Aquarium Drunkard — Happy New Year.  In case you missed it, The Walkmen’s album You & Me was one of our favorite LPs of 2008.  As the year closes out we caught up with Walter Martin to discuss, among other things, the critical reaction to the band’s previous ... more info

Pop Matters — Roy Orbison - The Soul of Rock and Roll - Legacy [$59.98] more info

Topix — The music of Roy Orbison ages like a fine wine. The Soul Of Rock and Roll by Roy Orbison is a massive career spanning four disc, 107 song set. The Best Of The Soul Of Rock and Roll is an independent 18 song, single disc that is basically a sampler of... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: NewsSpinner.com: In his song 'Thunder Road,' Bruce Springsteen delivers the now-classic famous line, "Roy Orbison singing for the lonely/Hey that's me and I want you only" with conviction. You're the boss, Bruce. But the thing is, even ... more info

Guardian Music — Elvis tried but no one delivered pop tragedy with the gravitas of Orbison. His Sixties hits were revolutionary, operatic arias borne up by his doomstruck tenor, a dramatic departure from the rockabilly fodder he gave Sun Records in the Fifties. This ... more info

Rolling Stone — The four-disc Roy Orbison box set The Soul of Rock and Roll hit stores last month and we’ve got prize packs for six lucky winners. Rock and Roll contains 107 songs including demos, live recordings and 12 previously unreleased cuts, and one grand p... more info

Guardian Music — Mike Skinner's career follows the trajectory of a drunken night out - sharp and observant at the start, fuzzy and excessive in the middle (when he misfired with moans about fame and bad behaviour), and now going all philosophical on new album Everyth... more info

The Late Greats — I got this album in the mail months ago. I wasn’t planning on blogging about it because Alejandro gets plenty of exposure on the music blogs, hence he isn’t really Late Greats material. But, last Wednesday, Vin Scelsa played the song be... more info

Detroit Free Press — NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Twenty years after he died, Roy Orbison still can touch people with his piercing tenor. more info

Detroit Free Press — NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Twenty years after he died, Roy Orbison still can touch people with his piercing tenor. more info