Buddy Holly News

Raw, unadorned and experimental, the compelling sound of Buddy Holly unplugged takes centre stage in this exceptional reappraisal, says Richard Williams A serious craftsman ... Buddy Holly in 1959.

In the autumn of 1955, Buddy Holly and The Crickets first stepped on to the stage to open shows for Elvis Presley and Bill Haley and his Comets.

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When it comes to influential figures in rock 'n' roll, only a handful are as important as Buddy Holly .

When two of my favourite bands channel through the songs of one artist, I sit down, shut up and listen.

Actors have been known to beg, lobby, insist, and cajole directors to get a much sought-after part.

I made a cassette dub of the La Bamba soundtrack when I was in high school. The movie was pretty good and did a bang-up job of showing the early days of rock n' roll.

I believe that she would have destroyed her voice and stopped singing, but many people, including my wife, disagreed.

City leaders hope a new project could add a little extra rock and roll to Clear Lake.

Welcome to Delaware Today's arts blog, the spot to dish on the many cultural opportunities available to Delaware audiences.

Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo, aka Raveonettes, make a music journalist's task easy.

When Buddy Holly emerged on the music scene in the 1950s, he didn't have the California cool of The Beach Boys.

On Saturday, you'll be able to step back in time, to the 1950s, as The New Brunswick Country Showcase presents a '50s rock 'n' roll show.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is 25 years old. That's three years older than Buddy Holly was when he died.

In 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "Big Bopper" J.P. Richardson perished in a plane crash while on tour through the Midwest in the dead of winter.

THROUGHOUT a career which spans half a century, Dave Munden has been the constant thread running through The Tremeloes' history.

Europe's most successful touring production with more than 200 performances a year, the show, named after the 1956 Buddy Holly song, features back to back hits from the 50's through to the 90's, mixed with feel-good comedy routines.

It could have been advertised like a vaudeville show: "Ladies and Gentleman! Two nights only! Andrew Bird! The Fabulous Fiddler! The Whistling Wonder!" And Friday night at the Pabst Theater, the way Bird was dressed - blue Buddy Holly dinner jacket, red-checkered square-dance shirt, bejeweled shoes - would not have been inappropriate for ...

Bath Cats and Dogs Home is playing host to a charity rock 'n' roll evening with local five-piece band Kabinrock on Sunday.

"Rave On" is a Buddy Holly tribute that will take the Van Singel Fine Arts Center stage for two 7:30 p.m. performances, Oct.