October 23 Playlist: Saints In The City

Julia Aponte, co-director of this year’s Westerleigh Folk Festival, joined us for a preview of this year’s event. We also remembered Dolly Parton, Shelly Faberes and Tim Curry, and gave away a pair of tickets to Pig Fest NYC to lucky winner Nanci Richards! Check out all the music and goings on by clicking right here!

• RODRIGO Y GABRIELA Orion
• STYX Blue Collar Man
• DROPKICK MURPHYS Worker’s Song
• THE ROMANTICS What I Like About You
• REM Toys in the Attic
• THE GOODS Summer’s Almost Gone
• DULCET TONES As I Am
• KABUKI LOVE The Wolf Dance
• BROTHER DYNAMITE Shine
• DREW ANGUS Lost
• KYLE LACY One Trick Pony
• CARRIE ANN Parent’s Room
• GYM CLASS HEROES featuring RYAN TEDDER The Fighter
• THE MORNING LINE Staten Island
• WINE LIPS Stimulation
• FLOWERS FOR JAYNE Pocket Superman
• CANCION FRANKLIN Just Made Rent
• THE NEW STUDENTS Black Earth Country
• MOONMILL Ruin It
• DOLLY PARTON 9 to 5
• SHELLY FABARES Johnny Angel
• TIM CURRY Sweet Transvestite
• RORY D’LASNOW I Won’t Do Anything
• RONIT & THE INVISIBLE STRINGS Can’t Wait To
• GOATROPER The Kind of Woman You Can Hold
• DIAMOND SPUR RODEO Virginia Slims
• OUR OWN YOKOS Snack Dad
• JOAN CADDELL & THE MIDNIGHT CHOIR When
• SHERYL CROW featuring JESSE WELLES Freedom Bus
• DAN CORIO BAND Hold On
• BREWSTER MOONFACE Broken Pieces of New York City
• LUNA’S WERELD Bunnies in the Clover
• HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS Workin’ for a Livin’
• CHRIS VANDALAY PROJECT How Will You Know
• SPUTNIK THE BAND Villa Capri
• THE JAZZTRONAUTS Shoot Your Shot

A very ska-centric episode! All you rude boys and girls can check it out by clicking right here!

• MELBOURNE SKA ORCHESTRA Get Smart
• THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES The Impression That I Get
• THE HOLOPHONICS Havana
• URBAN BLIGHT Three More Roses
• BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS Spinning Wheel
• UB40 Can’t Help Falling In Love
• REEL BIG FISH Take On Me
• DONKEY SHOW Mr. Brown
• DODGY Summer Forever
• BEAT BRIGADE Armageddon Beat
• BEAT BRIGADE Just Got Lucky
• GOLDFINGER More Today Than Yesterday
• FISHBONE Unyielding Conditioning
• BEAT BRIGADE You Charming Thing
• MELO DiBARTOLO 401Kill (Live in the MPR Studio)
• MADNESS One Step Beyond
• MADNESS Our House
• BEAT BRIGADE Lori
• MELO DiBARTOLO Walk Away (Live in the MPR Studio)
• BEAT BRIGADE Racists and Fools
• RANCID Time Bomb
• THE INTERRUPTERS featuring TIM ARMSTRONG Family
• SAVE FERRIS Come On Eileen
• THE ENGLISH BEAT Save it for Later
• BEAT BRIGADE Has the Fire Died
• MELO DiBARTOLO Ferguson Bullets (Live in the MPR Studio)
• THE CLASH Rudie Can’t Fail
• THE SPECIALS A Message to You, Rudy
• THE SELECTER Too Much Pressure
• THE TOASTERS East Side Beat
• BEAT BRIGADE All the Lights Have Gone Out
• BEAT BRIGADE Keep Still Dark
• BEAT BRIGADE Another Cause
• BEAT BRIGADE Bittersweet

No one I know does the eighties like Violet Sky. The look, the style, the sound – she does it all. That’s remarkable when you consider the fact that she wasn’t even born in the same century as the subject of her fascination. She’s received press coverage on both sides of the Atlantic, and judging by her hundreds of thousands of followers on social media, she’s not alone in her obsession. Click on this link to hear how she took her initial attraction to an obsession and a career, all to tune of an eighties-centric soundtrack.

• BOWLING FOR SOUP 1985
• OZZY OSBOURNE Crazy Train
• OZZY OSBOURNE A Shot in the Dark
• LITA FORD & OZZY OSBOURNE Close My Eyes Forever
• ASIA Only Time Will Tell
• BIG COUNTRY In A Big Country
• MOTLEY CRUE Looks That Kill
• WARRANT Down Boys
• Q-FEEL Dancing in Heaven
• ZZ TOP Sleeping Bag
• KILLING JOKE Eighties
• VIOLET SKY I Found Love
• SHY TALK Excuse Me
• LIFE BY NIGHT Phone to Phone
• PSYCHEDLIC FURS Pretty In Pink
• ANNIE GOLDEN Hang Up the Phone
• E.G. DAILY One Way Love
• DEAD OR ALIVE You Spin Me Round
• VIOLET SKY What’s a Girl To Do
• JULIE BROWN Shut Up and Kiss Me
• MADNESS One Step Beyond
• GENERAL PUBLIC Tenderness
• THE BUGGLES Video Killed the Radio Star
• DEPECHE MODE Just Can’t Get Enough
• ERASURE A Little Respect
• YAZ Only You
• VIOLET SKY A Heartbeat Away
• THE ESCAPE CLUB Wild Wild West
• ABC Poison Arrow
• CULTURE CLUB Time
• ALPHAVILLE Forever Young (Remix)