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We have encountered some technical problems with our streaming archives.
The problem has been remedied, but has effected a number of our archived shows.
The Real Audio versions of the archives are being recreated as best they can,
however the Windows Media archives for these shows will not be available.
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Listen Thursdays at 3pm or Saturdays at 4pm on KEXP or click above to hear:
“Civil Rights Songs” November 19th –January 23rd
Our series “Civil Rights Songs” takes you on the scene to the civil
rights era of the 1950’s and 1960’s and beyond. During these hard
times, African-Americans fought for equality and justice. Early on,
musicians like Billie Holiday and Pete Seeger helped spread the news of
crimes by recording songs like “Strange Fruit” and “We Shall
Overcome”. When marches and protests began in the 50’s and 60’s
songs sung by Nina Simone, Odetta and Dylan helped to pull people of all
races together. And artists like James Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Sam Cooke
stepped proudly into the spotlight with “Say It Loud, I’m Black and
I’m Proud”, “People Get Ready” and “A Change is Gonna Come”.
Songs that remind us that the fight for equality under the law, for all
– is not over yet.
KEXP Documentaries brings you a musical subject each week in the time it
takes to play just one song!
We bring you a musical subject in the time it would take to play just one song!
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Our series “Psychedelics” starts in the year 1966 with episodes on
the The Byrds, The Velvet Underground, The Beatles and Jefferson
Airplane. We’ll explore the British psych scene with Pink Floyd in 68
and then roll around in the mud at Woodstock in 69 with Sly and the
Family Stone.
In the 80’s we’ll enter the surreal world of The
Flaming Lips then bliss out to house music with The Orb. The series ends
with today’s new breed of psychedelic bands - Spiritualized and Animal
Collective.
The explorers at KEXP Documentaries have set sail for uncharted musical lands.
Step into “The New World”, a 10-part series of short musical stories on the latest
faces in international music.
1950’s science fiction films were the first place electronic music was
heard by most music fans. Inventors had played with electronic
instruments since the 1890’s but it wasn’t until films like 1958’s
“Forbidden Planet” started showing that music made by computers was
finally heard by a large number of people in the US and UK.
When punk crashed at the end of the '70s, disillusioned art rockers
crawled out of the wreckage, looking for new sounds to release them from
the category cage of punk rock.
Why did Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain all die
at the age of 27? What's the connection between celebrity and death? Are
addiction-prone people more sensitive and likely to become musicians?
Does death give an artist credibility? What are the pressures that drive
someone to a dangerous place?
Click here to listen and learn more information about each documentary.
Artists who change today's world, one song at a time.
Click here to listen and learn more information about each documentary.
Marvin Gaye said “If you want to reach people you have to give them a taste of themselves.” Join KEXP Documentaries for a look inside the hearts of legendary greats: James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield and Bill Withers. We'll also spotlight today's soul artists who are carrying on the legacy of truth, emotion and the eternal groove : Bettye Lavette, Jamie Lidell and Sharon Jones.
Click here to listen and learn more information about each documentary.
Masters of Turntablism is a 10-part series of short radio documentaries feature the Founding Fathers of Scratch: Kool Herc, Grandwizzard Theodore, GrandMixer DST, Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa, The X-Ecutioners, Mix Master Mike, Q-Bert, Cut Chemist and DJ Shadow.
Click here to listen and learn more information about each documentary.
American Sabor is a 10-part series on Latino innovators in US pop music.
Click here for the English version of this documentary, and
click here for the Spanish version.
Travel through time with the evolution of punk rock. Punk Evolution is a 10-part series on punk rock and counterculture. Featuring music by The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Black Flag, Bad Brains, The Dead Kennedys and more. Click here to listen and learn more about each documentary.
Streetwise is a 10-part series on alternative music in education. Click here to listen and learn more information about each documentary.
KEXP presents a series of stories on the musical life of Bob Dylan. Told by Dylan's friends, scholars and fans, "Honest With Me" features firsthand accounts from Joan Baez, Al Kooper, Izzy Young and the Band's Robbie Robertson.
Stories Produced By: Michele Myers
Executive Producer: Kevin Cole
Associate Producers: Rob Carroll and Jasen Emmons
© 2005 KEXP Radio
Produced at KEXP in collaboration with EMP and the UW School of Music. Funded by a grant from the Seattle Partnership for American Popular Music.
Click here to listen and learn more information about each documentary.
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