Musician Brian Setzer announced on Thursday that he can no longer play guitar. In a social media post, the leader of the 1980s rockabilly band The Stray Cats and the ’90s swing band The Brian Setzer ...

From rockabilly revival to swing-era success, his career proves that sometimes looking backward is the boldest way forward.

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 ...

When Brian Setzer agreed to record a few songs for a Christmas movie nearly two decades ago now, the Stray Cats’ singer and guitarist says he never imagined he and those songs would end up part of a ...

Brian Setzer’s guitar work has been at the forefront of two major musical revivals. First, he and the Stray Cats helped to revitalize ‘50s-style rockabilly in the ‘80s. Then, the Brian Setzer ...

From rock to swing to classical, there's no telling what type of music Brian Setzer will be playing next. He's a rockin' rebel. And Susan Spencer of 48 Hours has the proof: It's the holiday season, ...

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 ...

More than 30 years after Brian Setzer’s riffs were first pressed to wax, the prolific guitarist, singer and bandleader is still finding inspiration in vinyl records. Cranking up an old record on his ...

A few months before it opened, Bob Setzer got a sneak peek at the nature center he helped create. Setzer, a longtime board member of the Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center, toured its new $4 ...

With the help of his orchestra, Setzer performed the most ambitious and wonderful version of "The Nutcracker Suite" ever heard. Bounding on stage to the Louis Armstrong Christmas classic, "'Zat You ...