This session features new 20th century music for prepared piano, looped slide guitar, and fine-tuned listening.
Guest Ray Offenheiser, President of Oxfam America, speaks with Diane Horn about the work of Oxfam and the GROW campaign to fix the food system and help end hunger.
Ray Manzarek, founding member of influential '60s band The Doors, passed away this morning at the age of 74 after a battle with bile duct cancer.
Ray Farrell shares with us stories from his time in the industry, as well as some memories of talking records with Kurt himself.
Today’s song, featured on The Midday Show with Cheryl Waters, is “Mustn't Hurry” by Fever Ray from the 2017 album Plunge on Mute Records.
From his beginning with a pen and paper in 2009 to the release of his 2017 full-length debut Watercolor, Porter Ray has been one of the increasingly prominent, hardest-working talents in Seattle for some time. His art has never been more fully realized than it is on Watercolor, which finds him med…
Fresh off the release of their disco-focused album Prestige, British trio Girl Ray slow things down on their guest DJ mix as they spotlight some of their favorite late-night pop gems.
There are essentially two moods at festivals: ready to turn up or ready to chill out. On the first afternoon of Sasquatch, Seattle rapper Porter Ray played to both feelings, performing tracks from his intense, yet laid-back 2017 album, Watercolor.
15 minutes before Seattle hip hop artist Porter Ray's set at the KEXP Occidental Park Stage on Thursday night, things weren't looking good.
During Decibel Festival, Optical 3: Playful Dischord took place at the Sky Church, this time featuring Berlin's Kangding Ray, Atom™ HD/AV and ending with Oneohetrix Point Never with visual artist Nate Boyce. This stacked line-up explored everything from dance to deep space. Kangding Ray, a former a…
By Michael Tedder
A jazz rockin' jam band with Mike Saskor and Russ Grabski on guitars, Lennox Holness on bass and Charlie Workman on drums.
Much talk surrounding Capitol Hill Block Party's 2016 notes the intentionally electronic turn that the festival made this year with its headlining choices. Of those, the crowning evening of the weekend had to go to Saturday night, where hometown heroes ODESZA played to maybe the biggest crowd ever …
Martin Douglas examines 'When Words Dance,' the Central District MC's latest opus.
Martin Douglas explores the Sub Pop-issued full-lengths of the gifted Central District wordsmith.
Freakout Festival adds Shabazz Palaces, Porter Ray, The Shivas, Kung Foo Grip, Sassyblack and more to their lineup.
Inspired by Montana, shared sensibilities and a deep creative impulse fuel Alan Cook (drums, percussion), Tari Nelson-Zagar (violin), and Scot Ray (guitar, effects.)
Jazz from the 20s and 30s featuring Jacob Zimmerman on alto sax and clarinet, Ray Skjelbred on piano and poem recitation, and Matt Weiner on string bass.
Reaching across the world to define new paths for instrumental music, featuring Ray Larsen (trumpet), Cameron Sharif (keys), Mark Hunter (bass) and Evan Woodle (drums).