Seattle-area musician and visual artist J’Von talks about how becoming the father he never had comes up in his music.
Noah Gundersen talks about his new record, 'A Pillar of Salt,' and one of its major themes of moving away from Seattle.
Tori Amos talks about her new album, 'Ocean to Ocean,' and how she experiences visual trips of synesthesia when playing and listening to music.
Mudhoney's Guy Maddison talks with Sound & Vision’s Emily Fox about his life in music and medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic.
John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants talks about their new album, BOOK.
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.
The First Nations Hip Hop duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids talk about addressing generational trauma in their music and being the change they want to see in their community.
Bonobo talks about the samples he used in the record, getting through his writer's block with the help of modular synths, and finding solace in nature on tour and during the pandemic.
Jacob Lusk, vocalist for the soulful trio Gabriels, talks about being “the most myself I’ve ever been” with this group. .
Sound & Vision’s Roddy Nikpour brings us the story of two Seattle-based composers, Eric Barone and Andrew Rohrmann, and talks with sound designer Akash Thakkar.
Band of Horses frontman Ben Bridwell talks about how the new album, titled Things Are Great, was inspired by heartache and breakups.
Lucius released their latest LP, Second Nature, on April 8. Vocalist and songwriter Jess Wolfe talks about how the music is meant to make light through the darkness and dance through it.
Maren Morris talks about themes of motherhood and the death of her longtime friend and producer, Michael Busbee, on her new record, Humble Quest.
Hatchie talks about the themes of shame and self-acceptance on her latest record, Giving The World Away, and how she worked a day job during COVID.
The Head and The Heart talk about their new record, Every Shade of Blue, and starting therapy together as a band, 12 years since they formed in Seattle.
The Belgium-based electronic duo Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul talk about the themes of wokeness, racism, and the #Metoo movement that end up on their latest album, Topical Dancer.
Tennyson talks about his new album, Rot, written after he developed a hearing condition brought on by mold exposure that caused intense sensitivity to sound.
Washington’s Allen Stone talks about what it was like being a finalist in NBC’s "American Song Contest" and how he was able to make it happen in the final days of his mother’s life.
Nataly Dawn and Jack Conte of Pomplamoose talk about starting their career more than a decade ago by posting viral music videos to YouTube, going on to co-found Patreon and its importance to creators in the music industry
KEXP’s Larry Mizell Jr. sat down with Nabil Ayers recently to talk about his memoir in which he explores issues of race and about being the son of a famous musician, a man he had only met a handful of times in his life.
