By Michelangelo Matos, eMusic ContributorThis 100-song extravaganza, released a month before Presley's 75th birthday (January 8, 2010), is not all the Elvis you could possibly want: there's way too much out there for any normal person to take in… more »
By Lenny Kaye, eMusic ContributorIn the Big Bang of rock 'n 'roll, not to mention popular music of the twentieth century, there is Before Elvis and After Elvis. Other performers surely gave voice to the twining streams of rhythm… more »
By Lenny Kaye, eMusic ContributorOf all rock's family tendrils, rockabilly is the one that keeps re-boppin', sporting a revival every decade or so, its coming-of-age kicks allowing each new offspring to roll its own. Guitar-heavy, emphasizing Wild Ones rebellion… more »
By Mike McGonigal, eMusic ContributorIt's 1956. Dwight Eisenhower is president, the Cold War is raging and Elvis Presley has revolutionized popular culture with "Blue Suede Shoes." After three notes on a big old church organ, we hear a preacher's… more »
By Ann Powers, eMusic ContributorThe year everyone I knew went to Europe on their student loans, I snubbed the world's cathedrals and set out to find the footsteps of my saints, in barbecue shacks and beer halls. Amtrak was… more »