Roy Orbison

Roy Orbison’s and Buddy Holly’s Holograms Announce Joint Tour

Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly are going on tour together. Not them, of course, because they have both been dead for many decades, but their…

James Rettig, Stereogum / March 26, 2019

New Music

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Morrissey Releases Cover of Roy Orbison’s “It’s Over”

In December, Morrissey posted a somewhat puzzling track list on his website for a covers album called California Son. Alongside breezy 60s and 70s singer-songwriter…

Winston Cook-Wilson / February 26, 2019

Premieres

Stream Roy Orbison’s Never-Before-Heard ‘The Way Is Love’

Roy Orbison's final studio album, 1989's posthumously released Mystery Girl, turns 25 this year. To celebrate the milestone anniversary, Sony Music Entertainment's Legacy Recordings is…

Kyle McGovern / April 28, 2014

News

Third Man Reissues Jerry Lee Lewis and Roy Orbison’s Sun Records Classics

Jack White's Third Man Records has announced its next set of Sun Records reissues. The label's online store is currently selling fresh pressings of singles…

Kyle McGovern / December 5, 2013

Premieres

Hear Best Coast’s Lo-Fi Cover of Roy Orbison’s ‘Crying,’ Featuring Snacks, the Cat

Best Coast ditched the alt-country sweep of last year's The Only Place LP to revisit their lo-fi roots on "Fear of My Identity," the Los Angeles…

Kyle McGovern / March 12, 2013

Reviews

Roy Orbison, ‘Roy Orbison: The Monument Singles Collection’ (Legacy)

Rockabilly's operatic soul, the sensitive, bespectacled Orbison forged a new genre of American music during his 1960–64 Monument Records hit streak (these two CDs compile…

Andrew Hultkrans / April 26, 2011