‘I couldn’t be tied down!’ Wanda Jackson, rockabilly’s raucous queen
She dated Elvis – then made him look tame with her growling, high-energy rock’n’roll. And at 83 years old, she still can’t quite embrace retirement
July 2015
TV review
Rock’n’roll America review – the gospel truth about a music revolution
It wasn’t that long ago that Elvis Presley was denounced as the devil’s disciple. The way the first rockers tell it, though, it was more about impressing girls…
July 2012
SummerTyne Americana – review
Cajun music and cooking come together in a soulful celebration of American roots music, writes Alfred Hickling
October 2011
Live music booking now
Live music booking now
Mastodon | Bombay Bicycle Club | Wild Flag | Laura Veirs | Noel Gallagher And His High Flying Birds | Wanda Jackson | Hot Snakes
February 2011
White Stripes have finally split, band members tell fans
Jack and Meg White announce on website that their trailblazing rock band is no more after 13 years
January 2011
Wanda Jackson: The Party Ain't Over – review
Wanda Jackson's Jack White-produced covers album is a grower, writes Molloy Woodcraft
October 2010
Pop in the age of the atomic bomb
The cold war took the world to the brink of nuclear annihilation. How did pop react? Like there was no tomorrow, writes Jon Savage
April 2010
Lou Reed's Metal Machine Trio; Wanda Jackson
Lou Reed revisits his sonically challenging Metal Machine Music, writes Kitty Empire, with rewarding results
January 2010
American legends
Wanda Jackson: rockabilly queen
Irish rockabilly singer Imelda May on the woman who made it all possible
November 2009
Jack White to produce next Wanda Jackson album
The White Stripes frontman is to collaborate with the 'Queen of Rockabilly' and former girlfriend of Elvis Presley
March 2008
In between cake-baking and child-rearing, where do these chicks get the time?
Jude Rogers
Jude Rogers: Too many stories imply that music-making women are a new phenomenon - which must smart if you're Wanda Jackson or Joan Jett
July 2007
'I never kissed a bear!'
Presley dated her, McCartney covered her, Costello worships her. As Wanda Jackson hits Britain, Garth Cartwright finds the queen of rockabilly finally getting her due.
