Jackie Shane was a Black trans soul singer who performed in the 60s. In 1971, she walked away from her career and basically disappeared.
Learn a bit about the DJs who will be moving into new on-air slots, including Larry Mizell, Jr., Gabriel Teodros, Albina Cabrera, and more.
Guest Sebastian Seung, Professor of Computational Neuroscience and Physics at MIT, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "CONNECTOME: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are".
Guest Sebastian Seung, Professor of Computational Neuroscience and Physics at MIT, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "CONNECTOME: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are".
There is nothing extinct about The Dodos. In fact, they've been playing music together consistently since 2005 and are continually evolving. While playing, The Dodos are always changing speeds, messing with time, all the while imbuing an unassuming – yes – confidence, as on their recent single of t…
Saturday night in West Seattle, history was made... or remade... when Northwest legends The Sonics performed a special set at Easy Street Records on Record Store Day to benefit KEXP's New Home. The iconic Tacoma band alone were a huge draw to the legion of fans inside and surrounding the store, but…
Martin Douglas visits Ballard Avenue's finest Lebanese-Mexican eatery and speaks to its founder, who also happens to play drums in one of the city's greatest rock bands.
We're turning the mic over to our behind the scenes staff, volunteers, and interns who help keep the station running. Here are their favorite albums of 2017.
We’re turning the mic over to our behind the scenes staff, volunteers, and interns who help keep the station running. Here is part one of their favorite albums of 2018.
We’re turning the mic over to our behind the scenes staff, volunteers, and interns who help keep the station running. Here is part two of their favorite albums of 2018.
We're turning the mic over to our behind the scenes staff, volunteers, and interns who help keep the station running. Here are their favorite albums of 2017.
Jesse Beaman joins a growing number of artists who are no longer making their music available on Spotify.
Miami-based garage rockers Jacuzzi Boys have launched a new label Mag Mag, and who better to be on their first release but the Grandfather of Punk himself, Iggy Pop. Check out the single "Asshole Blues" below, officially out April 21st as the first in a series of flexi-discs. In an interview with …
If you're one of those devouring the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black, you've got this lady to thank: creator/writer/executive producer Jenji Leslie Kohan, who celebrates her 46th birthday today. And if you're a KEXP listener who watches this show, you've surely recognized music from…
Danish psych-rock band Mew returned to the KEXP studios in support of their first album in six years, + - (pronounced "plus minus"). It ended up being quite an appropriate title. Plus: the return of founding bassist Johan Wohlert, who left the band in 2006 before the birth of his first child. Minus…
By and large, the lineup for Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit is composed of electronically-based musicians. But like its namesake, it also swings a little left of center, and on Friday, it was the artists who weren't tied down to their computers, synthesizers, or sequencers that made the str…
The Seattle supergroup looks back at their Kraken firing and looks ahead toward their new album.
In this intimate interview for Sound & Vision, DJ Kevin Cole chats with his long-time friend Jay Mathews, who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
We caught up with the musical dynamo to preview the gig and to ask her who she’s listening to these days, how her identity as a queer woman informs her art, and when she started singing.
KEXP is committed to becoming an anti-racist organization. We mourn the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and all victims of racial injustice and police brutality. Black Lives Matter. We stand in solidarity with protestors across the nation who are calling for justice and acco…
