Brooklyn Vegan — 'California Son' features covers of songs by Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, Carly Simon, Jobriath, Buffy Sainte Marie, Phil Ochs, Laura Nyro, Joni Mitchell, and more.
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Detroit Free Press — Actor-playwright Tim Campos has a new one-man show; MOT staging Tchaikovsky's 'Eugene Onegin'; Brownie's on the Lake ends season with a Halloween bash
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L.A. Times - Entertainment — In the darkened Wiltern theater in Los Angeles, hundreds of people couldn’t wait to see legendary rocker Roy Orbison. A live orchestra pumped up the crowd with a medley of his hits. Old photos of him flashed across a giant screen. Then, the cr... more info
Stereogum — In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.… more info
We All Want Someone To Shout For — “Going Steady” is the first single from upcoming Toronto trio The Mooks. They confidently give new life to old sounds, inspired by the likes of retro singers such as Roy Orbison. The band started after singer and guitarist Mookie Morris wrote and... more info
Stereogum — In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.
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Roy Orbison - "Running Scared"
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Stereogum — In 1962, the little-remembered songwriter Kris Jensen released a gorgeously shimmery pop single called "Big As I Can Dream," about building a live out of hope. The most famous version of the song comes from Roy Orbison, who included a particularly de... more info