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AM TAXI is a band that doesn’t break their neck trying to reinvent the wheel, Rather, the Chicago rockers channel old school punk sensibilities, while paying homage to rock classics with their anthemic choruses. All of which amounts to a driving sound - familiar, yet their own. It is perhaps their ability to learn from the best that makes them strong songwriters and has earned them the recognition of being one of most prominent pop punk bands to come out of Chicago.

Live From Studio 10 airs every Wednesday at 8pm CST on Vocalo 90.7 FM (CHI) / 89.5 FM (NWI) and Vocalo.org, and features emerging local bands and music artists (with the occasional national act stopping by). No other station brings you this much local music, and no other show in the region does it live. Hosted by Jesse Menendez, produced by Fyodor Sakhnovski and engineered by Adam Yoffe. Subscribe to the podcast here: bitly.com/vocaloLFS10

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6AM Taxi, Chicago, punk, rock, pop, Vocalo, Public Radio, live music, live music Chicago, live from studio 10,

In this episode: HAPPY HOLIDAYS everybody! While we take a short break, we bring you stories from Vocalo Storyteller Workshop contributors and interns.

First up: Meet Alex Rojas. Our new Vocalo Storyteller. He produced a story about Los Crudos an American hardcore punk band from Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood (1991 to 1998). Being all Latinos, they paved the way for later Spanish-speaking punk bands and helped to increase the presence of Latinos in the predominantly white punk subculture.

The MusicVox intern Liz Griewe wanted to learn more about music therapy, so she visited the Institute for Therapy Through the Arts in Evanston. There, she spoke with therapist Jeffrey Wolf and a patient’s family member about music therapy and the different ways it can be used to help patients.

Lastly, our own Jesse De La Pena plugs into the mix with his DJ magic!

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6Vocalo, WBEZ, Public Radio, Chicago, Los Crudos, Pilsen, punk, hardcore, music therapy, latino, Jesse De La Pena, DJ,

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When it comes to big hair, irresistible grooves and heart-wrenching soul, it’s undeniably Chicago’s very own JC Brooks and The Uptown Sound who come to mind. They have this town on the move with their signature high energy post-punk soul sound. The band embraces some of the great soul traditions of the past but they also infuse their sound with punk rock ethos, seamlessly shifting from smooth ballads to gritty, hard-edged RnB and covering everything in between.

Live From Studio 10 airs every Wednesday at 8pm CST on Vocalo 89.5 FM and Vocalo.org, and features emerging local bands and music artists (with the occasional national act stopping by). No other station brings you this much local music, and no other show in the region does it live. Hosted by Jesse Menendez, produced by Fyodor Sakhnovski and engineered by Adam Yoffe. Subscribe to the podcast here: http://bitly.com/vocaloLFS10

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6JC Brooks and The Uptown, R&B, Soul, Punk, Live From Studio 10, Vocalo, Local Music, Chicago,

Los Crudos was an American hardcore punk band from Chicago, Illinois that existed from 1991 to 1998.^[1][2][3] Being all Latinos, they paved the way for later Spanish-speaking punk bands^[2] and helped to increase the presence of Latinos in the predominantly white punk subculture.^[4]

This is a part I of a series that Alexander Rojas produced for Vocalo’s storytelling workshops.  

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Alexander Rojas

Why did you want to become a Vocalo Storyteller?

Vocalo provides a great platform to share stories that would otherwise never have the opportunity to reach a wider audience. I wanted to share a story from a community that is often overlooked and undervalued.
 
Your piece in 20 seconds:

As several youth subcultures were clinging to their existence amongst a gang riddled neighborhood, a group of young punk kids broke through with a fast, loud and confrontational style of music that connected with a disenfranchised community.
 
Why did you decide to tell this story?

I wanted to explore how this particular style of music came to be in a community that was riddled with gangs and consumed with dance music and ultimately the effect it had on the community.
 
 
In what ways are you a better storyteller and/or producer?

Coming from a background that’s very dependent on the visual form, I found myself trying to find dialogue and sounds that created a sense of place and time that would enable the listener to visualize the words, the descriptions and the voices through their imagination.

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6Los Crudos, Hardcore Punk, Punk, Chicago, Pilsen, Little Village, subculture, Latinos, LATISM, Vocalo,