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Keith Buckley Remembers MCA

Keith Buckley (*Every Time I Die (http://www.absolutepunk.net/everytimeidie)*) wrote (http://www.keith-buckley.com/2012/05/you-dont-stop.html) a tribute to Adam "MCA" Yau...
Posted 7 May 3.32pm — Comment on this

Richard Hawley: Standing At the Sky's Edge – review

Richard Hawley does something of a stylistic about-face without sacrificing any of his unique appealFrom the members of Traffic abandoning Birmingham for Berkshire, to Fl...
Posted 3 May 3.29pm — Comment on this

Crybaby: Crybaby – review

(Helium)Although there's been a shortage of songs tackling the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the debut album from Danny Coughlan, alias Crybaby, contains a cracker. "Veil...
Posted 15 April 12.05am — Comment on this

Christina Perri Soothingly Sings Roy Orbinson's Crying

Lovely! Christina Perri always amazes us… Her voice is the best for a laid-back afternoon! Just listen to her Roy Orbinson cover of Crying… Beautiful! Jus...
Posted 6 April 12.45pm — Comment on this

'Listen up, youngsters': Springsteen offers life advice in SXSW keynote

At his keynote speech, the Boss channeled his inner enthusiast with a lengthy autobiographical love-letter to pop musicLegendary singer Bruce Springsteen gave a bravura p...
Posted 15 March 8.44pm — Comment on this

Ren Harvieu – review

Matt and Phreds, ManchesterWhat a difference a song makes. Without her band behind her, Ren Harvieu is a delightfully awkward bag of nerves, sipping at a pint of lager an...
Posted 9 March 4.20pm — Comment on this

Transatlantic Sessions – review

Royal Festival Hall, LondonIt's rare for a backing band to be more celebrated than the singers they are supporting, but that's what makes Transatlantic Sessions so specia...
Posted 7 February 8.14pm — Comment on this

David Lynch's musical magic

David Lynch deploys music in his movies to devastating effect. Ahead of a retrospective, we pick his best statements in soundDavid Lynch once said: "Sound is almost like ...
Posted 31 January 4.21pm — Comment on this

R.I.P.

Barbara Orbison, the widow of Roy Orbison, died at the age of 60 yesterday in Los Angeles after losing her battle with pancreatic cancer - 23 years to the day her husband...
Posted 8 December 2011 12.10am — Comment on this

Barbara Orbison Dies 23 Years After Husband Roy

Barbara Orbison the widow of Rock and Roll great Roy Orbison died on Tuesday December 6 2011 - the 23rd anniversary of her husbands death Since the 1980s Barbara has mana...
Posted 7 December 2011 2.26pm — Comment on this

Roy Orbison's Widow Barbara Dies at 60

Barbara Orbison succumbs to pancreatic cancer exactly 23 years after her husband's death
Posted 7 December 2011 1.45pm — Comment on this

Barbara Orbison, widow of Roy Orbison, dies in LA

In this April 1, 1969 file photo, American pop singer Roy Orbison poses with his then 18-year-old wife Barbara to the media in London.
Posted 7 December 2011 7.55am — Comment on this

Roy Orbison - Roy Orbison's Widow Dies

Roy Orbisons widow has passed away on the 23rd anniversary of the rockers death Barbara Orbison 60 died on Tuesday 06Dec11 at Los Angeles County-Usc Medical Center exactl...
Posted 7 December 2011 7.17am — Comment on this

Barbara Orbison, widow of Roy Orbison, dies

Barbara Orbison, the widow of rock 'n' roll pioneer Roy Orbison, has died. She was 60.
Posted 7 December 2011 5.01am — Comment on this

Anna Calvi performs Baby It's You

Introducing the first of two exclusive session tracks, Anna Calvi explains why she covered the Shirelles' 1962 hitMy father used to play me classic 50s songs all the time...
Posted 30 November 2011 3.20pm — Comment on this

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Top songs

The 5 most played Roy Orbison songs in the past year.

  • Oh Pretty Woman  239 plays
  • You got it  224 plays

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Absolute Radio stations playing songs by Roy Orbison over the past year.

  1. Absolute Radio 60s 239 plays
  2. Absolute 80s 224 plays
  3. Absolute Radio 5 plays

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