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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The powerful and emotional voice of Roy Orbison, among the most esteemed singers of the rock era, resurfaces May 19 on Legacy Recordings' 25th anniversary reissue of Mystery Girl, the acclaimed 1989 ...

“When you walk through a storm/ Hold your head up high/ And don’t be afraid of the dark.” When Roy Orbison sings those lines with hymnlike reverence, it’s clear he’s addressing himself as much as the ...

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 ...