Wo' Pop is a 3-hour look into what used to be called "World Music" I call it "Modern Global Music" because it encompasses all the current musical genres while being deeply engaged in the sounds and ideas of each city or region.
African Kwaito, Bhangra and Bollywood from Bombay and London, Mbalax f…
On the show this time, it’s the inclusionary joy of London’s Ibibio Sound Machine. Their latest album, Electricity, is available on Merge Records.
Protomartyr released their sixth album, titled Formal Growth in the Desert, in June.
Danielle Ponder talks about leaving her job as a public defender to pursue music full time at 40.
KEXP’s Roddy Nikpour gives a rundown on how A.I. has been playing out in the music industry and chats with musician and writer, Kelly Bishop.
In this episode, Arlo Parks talks about lyricism but also how she manages burnout, which caused the cancellation of a few of her tour stops last fall.
After a short-lived but dramatic hockey residency, Seattle supergroup Who Is She (members of Chastity Belt, Tacocat, and Lisa Prank) return with their second album.
Genesis Owusu’s latest album Struggler has him genre shifting while telling a story of a cockroach which represents humanity.
Vagabon's third album, Sorry I Haven’t Called, was written following the passing of her dear friend and collaborator, Eric Littmann.
KEXP’s Roddy Nikpour speaks with drummer Chris Hrasky of Explosions in the Sky about how this isn’t in fact “the end” for the band.
Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe is a Coast Salish writer and musician whose 2022 memoir recently won the Washington State Book Award.
Jeremy Dutcher is a Polaris Prize and Juno Award-winning Wolastoqiyik artist from Canada
Gregg Deal of Dead Pioneers talks with KEXP's Dusty Henry about growing up as the only native family in his Utah school, and more.
New York duo Armand Hammer returned with a new album last month called We Buy Diabetic Test Strips.
Sonic Youth member Thurston Moore has released a memoir called Sonic Life.
Heatmiser recently released a compilation record of early recordings called The Music of Heatmiser.
Sudan Tapes Archive is a DIY project started by Haneen Sidhamed where she digitizes and makes Sudanese music cassette tapes available to stream online.
Alex Bingham talks with Emily Fox about how the death of four loved ones in the same year led him to make an album and how music brought joy back into his life.
Black rockers in Seattle speak with contributor Mia Imani about navigating a music scene that has historically excluded them and about reclaiming a genre that many notable Black musicians helped create.
The Portland-based experimental band Grails is back with their latest album, Anches en Maat.
