries in the series, the album […]
Bear Family Records have released a brand new compilation featuring country and gospel music’s Jeannie C. Riley. Tell The Truth and Shame the Devil: On the Honky Tonk Highway with […]