Guardian Music — Country music singer and half of innovative duo Johnnie & JackJohnnie Wright, who has died aged 97, was one half of one of the great duet acts in country music. Under the billing of Johnnie & Jack, he and fellow singer-guitarist Jack Anglin were popu... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Singer-songwriter Chris Isaak says he was destined to make Beyond the Sun, his latest CD of mostly covers by such legendary Sun Studio artists as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis. more info

Pop Crunch — Hanna actor Eric Bana will play the King of Rock ‘n Roll — Elvis Presley — in Elvis & Nixon, an independent film about the musician’s unlikely meeting with former [...] more info

Guardian Music — It's seven years since the DJ's death. What are your Peel memories?Seven years ago today the legendary DJ John Peel died aged 65. The blog Keeping It Peel is recording various tribute events taking place this month, and they've declared today to be J... more info

Starpulse — Eric Bana is set to brush up on his rock 'n' roll skills to play Elvis Presley in a new movie. The Australian actor will tackle the role of The King in Cary Elwes' directorial debut, Elvis & Nixo... more info

ContactMusic — Eric Bana will play Elvis Presley in a new movie The Star Trek actor has signed up to star as the Blue Suede Shoes hitmaker in the indie film Elvis amp Nixon opposite Danny Huston as the former US president in the feature directorial debut o... more info

NME — The film portrays the real life meeting between the pair more info

Guardian Music — Cary Elwes's directorial debut, Elvis & Nixon, about a real-life meeting in 1970 between the singer and the US president, will feature Bana and Huston in the title rolesEric Bana and Danny Huston have been cast as Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon in t... more info

411 Mania — From Elvis Presley, Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry to Jerry Lee Lewis and more, 411's Wyatt E. counts down the top 8 early rock and rollers! more info

Gigwise — Bana to star in Elvis & Nixon... more info