Elvis Presley

Elvis Films Rock 

Elvis Presley Live and In Person: The Concert Films

January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, Col. Tom Parker, Concert, Elvis, Elvis In Concert, Elvis On Tour, Elvis Presley, Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii, Elvis: That’s The Way It Is, film, movie

A guide to the King onstage in the cinema

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Elvis North Americana Pop Remembrance Rock 

Storm and Grace: Remembering Lisa Marie Presley

January 13, 2023January 15, 2023 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment Elvis Presley, Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley, RIP, Sean Lennon, Storm and Grace

A revealing interview from 2012 illustrates a rock princess finding herself

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 37: November 2022

November 30, 2022November 30, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments David Duchovny, DJ Fontana, Dropkick Murphys, Elvis Presley, Famous Quotes, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jim Sullivan, Ken Casey

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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Remembrance Rock 

The Last Man’s Last Stand: Remembering Jerry Lee Lewis

November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochran, Elvis Presley, Great Balls of Fire, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Little Richard, Memphis, RIP, Rock 'n' Roll, Roy Orbison, The Everly Brothers, The Million Dollar Quartet

The Killer is gone but will never be forgotten 

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Country and/or Western Rock 

Mimi Roman: The First Brooklyn Cowgirl Finally Gets Her Due

October 12, 2022October 12, 2022 j. poet 0 Comments Bobby Vinton, Chet Atkins, Elvis Presley, First of the Brooklyn Cowgirls, Gene Autry, Kitty Ford, Mimi Roman, Owen Bradley, Patsy Cline, Pussycat, Sundazed Music

A conversation with an unsung American treasure who fought antisemitism in country and early rock

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Elvis Remembrance Rock 

The King Is Dead, Long Live The King

August 16, 2022August 17, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1977, 45th Anniversary, Baz Luhrmann, Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, Elvis, Elvis Presley, Graceland, Memphis, Public Enemy

Elvis Presley’s posthumous life, 45 years later

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Elvis Films 

The Man Who Fell To Earth: Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Elvis’

June 24, 2022June 24, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 2022, Austin Butler, Baz Luhrmann, Colnel Tom Parker, Elvis, Elvis Presley, film, Tom Hanks, Warner Bros. Pictures

What this film says not only about the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, but the controversial “Colonel” Tom Parker as well

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Beatle Rock 

Top 10 Moments From Paul McCartney’s #GotBack Tour

May 5, 2022May 5, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments #GotBack, #GotBack Tour, Elvis Presley, Get Back, Got Back Tour, Hey Jude, Live and Let Die, Paul "Wix" Wickens, Paul McCartney, The Beatles, The Quarrymen, Wings

Macca and band will be on the road through June 2022

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Music Journalism 

We Don’t Want No Ukulele

February 26, 2022February 26, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment Arnold’s, Elvis Presley, Hawaii, Henry Kapono, Marshall Turner, Michael Jackson, Nirvana, Waikiki

A walk on Waikiki’s (slightly) wild side

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Rock 

Robbie Robertson Remembers 

March 10, 2021March 10, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Garth Hudson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, Robbie Robertson, The Band, The Everly Brothers

With the release of a sprawling Stage Fright box set, the Canadian guitar icon relives The Band’s legacy

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Country and/or Western Elvis 

When The King Came To Nashville

November 14, 2020November 14, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1970, Bill Black, Bob Moore, Boots Randolph, DJ Fontana, Elvis Presley, Floyd Cramer, From Elvis In Nashville, Legacy Recordings, Scotty Moore

A must-own new collection chronicles Elvis Presley’s Music City USA era

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Blues Music Journalism 

Looking to Get Lost, Mind Over Matter and States of Abandon

November 8, 2020November 8, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Andre Williams, Billy Miller, Boston After Dark, Crawdaddy!, Detroit, Dick Curless, Dion, Elvis Presley, Feel Like Going Home, Fortune Records, Howlin' Wolf, John Hammond, Lenny Kaye, Lonnie Mack, Looking To Get Lost, Lost Highway, Merle Haggard, Michael Hurtt, Mind Over Matter: The Myths and Mysteries of Detroit’s Fortune Records, Nolan Strong and the Diablos, Peter Guralnick, Robert Johnson, Rolling Stone, Sam Cooke, Sam Phillips, Sweet Soul Music, The Rolling Stones

Two insightful new books explore the joy of deep music appreciation

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Beatle Country and/or Western 

1970: The Year Ringo Starr Went Country

November 6, 2020November 7, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 1970, All Things Must Pass, Bad Boy, Beaucoups of Blues, Buddy Harmon, Charlie Daniels, DJ Fontana, Elvis Presley, George Harrison, I Wanna Be Santa Claus, Jerry Reed, Ringo, Ringo Rama, Ringo Starr, Roy Orbison, Stop and Smell the Roses, The Beatles, The Jordanaires, Times Takes Time

On his second LP, the Beatles drummer headed to Nashville to channel his inner George Jones

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Rock 

The Killer at 85!

October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment Bill Clinton, Billy F Gibbons, Bonnie Raitt, Chris Janson, Elton John, Elvis Presley, Great Balls of Fire, Jacob Tolliver, James Burton, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jerry Phillips, Jimmy Swaggart, Joe Walsh, Johnny Cash, Lee Ann Womack, Linda Gail Lewis, Lindsay Ell, Marty Stuart, Mickey Gilley, Mike Love, Priscilla Presley, Roy Orbison, The Beach Boys, Tom Jones, Willie Nelson, Wink Martindale

No one thought Jerry Lee Lewis would be the last man standing, least of all Jerry Lee Lewis

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Rockabilly 

Forever The Coolest Cats

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 40, American Bandstand, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochran, Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Massapequa, Saturday Night Live, Stray Cats, The Midnight Special

Slim Jim Phantom talks with Rock & Roll Globe about the scorching new Stray Cats live album and their London roots

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