Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by DJ Cheryl Waters, is "Let Me Go" by SAULT, from the 2019 album 5 on Forever Living Originals.
KEXP DJs Larry Mizell, Jr. and Riz Rollins discuss the new Aretha Franklin biopic. They talk about what the film got right and what was missing. Plus, we hear stories from Riz about seeing Aretha Franklin live.
Celebrating their fourth LP, A Man Alive, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down stopped by KEXP to throw a little pre-release party. Though the new songs are energetic and completely accessible, as Thao explains to the Midday Show's Cheryl Waters, recording A Man Alive was an incredibly personal, at time…
For every country music star who seems to pop out of nowhere with a new mega-hit single, too many other talented artists struggle to reach even half the audiences they deserve. It's a sad fact for musicians of all genres, but the ethics of "hard work for little pay" seem particularly true for count…
