Jimmy Rip will be my guest on "Shocking Blue" tonight at 9 p.m. and he's regale us with stories and we’ll listen to a lot of the music of Tom Verlaine. That's "Shocking Blue," Saturdays from 8-11 p.m.

While the Dutch Invasion never caught on the way the British Invasion did, it still produced lots of great music by a gaggle of bands from the Netherlands who all deserve to better known than they are ...

In 1970, the Dutch rock group Shocking Blue hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Venus." The group made history as the first-ever Dutch band to top the coveted U.S. music chart, per The Current.

With a unique “Marie Antoinette” draft collar, which seals snugly around the neck with a zipper on one shoulder and Velcro on the other, the Shocking Blue creates a luxurious cocoon good enough for a ...

They fucked up the opening line. That might be my favorite thing about it. Shocking Blue were Dutch, and they made extremely catchy and efficient garage-pop. They knew how English-language pop music ...

I’m going to see Tricky tomorrow night. I’m so excited to hear the songs from his latest album, Different When it’s Silent, performed live. Both Mitch Sanders and and Marta Zlakowska, who are on the ...