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When it first reared its rather stylishly pompadoured

TOP 100 ROCKABILLY TRACKS

The infectious thumping rhythm, that unique upright bass thud, the exhilarating guitar solos that cut through it all … rockabilly is quite simply, the greatest music in the world. Weeeeeeeell… let’s rock!

Double Trouble!

”The name’s Presley… Elvis Presley”

Die Boogie Banausen

These rock’n’roll prodigies are the hottest three-piece to burst out of Germany. Now they’re taking on the world, one dancefloor at a time

Tommy McLain

The Godfather of Swamp Pop on how he’s still going strong after nearly a half century in the music business

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SINGLES AND EP REVIEWS

Some demented psychobilly courtesy of Degenerated, surf-soaked instrumentals from Bloodshot Bill and sci-fiinfluenced rock’n’roll from the Guitar Slingers are among this month’s single delights

Vinyl LP REVIEWS

There’s much to look forward to this month, including a thrilling Stray Cats boxset and new cuts from The Hyperjax, Sun And Lightning and Greg Townson

CD Album REVIEWS

A touching tribute to the late Chas Hodges, retrospectives from Marty Wilde, Jimmy Wakely, Spade Cooley and Wanda Jackson, as well as festival faves from two rockin’ DJs and a compilation recalling America’s Green Book past are among this month’s thrilling reissues

KiNgS Of ThE SwInG

The legendary Jive Aces present the swingin’est vintage event of the summer, with all proceeds going to charity

A LIFE IN ROCK’N’ROLL

This month, Vince finds himself in an older woman’s sights, as he accepts an invitation to a very unusual dinner party…

SOUNDTRACK OF MY LIFE David Freeman

David Freeman is a DJ at Ace Cafe Radio whose broadcasting career stretches from presenting science shows on the BBC World Service, to being a TV presenter on the BBC One daytime favourite Pebble Mill At One…

ROCK’N’ROLL OUT, TEEN IDOL IN

Looking back 60 years to 1959 reveals a vintage year

CLASSIC ALBUM

GO BO DIDDLEY BO DIDDLEY

A Simple Twist of Fate

Chubby Checker may have become synonymous with The Twist, but that didn’t bother the song’s composer. On the 60th anniversary of its original release, we examine the career of an artist at the vanguard of rock’n’roll…

BOMBERS AWAY

Since forming 11 years ago, The Delta Bombers have electrified audiences with their intoxicating fusion of 50s rock’n’roll, swamp blues and country. We spoke to their co-founder Andrew Himmler

ROCK’N’ROLL AND RACE

America was riven by racial conflict when rock’n’roll breached the colour line, uniting black and white youth in a precursor to the hard-won equalities of the civil rights movement. Vintage Rock looks at the music’s relationship to race

Psycho KILLERS

From its origins as an upstart, breakaway fragment of the British rockin’ scene, psychobilly has proved harder to kill than the zombies and ghouls that populate the lyrics and album covers of its horror-loving artists. Two of the original upstarts, The Sharks’ Alan Wilson and Jeroen Haamers from Batmobile, recall the birth of rockabilly’s most unruly progeny, when a new generation refused to be bound by the rules of their forebears

My Grandfather, Hank Williams

Sam Williams opens up to Helen M Jerome about finally following in his grandfather’s footsteps, and what Hank Williams’ legacy means