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Podcast for 8/29 Show Is Up

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The podcast for our August 29th show is up and available at the end of this post. during the show, we featured a track from Martin Fry and ABC’s new album Traffic, In addition, we played a new song from Lily Gonzalez, one of the backing musicians for ABC and Belinda Carlisle during the Regeneration Tour 2008. She has a terrific CD; we spotlighted her in a recent post.

We also played music from great artists of the 80s including The Damned, Mondo Rock, Dexy’s Midnight Runners, Josie Cotton and Alphaville.

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Tags: 80s, 87.6, 99.1, ABC, alphaville, chris cordani, Dexy's MIdnight Runners, Download, fm radio, Josie Cotton, Lily Gonzalez, Martin Fry, mo3, Mondo Rock, new wave, podcast, Revenge of the 80s, show, The Damned

Lily Gonzalez: An Up-and-Coming Musician From the Regeneration Tour

Many new wave fans went out to see the Regeneration Tour over the past month and enjoyed performances from ABC, Naked Eyes, Belinda Carlisle, A Flock of Seagulls and The Human League. On stage, there were also several other talented musicians who backed up the headliners. I had the pleasure of meeting one of them after the Jones Beach show and was able to listen to some of her music: Lily Gonzalez, who was a backing vocalist and percussionist for ABC and Belinda Carlisle on the tour

Lily has been in the London music scene for several years and, along with the Regeneration Tour, she has worked with such greats as Bono, Paul Young and Dave Stewart. In addition, the U.K. native is a singer/songwriter who also records her own music (we will feature one of her tracks on this week’s Revenge of the 80s Radio show).

Lily’s style from her most recent CD adds modern attitude while being reminiscent of old-school jazz/funk. Her voice ranges from offering an attitude of power through tracks like “Too High” and “More to Me Than Meets the Eye” to a hint of soft vulnerability as she sings “What You Are.” While many of today’s chart-topping female vocalists tend to shy away of instrumental dynamics and jazz riffs for fear of them taking the spotlight from their singing, Lily seems unafraid to perform with creative backing music as her talents are up to the challenge other soloists avoid. This holds especially true in the song “Your Tine Is Now” as Gonzalez sings while playing with syncopation, beat changes and an interesting mix of bass, horn and organ sounds. One might suppose all of this comes from the diverse group of influences she gives credit to on her MySpace page including Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, Prince, Steelu Dan, Annie Lennox and David Bowie. The songs are co-written by saxophonist Andy Hamilton, who has recently been on tour with George Michael.

Currently, Lily Gonzalez is an unsigned artist, but a treasure like her should not go as undiscovered for so long. Below is some tracks from her lates CD. For more music from Lily Gonzalez, check out her MySpace page.

“The Girl You Love” – Lily Gonzalez
“Too High” – Lily Gonzalez

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Tags: 2008, ABC, belinda carlisle, human league, jazz, lilly gonzalez, Lily Gonzalez, music, naked eyes, new wave, Regeneration Tour

Picture Page from 8/22/08 Regeneration Tour Concert at Jones Beach Is Up

Click here for some pictures from the Regeneration Tour 2008′s stop at Jones Beach on August 22, 2008.

REVIEW: Regeneration Tour Concert at Jones Beach in Long Island(8/22/08)

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The Regeneration Tour 2008 rolled into the NYC-Metro region with a stop at Jones Beach’s Nikon Theater. The crowd of “80s children” and the younger new wave fans were geared up for the classics from some of their favorite bands and were treated to some new material from a couple of them. It was a beautiful evening as the sun started to set near the calm beach waters into a clear night — perfect for a concert.

Up first was Naked Eyes, who led into “Always Something There to Remind Me” with Pete Byrne playing and singing an acoustic intro of the chorus and hitting the familiar keyboard part to set the tone the entire concert.

While the band was known for its synth sound and use of a Farlight CMI sampler, Byrne’s electric/acoustic guitar gave the live show an added dimension. With that, Byrne was able to use the whole stage and engage audience members. Byrne employed the acoustic sound extremely well throughout the set, but most notably in Naked Eyes’ second song: “When the Lights Go Out” and “What In the Name of Love?” — which was played before going out with “Promises, Promises.” The group also gave the fans a glimpse into the future by playing a track called “Losing You” from their upcoming album Piccadilly, due out in 2009. Byrne’s voice flowed as well as it did in the early 1980s and the band did an excellent job re-producing their sound.
Mike Score and A Flock of Seagulls were second in the order, with Score planted firmly in his familiar place behind the keyboard. Score’s strongest point was not his hair, but his musical creativity.


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Tags: 2008, 80s, ABC, afos, alternative, belinda carlisle, concert, flock of seagulls, human league, I Ran, Joanne Catherall, JOnes Beach, long island, Martin Fry, Mike Score, naked eyes, new wave, Pete Byrne, Phil Oakey, poison arrow, Regeneration Tour, Susan Sulley, tour, traffic

Podcast for 8/22 Show Featuring Replay of the Stan Ridgway Interview Is Up

Our poidcast for this week’s show is up. This week, we featured a replay of our earlier interview with the great singer/songwriter/musician/storyteller Stan Ridgway, which leads off the second hour. We also featured music from artists of the 80s including Madness, Amazulu, Kate Bush and Berlin

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Tags: 87.6, 99.1, Amazulu, Berlin, chris cordani, cordani, fm, hecate's angels, interview, kate bush, new wave, podcast, radio, Stan Ridgway, Wall of Voodoo

Tonight’s Show WIll Feature a Re-Broadcast of our Stan Ridgway Interview

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Tonight’s show will feature a re-broadcast of our interview with the great songrwiter/musician/singer/storyteller Stan Ridgway.
We will also feature tracks from artists including REM, Amazulu and Kate Bush.

Revenge of the 80s Radio airs live every Friday night 7-9pm on Q99.1FM in the Hudson Valley, NY and on www.revengeofthe80sradio.com; Wednesdays 12noon Melbourne, Australia time on 87.6FM “Radio 80s” in Korumburra, AUS and our podcast will be available on Saturday.

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Tags: 80s, alternative, Amazulu, chris cordani, interview, kate bush, new wave, podcast, radio, rem, Revenge of the 80s, Ridgway, Stan Ridgway, Wall of Voodoo

We Will Be at the Regeneration Tour’s Jones Beach Concert Tomorrow

Revenge of the 80s host Chris Cordani and Associate Producer/Blog Photographer Elizabeth Lynch will head to Jones Beach tomorrow night to cover the Regeneration Tour’s stop in the NYC-Metro area.

We will post a review of the concert on Saturday and a special picture highlight page will be up over the weekend.
Ticket information for the August 22nd show at Jones Beach and future dates through August 31 is available on the Regeneration Tour’s website.

Tags: 2008, concert, JOnes Beach, long island, new york, ny, NYC, preview, Regeneratio Tour, Revenge of the 80s, review, tour

This Week’s Show: Featuring Re-Play of Stan Ridgway Interview

This week, Revenge of the 80s Radio will feature a re-play of an interview with the legendary musician/singer/songwriter/storyteller Stan Ridgway. Most famous for being a founding member of Wall of Voodoo, Ridgway started in the music business writing scores for movies as his own company.

Ridgway talks during the interview about the need for musical innovation at the time of the late 1970a and early 1980s, when radio programming started becoming “safer” and generic. Many music listeners were tired of being force-fed the same mellow mainstream hits, watered-down disco and similar-sounding music industry formulaic songs; they wanted something different and Wall of Voodoo responded.

After Wall of Voodoo broke up, Ridgway went on his own and soon produced the international hit “Camouflage,” the success of which, he revealed, was something of an accident. We talk about songwriting, storytelling, creativity and his career into today, which includes a separate project known as “Drywall” and a stellar group led by his wife and longtime musical partner Pietra Wextrum called Hecate’s Angels.

Ridgway still tours and sells out several concerts every year with old and new fans. Tour information and news can be found on Stan’s excellent website.

We also featured music from artists including Madness, Amazulu, The Tourists and Devo.

Tags: Amazulu, camoflauge, chris cordani, Devo, drywall, fm, hecate's angels, interview, Madness, Pietra Wextrum, podcast, radio, Revenge of the 80s, Ridgway, Stan Ridgway, storytelling, The Tourists, Wall of Voodoo

Podcast for 8/15 Show Is Up

<p>We apologize for the delay:  After a short vacation and a fix of some technical issues,  our podcast from the last show is up.  We featured some classic music from the new wave era as always, including a track from the late Robert Hazard who passed away on August 5th while fighting pancreatic cancer. Hazard was known for hits like “Escalator of Life” and “Change Reaction,”  but also wrote the song that launched a young Cyndi Lauper into stardom when she covered it:  “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.” </p>

<p>We also played pieces from Madness, Devo, Animotion and more.</p>

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Tags: 97.6, 99.1, annimotion, chris cordani, Devo, fm, Madness, mp3, podcast, radio, Radio 80s, Revenge of the 80s, Robert Hazard, show

Missing Persons to Perform for the Regeneration Tour’s Florida Dates

Lucky new wave fans in Florida will be happy to know that Dale Bozzio and her new Missing Persons lineup will perform in the August 30 and 31 “Regeneration Tour” concerts. They took part in the Phoenix kickoff concert and will rejoin ABC, Naked Eyes, Belinda Carlisle and A Flock of Seagulls for the dates in Clearwater and West Palm Beach, respectively.

Missing Persons recently released the CD Live From the Danger Zone. A recent Revenge of the 80s Radio interview with Dale revealed she is also working on a book about her life.

In addition, according to the Tampa Bay Weekly’s website, The Romantics will play in the August 30th Clearwater concert.

My associate producer, Elizabeth Lynch, and I will be covering the Jones Beach, NY show on August 22nd at its amphitheater. Tickets and information can be found on the Regeneration Tour’s official website.

Tags: 2008, ABC, belinda carlisle, Dale Bozzio, flock of seagulls, missing persons, naked eyes, new wave, Regeneration Tour, Romantics