CATS OF THE CORN The Tremors Demon Boogie Fever (Brain Drain) North Carolina’s Tremors have lurched into their own. Previous discs “Scourge of the South” and Invasion of the Saucermen” distinguished the slapped-up/stripped-down trio from bop contemporaries: the former reveling in hectic and gruesomely-technicolored fracture, the latter venturing into B-monster macabre. It may be difficult [...]

As Wanda Jackson, affectionately known to her fans around the world as the “Queen of Rockabilly,” was about to make her acceptance speech at the Rock and Roll Hall Fame’s 2009 induction ceremony in Cleveland last year, she says she was almost overcome with nervousness. But before she approached the podium, she said a quiet [...]