Both with his band Wall of Voodoo and on solo albums, Stan Ridgway is a vivid storyteller, bringing a noir style (and a distinctive vocal style and harmonica-playing) to tales of love, lust, unhappy ...

With a new album in the works, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Stan Ridgway isn't about to let a troubled economy keep him off the road. "With everything going on this year, we're all ...

If you listened to pop music in the early 1980s, you recognize the voice. It”s a kind of nasal, theatrical, out-of-the-side-of-the-mouth vocalizing that only the most generous could call singing. It”s ...

Stan Ridgway is not an artist who takes up a lot of pop culture bandwidth these days. You might know him as the lead singer of Wall of Voodoo, a New Wave band from Los Angeles that scored a hit called ...

Back in 1986, during a local gig to promote his solo bow “TheBig Heat,” Stan Ridgway made an explosive impression. At the old Spirit Club in Mission Beach, “about two songs intothe set, the PA blew up ...

Mention the name Stan Ridgway and his former New Wave band Wall of Voodoo to someone, and they might recall the L.A. band's quirky hit Mexican Radio. You know, the one where that wry-voiced singer ...

Stan Ridgway, former frontman of the 1980s cult band Wall of Voodoo (“Mexican Radio”), is in town with keyboardist Pietra Wexstun (his wife) and guitarist Rick King to play at the Triple Door Oct. 5.

"Afghan Forklift" "Stranded" "Turn a Blind Eye" "Camouflage" "I Just Can't Get Over You" (performed by Julie Adams and the Mountain Stage Band) Born in Barstow, Calif., Ridgway became interested in ...

How dry was Wall of Voodoo? Mummify the Talking Heads, then grind them up. Put the powder in neon tubes, and let them bake in a desert sunset. Serve with spaghetti-western sauce on the side. In 1982 ...

Stanard "Stan" Ridgway (born April 5, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter, and film and television composer known for his distinctive voice, dramatic lyrical narratives, and eclectic solo albums.