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BBC Radio 6 Music (2019)

Martin guides listeners through his favourite music.

Orange Juice - A Sad Lament (1983)

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Rip It Up No. 139, February 1989

Watching ‘The Cloud’ VOY and Harry Kim is so right about everything

Song Review: Los Lobos - “Rip it Up”

It took 13 years for Los Lobos’ version of “Rip it Up” to be released and another 23 for it to make it to streaming platforms.

The Little Richard cover - all 100 seconds of it - was left off the La Bamba soundtrack for which it was recorded and eventually wound up on El Cancionero: Mas y Mas. Now, the Warner Archives series has it out as a digital single.

Over nearly as soon as it starts, “Rip it Up” features David Hidalgo on vocals and Steve Berlin’s wailing sax. It also serves as a reminder that Los Lobos are masterful interpreters of early rock ‘n’ roll, a fact often blurred by the ubiquity of “La Bamba.”

Los Lobos, if you’re reading this (🙄), “Rip it Up” would make a terrific addition your 50th-anniversary setlists.

Grade card: Los Lobos - “Rip it Up” - B

6/5/23

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Post-Punk Bands That Went “New Wave” and Their Role in Promoting Peace

Exploring the Musical Evolution As far as genre descriptors go, post-punk is a fascinating and multifaceted category. Emerging in the late 1970s, it was a rebellious response to the standard rock tropes of the time. Bands like the Sex Pistols (or at least John Lydon) and Buzzcocks, once at the forefront of punk, began to experiment in different directions. Their influence inspired…

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Vixen - Love Is A Killer (PLAYBACK SHOW AT TVE)

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you need to listen to Bruce Springsteen’s live albums not just his studio stuff because his crowd work has three modes it’s either “Clarence you should walk me on a leash” or “one time I fell down the stairs and I still think about it….do you still think about it?” or “this songs for my dad who only loved me sort of which was worse than not at all. he’s not in the crowd tonight. or maybe he is. if you see him please god tell me.” and before anyone can react to any of that he’s hootin and hollerin and Clarence Clemons is doing things with a saxophone that are now illegal in more than 15 US states

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