Roy Orbison

Country and/or Western Remembrance Rock 

Remembering Raul Malo

December 12, 2025 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Elvis Presley, Hank Williams, Miami, Raul Malo, RIP, Roy Orbison, The Mavericks, The Mavericks En Espanol

Thoughts from a friend on the passing of The Mavericks’ frontman

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Rock 

VIDEO: Gringo Star Shares “Count The Ways”

April 29, 2025April 29, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments Count The Ways, Gringo Star, Pete Furgiuele, Ricky Nelson, Roy Orbison, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, Sweethearts

New album, Sweethearts, out May 2

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Pop Remembrance Rock Soul 

In Dreams: 35 Years Without Roy Orbison

December 6, 2023February 19, 2024 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 35th Anniversary, Buddy Holly, In Dreams, k.d. lang, Oh Pretty Woman, Only the Lonely, RIP, Roy Orbison, The Traveling Wilburys

Reflections on the moment we lost a crucial voice in rock ‘n’ roll

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Beatle Rock 

Handle With Care: The Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 at 35

October 18, 2023February 19, 2024 Ron Hart 1 Comment 1988, 35th Anniversary, Bob Dylan, End of the Line, George Harrison, Handle With Care, Jeff Lynne, Jim Horn, Jim Keltner, Roy Orbison, The Traveling Wilburys, Tom Petty

A loose salute to the debut album from classic rock’s greatest supergroup

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Beatle Remembrance Rock 

Breath Away From Heaven: George Harrison at 80

February 25, 2023February 25, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 80th birthday, All Things Must Pass, Bob Dylan, Cloud Nine, Fab Four, George Harrison, Gone Troppo, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, The Beatles, Tom Petty, Traveling Wilburys

Honoring the career of the not-so-quiet Beatle

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Rock 

Strange Magic: Jeff Lynne at 75

December 30, 2022January 4, 2023 Kara Tucker 8 Comments Dave Edmunds, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, Electric Light Orchestra, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Jim Croce, Roy Orbison, Roy Wood, The Idle Race, The Move, Tom Petty, Traveling Wilburys, Xanadu

Looking back on the career of a British rock legend

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Remembrance Rock 

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

November 1, 2022February 19, 2024 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 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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Funk jazz Pop Soul 

Aaron Neville: Warming Hearts In Crescent City

June 30, 2021January 8, 2023 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, A&M Records, Aaron Neville, Bo Diddley, Bobby Blue BLand, Everybody Plays The Fool, Fats Domino, Linda Ronstadt, New Orleans, Roy Orbison, Tipitina’s, Warm Your Heart

Looking back at the New Orleans icon’s epic 1991 LP

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Country and/or Western North Americana 

The Shootouts Make Timeless Country Music For Post-Pandemic Revelry

May 3, 2021May 3, 2021 j. poet 0 Comments Bakersfield, Bob Wills, BR5-49, Bullseye, Chuck Mead, Ennio Morricone, Roy Orbison, Ryan Humbert, Shootouts

Singer/guitarist Ryan Humbert talks with Rock & Roll Globe about thd road to thd band’s great new album Bullseye

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Music Journalism 

It Is Time for SNL to Lose Live Music 

February 18, 2021February 5, 2024 Tim Sommer 5 Comments Captain Beefheart, Fear, Kid Creole, Lone Justice, Lou Reed, Miles Davis, Mink DeVille, Percy Sledge, Roy Orbison, Saturday Night Live, Sparks, Wynton Marsalis

An open letter to Lorne Michaels

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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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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. XIII: November 2020

November 5, 2020November 5, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments “Free Drink Ticket”, “Thunder Kiss ’65", Chad Smith, Famous Quotes, Jim Sullivan, Joey Santiago, Merrill Nisker, Mystery Girl, Paul Weller, Peaches, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rob Zombie, Roy Orbison, The Jam, The Pixies, White Zombie

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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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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Country and/or Western Indie Rock North Americana Pop 

Who Was That Masked Man?

April 8, 2019April 12, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments Nick Cave, Orville Peck, Roy Orbison, Scott Walker, Sub Pop, Toronto

Catching up with Orville Peck, Sub Pop’s latest underground pop outlaw

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Pop 

Lost in the Past, Living for the Future

February 1, 2019February 1, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments Jane Frank, Jenny Lewis, Roy Orbison, The Beach Boys

Jane Frank transcends generational divides on her new album

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