The Continental Drifters never made a proper live album during their original tenure, and finally got around to it during their reunion at Jazz Fest last spring. Presented complete on one CD, this was ...

Although there may not be any original members left in The Drifters, the careful attention means each member not only looks and sounds like his predecessors but also spends at least a year learning ...

While Orlando’s newest supper club has seen its fair share of swinging sounds this year, practically none have been of the grand old Western variety. Enter local roots combo Oak Hill Drifters to cure ...

PITTSFIELD — As far as timeless music goes, Early Clover thinks he’s got the mother lode as the current lead singer of Cornell Gunter’s Coasters. Yes, it’s the same “Coasters” music that stopped ...

Who says the time around Christmas and New Years is only good for taking down the tree and cleaning up the detritus left behind by visiting relatives? Turns out it’s also a prime opportunity for ...

Doo-wop icon Charlie Thomas, who was a member of the Drifters for 60 years, died on Jan. 31 after a courageous battle with liver cancer. He was 85 years old. Thomas’ friend, singer Peter Lemongello Jr ...

Jerome Manning had been singing pretty much his entire life when he met Charlie Thomas. Manning learned to sing in church – his father was the Rev. Richard Manning, pastor of the venerable Shiloh ...