elvis presley Archive

11 May 2015

Hundred Word Reviews for May 2015, Part 6

blues, compilation, country, new wave, r&b, rawk, reissue, review, soul

Last week I presented 25 capsule reviews; 100 words each, these were quick critical looks at new CD (and vinyl) releases. This week, I dive into the pile of reissue/compilation CDs that have been crowding my office. Don’t mistake my relative brevity for mild praise; all of the discs reviewed deserve attention. Chuck Berry –

14 Oct 2014

Book Review: The Next Elvis

By Bill Kopp

book, new release, review

There have been countless books written about Elvis Presley and/or the early years of Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. But a new book by someone who was there (for a time, at least) sheds some new light on the tiny yet famous and incalculably important label. Barbara Barnes Sims‘ The Next Elvis: Searching for Stardom

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