Song of the Day Podcast
Live Video: The Orwells
Live Reviews
Live Video: Daniel Rossen
KEXP And The UW
Specialty Shows
Swingin' Doors is dedicated to a wide range of country sounds and styles, from honky tonk and western swing to alternative country and bluegrass, in sharp contrast to the tight playlists and narrow focus of today's commercial country radio.
As might be expected from a show named Swingin' Doors, there's usually a bit more honky tonk than anything else, though you'll hear everything from old-time fiddle tunes and boppin' country boogie to lush Countrypolitan sounds and hard-charging alternative twang-rock.
You'll hear country giants like Loretta Lynn, Ernest Tubb and Lefty Frizzell alongside more obscure but talented folks such as Joe Carson, the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers and Charline Arthur. You'll also hear plenty of new music ranging from hardcore honky tonkers like Roger Wallace and Heather Myles to edgy alt-country artists like Neko Case, the Drive-By Truckers and Fred Eaglesmith.
I try to keep listeners up-to-date with what's happening now in the wide world of country music, while also bringing to light the richness and diversity of country's past. I'll also do my best to put the music in context by structuring the show so you can see the connections between different songs, artists and styles, along with sharing anecdotes and other bits of information about the music.
I also try to give folks a chance to hear country artists that are coming to town soon, while also supporting Seattle's twang community by regularly playing the music of local artists.
More than anything else, I try to play music that moves you, whether it's a song that makes you jump with joy or one that rips your heart out.
-Don Slack
KEXP Features
KEXP Live Video Streaming
KEXP presents its own in-house live video streaming capability Friday, May 2nd at 11:00 AM PST with a live in-studio performance from Warpaint. Join our e-mail list to be notified about future streamed performances. Made possible, in part, by MetroPCS.
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Capitol Hill Block Party Flyaway
Now’s your chance to win a VIP experience to the Capitol Hill Block Party: July 25th through 27th. Featuring Spoon, The War on Drugs, A$AP Rocky, and many more. KEXP and Alaska Airlines would like for you and a guest to win airfare, hotel, and three-day VIP festival passes. Enter to Win Now!
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Little show. Big effect.
KEXP, STG and Starbucks present the ninth show in our Little Big Show concert series with Cloud Cult and Benjamin Verdoes, at The Neptune on Friday, May 16th. 100% of ticket sales benefitted Hugo House Youth Programs. Click here to find out more about our Little Big Show series and the local charity beneficiaries.
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KEXP Audioasis Benefit Show
On Friday, May 9th, join us for a special Audioasis Showcase at the Sunset in downtown Ballard featuring Cumulus, Fauna Shade, and The Female Fiends. Net proceeds benefit Freedom Education Project Puget Sound. Sponsored in part by Office of Arts & Culture and U.S. Bancorp.
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KEXP's Non-Profit of the Month
This month, KEXP's featured Community Partnership Organization is the Freedom Education Project, a program that offers women the opportunity to get a college degree and take classes from professors at UW, the University of Puget Sound, Evergreen and Tacoma Community college while they are in prison.
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Streaming KEXP Online
We have upgraded our streaming infrastructure to serve you better. If you have any issues streaming KEXP, please try the Listen Live! links on the upper left of our homepage first. If you have any further issues, please send us an email at online-support@kexp.org.
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Podcasts
DJ Kevin Cole soars with a mix of new tunes on this week's Music That Matters podcast. Our Song of the Day podcasts feature Katie Kate and Woods. Our Live Performances podcast features Mammút and CYMBALS. And our Video of the Week podcast features Solids.
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In Studio Performances
Don't miss upcoming in-studio performances by the great artists you hear everyday on KEXP. Our schedule is updated weekly, so check back often. You can also subscribe to weekly podcasts that bring you a series of complete live in-studio sessions.
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KEXP Photo of the Day
Song of the Day Podcasts
A free song every day
- Apr/24Woods - Leaves Like Glass
> > (mp3) - Apr/23Jimi Goodwin - Oh! Whiskey
> > (mp3) - Apr/22Withered Hand - Fall Apart
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Music That Matters
DJ curated mixes
- Apr/18 - Fly High (#404)
featuring: Kevin Cole
(mp3) - Apr/11 - There's Really No Excuse (#403)
featuring: DJ Alex
(mp3) - Apr/04 - Young Reckless Hearts (#402)
featuring: Cheryl Waters
(mp3)
Recent Reviews
View our most recent album reviews
- Chet Faker: Built On Glass - 4/18/2014
- Sonic Avenues: Mistakes - 4/18/2014
- Ratking: So It Goes - 4/18/2014
- Pink Mountaintops: Get Back - 4/18/2014
- Neighbors: Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? - 4/18/2014
- Vox Mod: The Great Oscillator - 4/18/2014
- Fujiya & Miyagi: Artificial Sweeteners - 4/18/2014
- Elephant: Sky Swimming - 4/18/2014
- Zoe Muth: World of Strangers - 4/18/2014
- Todd Terje: It's Album Time - 4/11/2014
- EMA: The Future's Void - 4/11/2014
- Chad VanGaalen: Shrink Dust - 4/11/2014
- Karol Conka: Batuk Freak - 4/11/2014
- Fear Of Men: Loom - 4/11/2014
- Woods: With Light and With Love - 4/4/2014
- Protomartyr: Under Color of Official Right - 4/4/2014
- Wye Oak: Shriek - 4/4/2014
- Bobby Bare Jr's Young Criminals' Starvation League: Undefeated - 4/4/2014
- Sohn: Tremors - 4/4/2014
- Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks: Enter The Slasher House - 4/4/2014
The KEXP Variety Chart (4/11/2014 - 4/17/2014)
More Music Charts | Top 90.3 of 2013- 1.
The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream
- 2.
Phantogram - Voices
- 3.
Woods - With Light and With Love
- 4.
The Afghan Whigs - Do to the Beast
- 5.
Chad VanGaalen - Shrink Dust
- 6.
Todd Terje - It's Album Time
- 7.
Mac DeMarco - Salad Days
- 8.
Cloud Nothings - Here And Nowhere Else
- 9.
Future Islands - Singles
- 10.
Beck - Morning Phase
- 11.
Elbow - The Take Off and Landing of Everything
- 12.
Wye Oak - Shriek
- 13.
EMA - The Future's Void
- 14.
Pillar Point - Pillar Point
- 15.
Trust - Joyland
- 16.
(Various) - Suicide Squeeze Presents: Forever Singles
- 17.
Black Lips - Underneath The Rainbow
- 18.
Katie Kate - Nation
- 19.
Real Estate - Atlas
- 20.
Liars - Mess
KEXP Recommended Events
- 4/25/2014 Bleeding Rainbow, Wimps, So Pitted
- 4/25/2014 Tokyo Police Club, Geographer, Said the Whale
- 4/25/2014 Howler
- 4/25/2014 2014 Pop Conference
- 4/26/2014 2014 Pop Conference
- 4/26/2014 Shlohmo, Jim E-Stack
- 4/26/2014 Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band, Chimurenga Renaissance, Magic Mouth
- 4/26/2014 Kids Rock Series - Caspar Babypants (10:30 am)
- 4/26/2014 Pufferfish, Tuktu, Whiting Tennis
- 4/27/2014 Lazer Kitty, Cloud Person, Exohxo
- 4/27/2014 2014 Pop Conference
- 4/28/2014 Trust, Mozart's Sister
- 4/28/2014 Mastodon, Gojira, Kvelertak
- 4/29/2014 I Break Horses, Rival Consoles
- 4/29/2014 Destroyer, Valley Maker
- 4/29/2014 Tomo Nakayama’s Scratch Night
- 4/29/2014 Moon Duo, Kikagaku Moyo, Fungal Abyss
- 4/30/2014 Alicia Amiri, Shelby Earl, Pete Quirk
- 4/30/2014 Wishbeard, Thunderpussy, Kairos
- 5/1/2014 Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra, Jherek Bischoff
- 5/1/2014 Haunted Horses, Monogamy Party, KA
- 5/1/2014 Betsy Hansen Cancer Fund Benefit - Fe Fi Fo Fums, Coconut Coolouts, Wimps
- 5/2/2014 Warpaint, James Supercave
- 5/2/2014 White Poppy, WL, Chastity Belt
- 5/2/2014 Peeping Tomboys, Webelos, Swamp Meat
- 5/2/2014 Fresh Espresso, Ayron Jones & The Way, Duke Evers Band
- 5/2/2014 The Model Rockets
- 5/3/2014 Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers, Massy Ferguson
- 5/3/2014 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Fear of Men, Ablebody
- 5/3/2014 Cathedrals VIII - Courtney Marie Andrews, Shenandoah Davis, Pollens, Pepper Proud, Erin Austin, Daniel Blue, Lotte Kestner, Hannalee & Friends, Kye Alfred Hillig, Bradford Loomis, Greg Paul & Holly Merrill, Sophia Duccini
- 5/3/2014 The 3rd Annual Pedaler’s Fair
- 5/4/2014 Welcome to Dillaville - Bizarre Ride Live: Slimkid3 & Fatlip, Slum Village, Serge Severe
- 5/6/2014 Corb Lund, The Deep Dark Woods, Frontier Ruckus
- 5/6/2014 Lo-Fang
- 5/7/2014 Eilen Jewell
- 5/7/2014 Cassandra Wilson
- 5/7/2014 Pantha Du Prince: The Triad with Scott Mou
- 5/8/2014 Bumbershoot Lineup Announcement Party - Pickwick, Naomi Wachira & Hosted by Ken Jennings
- 5/8/2014 Cassandra Wilson
- 5/8/2014 Zero Boys
- 5/8/2014 Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs, Mark Pickerel
- 5/9/2014 Don't Talk to the Cops and More
- 5/9/2014 Audioasis Benefit for Freedom Education Project Puget Sound - Cumulus, Fauna Shade, The Female Friends
- 5/9/2014 Country Lips, The Ganges River Band, Annie Ford Band
- 5/9/2014 Orgone vs. Monophonics
- 5/10/2014 Danny Brown, ZelooperZ
- 5/11/2014 Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Zach Heckendorf
- 5/11/2014 Connan Mockasin, Kirin J. Callinan
- 5/12/2014 Oso Mudslide Benefit w/ Mary Lambert, La Luz, Star Anna
- 5/12/2014 Old 97's, Nikki Lane
KEXP.ORG Seattle: Upcoming In-studio Performances
- The Comettes LIVE on KEXP 4/25/2014 9:00am
- Bleeding Rainbow LIVE on KEXP 4/25/2014 11:00am
- Howler LIVE on KEXP 4/25/2014 1:00pm
- Ravenna Woods LIVE on KEXP 4/26/2014 6:30pm
- Litanic Mask session on KEXP 4/26/2014 8:30pm
- Babylon LIVE on KEXP 4/26/2014 10:00pm
- Mobb Deep session on KEXP 4/27/2014 8:00pm
- Trust LIVE on KEXP 4/28/2014 1:00pm
- Chad Van Gaalen LIVE on KEXP 4/29/2014 1:00pm
- Parker Millsap session on KEXP 4/30/2014 7:30pm
- Zoe Muth LIVE on KEXP 5/1/2014 7:00pm
