As many fans are aware, the One of the Lonely Ones sessions took place during a particularly dark chapter in Orbison's life — his wife Claudette was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1966, and two ...

I’m a little embarrassed to admit that I came late to Roy Orbison, first hearing his name when Bruce Springsteen used it in his classic “Thunder Road.” It wasn’t until later that I equated that name ...

A daily chronicle of creativity in film, TV, music, arts, and entertainment, produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from November 2014 – March 2020. Host John Horn leads the ...

From Texas Standard: In West Texas, it’s not just the landscape that's long and lonely – the days and nights are too.The late musician Roy Orbison once described his youth in Wink, Texas, as football, ...

Roy Orbison possessed one of the great rock and roll voices: a forceful, operatic bel canto tenor capable of dynamic crescendos. He sang heartbroken ballads and bluesy rockers alike, running up a ...

Roy Orbison's three sons are all musicians but never really got to play music with their dad -- until now. Wesley, Roy Jr. and Alex Orbison have helped create a new song by their father that will ...

Åsa Orbison, along with her husband, Roy Orbison Jr., and their four sons, are ringing in the holiday season in true Orbison fashion: through song. The Swedish-born singer and songwriter has released ...

Roy Orbison would have turned 75 on April 23. For the occasion, Sony Legacy has collected all the singles he recorded for Monument Records, the label he called home during his most productive period — ...