KEXP’s Martin Douglas speaks to the Tacoma MC Bruce Leroy about his many places of employment.
Three musicians break down the stories behind their songs about Seattle.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Larry Mizell, Jr., host of The Afternoon Show on KEXP, is "Made A Circle (feat. Nappy Nina, Maassai, Antonia Gabriela & Orion Sun)" by Moor Mother, from the 2021 album Black Encyclopedia of the Air on Moor Mother / Anti.
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Ann Wilson speaks with Sound & Vision’s Emily Fox about her long career in the music industry.
Today we feature two engineers, Alice Wilder and Talaya Logan, who got their start in Seattle and both love playing with sound.
Reporter George Mocharko looks at the manufacturing and supply chain issues that are delaying vinyl record pressing schedules by eight to nine months.
KEXP DJ Brian Foss shares his favorite non-traditional Christmas tunes spanning genres from garage rock to punk.
KEXP staff share their favorite music of 2021.
Ketamine treatment centers are opening all over Seattle. KEXP’s Rachel Stevens reports on how the treatments work.
Drew Pine reports on what it is about the Seattle area’s Vashon Island that attracts the creative type.
DakhaBrakha is a band from Ukraine whose live performance on KEXP from 2017 has garnered more than two million views on our YouTube channel.
Seattle’s Brittany Davis has released a debut EP on Pearl Jam Guitarist Stone Gossard’s label, Loosegroove Records.
In the second part of Ishmael Butler’s story, hosts Larry Mizell Jr. and Martin Douglas dig deep into his work as Shabazz Palaces and breakdown his lyricism, influence, and the familial bonds that stretch throughout the Black Constellation.
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On this episode, we get parenting advice from Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq.
Vancouver, B.C.-based band Destroyer released their 13th album, Labyrinthitis, on March 25.
JusMoni shares her story – and by extension, a deeper story about Seattle. Moni and her peers reflect on Hidmo, the intersecting identities with her family that she channels through her performance, motherhood, and her community and social justice work.
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Nicholas Galanin is the force behind musical projects Ya Tseen, Indian Agent, and Silver Jackson. Based out of Sitka, Alaska, he creates art – both musical and physical – from and for his Tlingit community.
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Otis Calvin, III – aka OCnotes – is a prolific, renegade artist. A songwriter, producer, and visionary who not only transcends genre but denies any type of barrier – musical or otherwise.
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Hollis Wong-Wear sits down with Larry Mizell Jr. to talk about her new album, moving to LA from Seattle, and more.
Frontman Patrick Haggerty shares the story of the Seattle-area band Lavender Country and explains why he shouldn’t be seen as an icon.
