October 10 Playlist: Van Halen Tribute

Edwin Santiago Pupa paid a visit to the Maker Park Radio studio and he riffed on a lot of famous riffs, and played a few original riffs himself. It was a blast! Listen to the show here:

• Miserlou – Dick Dale
• Sabbra Cadabra – Black Sabbath
• Well Alright! – Santana
• Women That Rock – Boricua Guitar Power
• 25 or 6 to 4 – Chicago
• Lady – Beck, Bogert & Appice
• Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love – Van Halen
• Improvisation #1 – Pupa Santiago (Live in the MPR Studio)
• Like a Stone – Audioslave
• Hill of the Skull – Joe Satriani
• Yankee Rose – David Lee Roth
• Parisienne Walkways – Gary Moore with Philip Lynott
• The Thrill is Gone – B.B. King
• Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You – Led Zeppelin
• Improvisation #2 – Pupa Santiago (Live in the MPR Studio)
• All Along the Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix
• Voodoo Child – Stevie Ray Vaughan
• While My Guitar Gently Weeps – Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, Dhani Harrison and Prince
• Sleepwalk – Santo and Johnny
• I’d Love to Change the World – Ten Years After
• Gimme Shelter – The Rolling Stones
• Maltratado Corazon – Five Miles Utopia
• Layla – Derek and the Dominoes

The extraordinarily versatile singer and songwriter Lisa Scherma was our guest in the studio. She performed four unrecorded songs from her extensive genre-defying repertoire. As two Brooklyn kids from opposite ends of the same neighborhood, our conversation flowed free and easy. Check out the show by clicking here.

• THUNDERMOTHER We Fight for Rock and Roll
• ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO Real as an Animal
• IGGY POP Something Wild
• JOOLS HOLLAND featuring JAMIROQUAI I’m in the Mood for Love
• FRANK TURNER I Still Believe
• SAMANTHA FISH Can Ya Handle That
• TOXIC TITO The Music Died
• BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Atlantic City (Electric Nebraska Version)
• LONESOME DAVE FISHER I Got My Education (Rockin’ to the Radio)
• LISA SCHERMA Fight The Past
• LISA SCHERMA Southern Fried Country Blues
• LISA SCHERMA The Damsel
• LISA SCHERMA Something in the Water
• LISA SCHERMA Save Myself (Live in the MPR Studio)
• ALLMAN BROTHERS Revival
• LISA SCHERMA I Gotta Go to Church
• BONNIE RAITT Angel from Montgomery
• LISA SCHERMA Alone
• LISA SCHERMA Play Dead (Live in the MPR Studio)
• LISA SCHERMA The One Who Loves You
• THE CHIFFONS Sweet Talking Guy
• LISA SCHERMA Last Night
• LISA SCHERMA When the Wrong Thing Feels So Right
• LISA SCHERMA Commonality (Live in the MPR Studio)
• MELISSA ETHERIDGE I’m the Only One
• B.B. KING Every Day I Have the Blues
• LISA SCHERMA Jump and Shout
• LISA SCHERMA Good Soul (Live in the MPR Studio)
• LISA SCHERMA Wrong Impression

We observed International Women’s Day 2026 by compiling a playlist that celebrated and hopefully elevated the voices of our sonic sisters, past and present. The entire program is available to restream by clicking on this link.

• THE SURFRAJETTES Toxic
• LIZ PHAIR Extraordinary
• THE RUNAWAYS Cherry Bomb
• HEART Barracuda
• PAT BENATAR Heartbreaker
• SISTER ROSETTA THARPE Jericho
• BIG MAMA THORNTON Hound Dog
• KOKO TAYLOR I’m a Woman
• BREWSTER MOONFACE Tin Woman
• CAROLE KING Breaking Up is Hard to Do
• BETTY-ANNE Laughter in the Rain
• TINA TURNER The Bitch is Back
• ARETHA FRANKLIN Respect
• INGRID MICHAELSON Maybe
• JULIA GARGANO & JOAN CADDELL A Man Like That
• KING LIKE MOM Fragrance
• LISA SCHERMA Love Me Just a Little
• JOAN JETT Bad Reputation
• HOLE Celebrity Skin
• SPUTNIK THE BAND They Don’t Know
• SARAH BORGES Mercy of the Moon
• LUCINDA WILLIAMS Six Blocks Away
• SUZI QUATRO Little Miss Lovely
• THE DARTS Zombies on the Metro
• THE DRACU-LAS I’m Blue
• MONA FREAKA Last Song
• LISA LeBLANC 5,748 KM
• BLONDIE I’m Always Touched By Your Presence, Dear
• THE BEACHES I Ran
• THE LIVERBIRDS Why Do You Hang Around Me
• MANIC HONEY Problems
• THERINA BELLA Starcrossed
• TORI AMOS Stronger Together
• CHAPPELL ROAN The Subway
• GARBAGE When I Grow Up
• GIFTSHOP We Want You
• KILLDEER Never Enough
• SISTER ROSETTA THARPE This Train