Lake Ripley Radio

10/06/2025

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10/05/2025

We had an amazing weekend. Thank you, 53523, for your ears and support. lakeripleyradio.com

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10/04/2025

The live polka by the Mike Schneider Polka Band and hammerschlagan have started. Come on down and be German for the day at the Cambridge Taphouse’s inaugural Oktoberfest!

10/04/2025

Oktoberfest! We are LIVE at Cambridge Taphouse and the party is underway!

10/02/2025

This Saturday is Cambridge’s first Oktoberfest, hosted by Cambridge Taphouse and Visit Cambridge Wisconsin! It will also be our first live remote. We will be there from Noon-1pm for the ceremonial tapping of the kegs; look for the banner and watch John Scott in action.

You can’t say you were at Cambridge's first Oktoberfest if you don't show up for this inagural event. Lederhosen and drindl dresses earn cred.

Details:
At Cambridge Taphouse
201 West Water Street, Cambridge

Noon - TAPPING OF THE KEGS! Live with Lake Ripley Radio

• Old Nation - Oktoberfest
• Bavarian Bierhaus - Zwickel
• Avery's - Kaiser Imperial Oktoberfest
• More Beer selections to be announced...

FOOD
• Bavaria Sausage Company's Gold Metal Award winning -Smoked Bratwurst & Beer Bratwurst
• Bavarian Hot Pretzels

MUSIC
3:30-6:30pm - The Mike Schneider Polka Band
Mike is the polka prompt creator for your Milwaukee Brewers ('Take Me Out to the Ball Game' and 'Beer Barrel Polka') heard at all home games.

7:00-10:00pm - Wayne Road
Your favorite H***y Tonk / Classic / Rock band from Deerfield WI

09/27/2025

We've added some fresh songs to flavor our library of classics and deep tracks:

The Contract - Twenty One Pilots
Sideways - Balu Brigada
Another Life - Alabama Shakes
Spiders - Lola Young
Mistakes - Caamp
Heartlands - Marcus King & The Marcus King Band

The current songs we choose for the library mix nicely with our classic rock and alternative songs. We hope you enjoy them.
Want to make a request for us to add a song you love? COMING SOON. https://lakeripleyradio.com

09/27/2025

Another beautiful fall weekend is here! Rock on!

Take us with you in the car, or put us in your earbuds while working in the yard. Classic rock and alternative delights await you -

Lake Ripley Radio is Southcentral Wisconsin's Finest Rock!

09/27/2025

Discover your new local Cambridge radio station!

Classic rock and alternative from the 70s,80s,90s,2000s to brand new releases.

We tell you about local events happening in the 53523, in partnership with Visit Cambridge Wisconsin. Listen on your phone, your laptop, deskop, or your smart speaker. Ask Alexa to "Play Lake Ripley Radio." Rock on.

Lake Ripley Radio is Southcentral Wisconsin's Finest Rock!

09/22/2025

Today's deep cut is R.E.M. "Strange Currencies."

I love this band. When I play some of my original songs to friends, they often say "Kinda sounds like R.E.M." I suppose so.
"Strange Currencies" almost didn't make it on their "Monster" album because they thought it sounded similar to "Everybody Hurts." (That made it to #29 in 1993).

The haunting melody and lyrics ended up being too good to toss. On parts of this song, Peter Buck used his pick to play the strings behind the bridge of his guitar, which gave amazing dissonance to the rhythm track.

It was quite successful on the alt and rock charts, but peaked at #47 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1995.

This and other "non-hits" from iconic artists make up the deep cuts we present to you, on Lake Ripley Radio.

Here's the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4iuG7StmPc

09/18/2025

Lake Ripley Radio sounds great in the car! Make us a button on your digital dashboard with Apple CarPlay or Android Auto...or use old reliable - the AUX cord :) https://lakeripleyradio.com

09/17/2025

Stickers will be on the street soon. Yay!

09/15/2025

The B-52s went from being a fun little dance group from Athens, Georgia to one of the world's favorite party bands. Their era of greatness was happening at the same time as classic Georgian groups like the Allman Brothers and the Atlanta Rhythm Section, and fellow southerners ZZ Top and Skynyrd were big sellers and all over the radio. The B-52s were the polar opposites, and they were as sweet as cotton candy.
Infectious rhythms, the call-and-response vocals of Fred Schneider backed by the the twin-turbo beehive hairdos of Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson created a groove you just couldn't stop dancing to. No one sounded quite like them.
Releasing albums from 1979 through 2008, they had their best chart success with hits like "Roam" and "Love Shack" from the LP "Cosmic Thing." And the album "Funplex," released in 2008, was the band's second-highest charting album of their career.
If you recall the iconic 1964 Petula Clark smash "Downtown" you'll smile at the super quirky cover of it on the B-52s debut record!
Notable guest appearances: That's Kate Pierson singing on Iggy Pop's "Candy." Kate also joined Michael Stipe on R.E.M.'s "Shiny Happy People." Pierson and Cindy Wilson recorded a cover of the McFadden & Whitehead song "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" for the 1996 film "The Associate."
Many more B-52's songs are dancefloor and mixtape classics:
"Private Idaho"
"Channel Z"
"Whammy Kiss"
But there's one iconic single missing from this list, and while now entrenched in our memories, it was a stiff. If they could have seen the future and sat on it for a decade, it surely would have been played on every top-40 station in the world. One of their signature songs...
"Rock Lobster." The band's debut single only managed to crawl up to #56 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1980.

You'll hear this and many other deep cuts on Lake Ripley Radio!