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The Stray Cats occupy a special place in the history of rockabilly revival. Their records connected 1950s guitar, slap bass and hillbilly attitude with the…

For Australian rockabilly fans, the hunt for original 1950s vinyl stretches beyond local shops in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane. The deeper the crate dig,…

The wail of a Fender lap steel and the slap of a stand-up bass both cut through the warm air of a coastal dance hall the same way a hot-rod exhaust cuts…

There's something quietly heartbreaking about pulling a classic concert poster out of storage and finding the colours have bled into a soft, washed-out ghost…

Europe has always had a complicated love affair with American roots music. From the early days of Bill Haley's tours to the mod scenes of the 60s, the…

For decades the rockabilly wardrobe has been shorthand for a particular kind of confidence: razor creases, saddle shoes, swing skirts and pomade-slick hair…

Between the late 1920s and early 1950s, hillbilly music found its first true home on brittle black discs spinning at 78 revolutions per minute. These shellac…

Rockabilly patches are small pieces of music history. A stitched emblem from a 1950s club, a revival-era tour, or a long-gone psychobilly band can reveal where…

Walking onto a sprung wooden floor in a suburban Australian hall with a stack of 45s under your arm is a rite of passage every budding jiver should aim for.…

From the twang of a slapped upright bass to the slicked-back quiffs outside pubs in Fitzroy and Newtown, rockabilly has never really faded. It rolled…