It’s always about the cars and bikes for Brian Setzer. He wouldn’t have an album any other way. Still driven by the roar of the Hot Rods and motorcycles of his youth—a fascination dating back to the ...

There aren’t many musicians who can be credited with reviving one style of music thought to be long dead, let alone two. But Brian Setzer, as a member of the Stray Cats, recharged interest in ...

What is the allure of continuing to play rockabilly? Setzer: Y’know, when I’m true to myself it’s me playing a Gretsch guitar with the sounds I like -- reverb, vibrato, echo. If I keep those sounds it ...

Extended as is Joe Marchese's essay in the twelve-page booklet enclosed with Swan Songs, it is nonetheless as breezy and free-flowing as the content spread across the two compact discs. Consisting of ...