Sad news this morning. The Guardian reports that Slits vocalist Arianna Forster (aka Ari Up) died yesterday of complications related to cancer. Ari was 48 years old.
The Guardian has posted a stirring photo tribute, which gives you a good sense of Ari's passionate involvement in the UK punk community. More on Ari's life and music in a subsequent post. I'm sure Joe and I will want to feature something from her dynamic career in music on tomorrow's episode of the CDH. Maybe something from Trapped Animal, The Slits' last full-length release (2009), or better yet, something from Cut, the Slits' original release, which started it all.
Here's Ari in action with The Slits.
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