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Flip a well-loved rockabilly seven-inch over and you will notice a quiet ring of bare vinyl just inside the label. That unprinted band is the dead wax, and for…
Australia has spent decades trading rockabilly 45s with collectors in Tokyo, and that relationship runs deeper than most fans realise. Japanese pressing plants…
Rockabilly in Australia runs deeper than the occasional festival poster suggests. From the laneway bars of Melbourne's CBD to the heritage pubs of Hobart's…
When most listeners picture a rockabilly band, the accordion is rarely the first instrument that comes to mind. The classic 1950s quartet of slung-low guitar,…
The 1980s revival of rockabilly sparked a wave of festivals across Europe, the United States, and eventually Australia, creating an entirely new category of…
Few musical genres are as obsessed with American iron as rockabilly. From the moment the genre burst out of Sun Studios in the mid-1950s, songwriters found in…
Rockabilly's golden years were brief but loud, and the people who lived them didn't always get the chance to tell their own stories. That's part of why…
A signed Sun, Phillips International or Chess 45 can be the crown jewel of any Australian roots-music collection, but the market is awash with reproductions,…
By the time the 1950s arrived, Nashville's Music Row had become the gravitational centre for American roots music. Tucked between 16th and 18th Avenues South,…
A rockabilly guitar is judged by more than its finish, body shape or famous headstock. The bridge and pickups determine how quickly the instrument responds to…