Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis. These names come quickly to mind when thinking of the original rockabilly greats. Besides these pioneering kings, however, there were several women who ...

Cow Island Music to release 'The Blanco Sessions,' funded by Kickstarter, on September 18. Flores will embark on U.S. tour to perform Martin’s songs. AUSTIN, Texas — Janis Martin was one of the few ...

Janis Martin, one of the unsung, early pioneers of rock 'n' roll, will get her props this month at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland in a special tribute concert led by Texas ...

Musician Rosie Flores' obsession is the rockabilly world's gain. Her campaign to release the final album by the late rockabilly queen Janis Martin nearly required the patience of Job, Flores says. She ...

DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — Rockabilly pioneer Janis Martin, who was billed as “The Female Elvis,” died Monday. She was 67. Martin died of cancer at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., her ...

Janis Martin (1940-2007) proved during the mid-to-late-50s that she could hang with the big boys. She was a rare female rock and roller in a world dominated by males. Her rockabilly style and on stage ...

Flores was joined by her special guest, singer Marti Brom, in a tribute to the late, great singer Janis Martin, “the Female Elvis” and ’50s rockabilly queen who left a rich legacy behind when she died ...

The first time Rosie Flores heard about rockabilly icon Janis Martin, it was a true turning point in her life and career. “I was in San Francisco in 1979 to see [British rockabilly band] Levi and the ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Last year I wrote a story about the myriad bootstrap methods musicians ...

DURHAM, N.C., Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Janis Martin, a singer billed as "the female Elvis" in the 1950s, has died of cancer in a hospital in Durham, N.C., at age 67. Martin picked up the guitar at age four ...

The Blanco Sessions, by Janis Martin. In 1956, RCA signed “the female Elvis,” 15-year-old rockabilly pioneer Janis Martin. But a secret marriage and a pregnancy soon led the label to drop her. In 2007 ...

“Rockabilly filly” Rosie Flores returned to her Southland stamping ground Wednesday for the unveiling of a project obviously near and dear to her heart, “The Blanco Sessions” album she produced for ...