It's been an incredibly rough week, but music always has the power to heal. This morning was the 12th anniversary of the “Mom Show,” a beautiful four-hour program of remembrance and reflection hosted by DJ John Richards on The Morning Show on KEXP. The show began as a memorial for his own mother after she passed away from cancer, and with an outpouring of support from KEXP listeners, has evolved into a tribute to all our loved ones who have died. If you missed this morning's show, check out the playlist below, or visit our Two-Week Streaming Archive (which is, admittedly, inconsistent, but has worked for some listeners, so give it a shot).
| Time | Artist | Track | Release | Label |
| 6:03:12 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Distant Sky | Skeleton Tree | Self-Released |
| 6:09:52 | Moby | When It's Cold I'd Like to Die | Everything Is Wrong | Elektra Entertainment Group |
| 6:12:25 | Moby | Memory Gospel | Play: The B Sides | V2 |
| 6:22:49 | Hammock | I Could Hear the Water at the Edge of All Things | Oblivion Hymns | Hammock Music |
| 6:27:44 | The Cinematic Orchestra | To Build A Home | Ma Fleur | Domino |
| 6:33:40 | Jeff Buckley | Hallelujah | Grace | Columbia |
| 6:45:19 | Jonsi | Grow Till Tall | Go | XL |
| 6:50:05 | U2 | With Or Without You | The Joshua Tree | Island |
| 7:00:26 | The National | Heavenfaced | Trouble Will Find Me | 4AD |
| 7:04:34 | Shawn Smith | Wrapped In My Memory | Shield of Thorns | Establishmentstore |
| 7:07:55 | The The | Love Is Stronger Than Death | Dusk | Epic |
| 7:19:28 | The Cars | Since I Held You | Candy-O | Elektra |
| 7:22:36 | Golden Smog | Please Tell My Brother | Weird Tales | Rykodisc |
| 7:24:23 | Simon & Garfunkel | Bookends | Bookends | Columbia |
| 7:25:55 | Steve Earle | Goodbye | Train a Comin' | Winter Harvest |
| 7:37:26 | Peter Gabriel | Heroes | Scratch My Back | Real World Records |
| 7:40:51 | Peter Gabriel | Don't Give Up (feat. Kate Bush) | Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats | Geffen Records |
| 7:46:08 | David Bowie | Lazarus | Blackstar | Columbia |
| 7:57:45 | Jimmy Cliff | Many Rivers to Cross | Anthology (disc 1) | Hip-O Records |
| 8:03:35 | Ben Harper | Amen Omen | Diamonds on the Inside | Virgin Records America |
| 8:06:43 | The Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers | Lisa | (V/A) Esopus 4 | www.esopusmag.org |
| 8:11:39 | R.E.M. | Nightswimming | Automatic for The People | Warner Bros |
| 8:22:45 | TV On The Radio | Trouble | Seeds | Harvest Records |
| 8:27:43 | LCD Soundsystem | Someone Great | Sound of Silver | DFA Records |
| 8:34:00 | Secret Machines | Now You're Gone | Secret Machines | TSM Recordings |
| 8:40:11 | Editors | Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors | An End Has a Start | FADER Label |
| 8:44:50 | Snow Patrol | Run | Final Straw | A&M Records |
| 8:57:31 | Chocolate Genius | My Mom | Black Music | V2 |
| 9:04:14 | Leonard Cohen | Hey That's No Way to Say Goodbye | The Essential Leonard Cohen | Columbia |
| 9:05:20 | Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Mercy | Howl Sessions | RCA |
| 9:15:06 | Los Campesinos! | What Death Leaves Behind | No Blues | Witchita |
| 9:19:48 | Pearl Jam | Just Breathe | Backspacer | Monkeywrench |
| 9:23:34 | The Jayhawks | Will I See You in Heaven | Rainy Day Music | American/Lost Highway |
| 9:39:33 | The Cure | Plainsong | Disintegration | Elektra |
| 9:44:32 | Liars | The Other Side Of Mt. Heart Attack | Drum’s Not Dead | |
| 9:47:51 | Strand of Oaks | Woke Up To The Light | Heal | Dead Oceans |
| 9:52:50 | Sigur Ros | Med Sud I Eyrum | Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust | XL |
2016 continues to take so much away from us. Today, the world mourns the death of a ladies' man, Leonard Cohen, at age 82. His Facebook page reports:
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