KEXP DJ Marco Collins spoke with music journalist Charles R. Cross about Postal Service's Give Up as a part of Sound & Vision’s occasional series “Northwest Classics."
Sound & Vision host Emily Fox spoke with Denise Burnside and Ian Moore of Seattle Musicians Access to Sustainable Healthcare about how they’re adapting to serving musicians during a pandemic.
The conceptual artist spoke with Sound & Vision host Emily Fox about asking other Black artists about their origin stories, how they heal themselves and to describe a world where they're loved, safe and valued.
From the big stadium to the intimate studio, British group Bloc Party, who made a name for themselves with a big Brit Pop influenced guitar sound, recently stopped by KEXP to strip down their sound to bare essentials. What makes this acoustic session even more special and rare is the band's continu…
Daniel Monkman makes music under the name Zoon, blending shoegaze with traditional First nations. sounds like a tribal drum. KEXP’s Dusty Henry spoke with Zoon to learn how making music brought them closer to their Ojibway heritage.
Sound & Vision has been getting to know the six new women of color in the Washington state legislature through music. Today, we meet Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, the first South Asian American woman ever elected to the US House of Representatives
KEXP DJ Marco Collins spoke with music journalist Charles R. Cross about Soundgarden's Superunkown as a part of Sound & Vision’s occasional series “Northwest Classics."
The MC of Seattle hip-hop group Blue Scholars fused his music industry knowledge and love of culinary arts to switch up his main hustle. This is part of Sound & Vision’s Day Jobs series which explores musicians who juggle day jobs with their passion in music.
Sound & Vision host Emily Fox spoke with Nate Omdal of Fair Trade Music about the organizations goals and how the COVID-19 pandemic is showing the need for more transparency in the music industry.
This week in El Sonido we're doing a bit of a video round-up preview of Primavera Sound 2016. One of the best curated multi-day events of its size in the world, this Barcelona, Spain event is an urban festival par excellence.
Fall is kicking off with some heavy hitters. KEXP Music Director Don Yates calls the latest from Wilco, "one of their more modest-sounding releases, featuring a mostly low-key and acoustic-oriented folk-rock sound on bittersweet songs revolving around alienation and childhood memories."
Barcelona’s Primavera Sound Festival have just announced the full lineup for their 14th edition, and it has all of dreaming of a trip to Spain to see these bands at the Parc del Fòrum along the waterfront.
That loud clicking sound you hear is the sound of thousands of music fans rushing to make their travel arrangements: the line-up for the 2014 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has been announced, and it's a doozy.
It's called Music City, USA for a reason -- Nashville has been long been a destination for Country and Americana artists, including some from Seattle. Sound and Vision reporter Lisa Craze spoke with former Seattleites Aaron English, Kate Tucker, Bradford Loomis and Willow Scribner about why they mo…
KEXP DJ Marco Collins spoke with music journalist Charles R. Cross about Heart's Dreamboat Annie as a part of Sound & Vision’s occasional series “Northwest Classics."
As we get closer to the finals of the 19th Annual Sound Off! competition, KEXP's Content Team wanted to take a minute to reflect on some of the competition's most successful alumni, artists who've parlayed their participation into active music careers.
The KEXP DJ spoke with Sound & Vision host Emily Fox about why self-isolation is the perfect time to process Fiona Apple's first album in eight years.
The Sound & Vision podcast from KEXP features interviews, panels, reporting and commentary that digs into the stories behind the music, with in-depth discussion of the most important issues facing music and arts communities. Sound & Vision is hosted by Emily Fox.
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Every year, EMP's Sound Off! competition showcases emerging stars in the all-ages music scene. Previous winners have included The Lonely Forest, Dyme Def, Sol, Kithkin, Brothers from Another, Manatee Commune, Fauna Shade, Schoolyard Heroes, Tomten, and Brite Futures, just to name a few. Last week, …
Sound & Vision Senior Producer Rachel Stevens talks about the buzz behind “Renaissance” with fellow fans from the B Hive: KEXP Afternoon Show Host Larry Mizell Jr., Stas Thee Boss, and KUOW Arts and Culture Reporter Mike Davis.
