This week is KEXP’s spring fundraising drive! We’re sharing listener stories about how music has helped them connect with friends and family.
Pickathon is a music festival from another time. Coming down from Seattle, you find yourself coming across the breathtaking Columbia Gorge, taking exit 17 off of I-205 straight onto Woodstock Drive, and maybe that’s no mistake. The closer you get to Happy Valley, the further back in time you seem t…
Femi and Made Kuti are the descendants of Fela Kuti — the pioneer of Afrobeat.
Jeremy Dutcher talks about trying to keep the Wolastoqey language alive through music and through a new language immersion school his family has been working to create.
Bartees Strange talks about how his latest album, Farm to Table, reflects on resilience, family, and the death of George Floyd.
Y La Bamba speaks with KEXP about family, Mexican American identity, queerness, and mental health, and how these themes show up in their music.
Rahill joins KEXP’s Isabel Khalili to discuss the vulnerability of the new album and how it helped her arrive at the place of self-love she embodied as a child.
