One of my favorite things about humanity is when we discover common bonds between us regardless of environment and background. Of course there are the basic necessities: food, water, shelter, but the commonality we share that is the most interesting, because it is abstract, is music. - DJ Morgan
Common has yet to announce the release date for his upcoming LP, Nobody Smiling, but today he has shared the LP track "War." The album delves into the heartbreaking violence in his hometown of Chicago. This first song focuses on the similarities of the children being killed in Chicago and in wars …
Fresh off her tour with Radiolab, Thao Nguyen and The Get Down Stay Down are streaming their new album We The Common. Featuring a collaboration song with Joanna Newsom, "Kindness Be Conceived", the album is catchy but surprising - Thao can easily move from sweetness to roaring in a jump and a skip.…
The melancholy acoustic track is available digitally and streaming everywhere today via Barsuk Records.
Guest Lucy Moore speaks with Diane Horn about her book "Common Ground on Hostile Turf: Stories from an Environmental Mediator".
Guest Cecile Andrews speaks with Diane Horn about her most recent book, "Living Room Revolution: A Handbook for Conversation, Community and the Common Good."
Guest Peter Barnes, cofounder and former president of Working Assets Long Distance, speaks with Diane Horn about his book "Capitalism 3.0: A Guide to Reclaiming the Commons."
Guest Georgia Levenson Keohane, Executive Director of Pershing Square Foundation, speaks with Diane Horn about her book “Capital and the Common Good: How Innovative Finance is Tackling the World's Most Urgent Problems”.
What do Regina Spektor, Los Campesinos, and Mark Eitzel have in common? All these artists have performed (or are soon to perform) in KEXP’s innovative Live Room.
Guest Chuck Collins, Senior Scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies. speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book “Born on Third Base: A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home, and Committing to the Common Good.”
Guest Lew Daly, Senior Fellow, Demos, speaks with Diane Horn about his book, coauthored with Gar Alperovitz, titled "Unjust Deserts: How the Rich Are Taking Our Common Inheritance and Why We Should Take It Back."
Today’s song, featured on The Morning Show with John Richards, is "Blue Again" by Weakened Friends, from the 2018 album Common Blah on Don Giovanni Records.
Guitarist Jimmy James of the True Loves and Delvon Lamarr Trio talks about his musical influences, and how music breaks through the language barrier and brings people together.
It's surely no coincidence that a couple of these new releases came out on the eve of the 2016 Presidential Election. Veteran Chicago rapper Common shares his 11th full-length, an album KEXP's Music Director Don Yates calls, "a powerful set of politically charged hip hop with gritty, cinematic, sou…
It’s time again for Friday on My Mind. Our weekly blog post where we look at videos centered around one common theme. This is a collaborative effort between KEXP and King 5 News.
It’s time again for Friday on My Mind. Our weekly blog post where we look at videos centered around one common theme. This is a collaborative effort between KEXP and King 5 News.
It’s time again for Friday on My Mind. Our weekly blog post where we look at videos centered around one common theme. This is a collaborative effort between KEXP and King 5 News.
It’s time again for Friday on My Mind. Our weekly blog post where we look at videos centered around one common theme. This is a collaborative effort between KEXP and King 5 News.
