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Why did Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain all die
at the age of 27? What’s the connection between celebrity and death? Are
addiction-prone people more sensitive and likely to become musicians?
Does death give an artist credibility? What are the pressures that drive
someone to a dangerous place?
KEXP Documentaries producer Michele Myers takes a look at the people behind the image, and asks questions about our own mortality and vulnerability.
With musical hits from each artist, and audio from the Northwest’s own
Mia Zapata and Elliott Smith, along with T. Rex singer Marc Bolan, Nico
from the Velvet Underground, the Replacements’ Bob Stinson, and a man
who died onstage during a performance – Marc Sandman of Morphine.
Click here to listen and learn more information about each documentary.
Each episode of this 10-part series will be broadcast Thursdays at 3pm
on Kevin Cole’s Afternoon Show then rebroadcast on Quilty 3000’s
Fabulous Saturday Show at 2pm. And all KEXP Documentaries are online in
the learn tab at kexp.org.
KEXP Documentaries are produced by Michele Myers, in Association with The Seattle Partnership For American Popular Music. Some of our features are produced in collaboration with the University of Washington Music School and Experience Music Project. Assistants are Jacob Bennett, Kate Shantry.
Executive Producer is Kevin Cole.
We bring you a musical subject in the time it would take to play just one song!
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Artists who change today’s world, one song at a time.
Click here to listen and learn more information about each documentary.
Marvin Gaye said “If you want to reach people you have to give them a taste of themselves.” Join KEXP Documentaries for a look inside the hearts of legendary greats: James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Curtis Mayfield and Bill Withers. We’ll also spotlight today’s soul artists who are carrying on the legacy of truth, emotion and the eternal groove : Bettye Lavette, Jamie Lidell and Sharon Jones.
Click here to listen and learn more information about each documentary.
Masters of Turntablism is a 10-part series of short radio documentaries feature the Founding Fathers of Scratch: Kool Herc, Grandwizzard Theodore, GrandMixer DST, Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa, The X-Ecutioners, Mix Master Mike, Q-Bert, Cut Chemist and DJ Shadow.
Click here to listen and learn more information about each documentary.
American Sabor is a 10-part series on Latino innovators in US pop music.
Click here for the English version of this documentary, and
click here for the Spanish version.
Travel through time with the evolution of punk rock. Punk Evolution is a 10-part series on punk rock and counterculture. Featuring music by The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Black Flag, Bad Brains, The Dead Kennedys and more. Click here to listen and learn more about each documentary.
Streetwise is a 10-part series on alternative music in education. Click here to listen and learn more information about each documentary.
KEXP presents a series of stories on the musical life of Bob Dylan. Told by Dylan’s friends, scholars and fans, "Honest With Me" features firsthand accounts from Joan Baez, Al Kooper, Izzy Young and the Band’s Robbie Robertson.
Stories Produced By: Michele Myers
Executive Producer: Kevin Cole
Associate Producers: Rob Carroll and Jasen Emmons
© 2005 KEXP Radio
Produced at KEXP in collaboration with EMP and the UW School of Music. Funded by a grant from the Seattle Partnership for American Popular Music.
Click here to listen and learn more information about each documentary.
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