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KEXP programs an innovative, eclectic music mix you can’t find anywhere else. Rock, hip hop, electronic, country, blues, world and in-depth specialty programs.





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Cheryl Waters : Variety Mix, Mon-Fri 10AM-2PM

Time at station:
Since 1994

Other jobs:
Music Critic: The Beat, KUOW 94.9 FM every other Tuesday at 2:45pm

My show comes together in a completely organic way. No matter how much I plan throughout the week and carefully select CDs and LPs before my show, I invariably end up hearing a bassline or a beat or a thread in the music that makes me think of "the perfect song" to follow the one I'm playing and dash into the music library with a minute or two left in the song to grab the "perfect" next song. I do this all night long for the duration of my 4-hour show. So, every show is intimate and absorbing, and often exhausting, musical experience blending a wide range of musical styles and reflecting whatever mood I'm in at any given time.


Cheryl and Michael Franti


Cheryl and Anthony from M83

You'll hear a wide range of sounds on my show but I'm definitly a sucker for old soul (Al Green, Sam Cooke, The Isley Brothers), shoegazer brit pop/rock (Gomez, The Beta Band, The Dandy Warhols, Catherine Wheel), full-on wall-of-sound guitar assualt (juno, jane's addiction, smashing pumpkins), singer-songwriter pop/rock (joseph arthur, richard buckner, david garza, turin brakes, spoon, elliot smith), and funky groovin' hip hop (spearhead, gang starr, beastie boys). It feels too confining to try to list the thousands of artists that I love and play. It seems like I learn about some great new artist or band every week. The great thing about KEXP is that great new music comes in nearly every day. I love experimenting with all this new music and mixing it with all the great older stuff that still deserves to be played.

Even after nearly 10 years on this same station, I love doing every single show as much as I did the first time I was on the air. With so much amazing music in the world, the freedom to play any song you want is exhilarating.



Recent Recommendations

Luke Temple - Hold A Match For A Gasoline World) (Mill Pond)
This CD is simply beautiful. Luke has a voice that bring to mind Jeff Buckley and Finn Andrews of the The Veils.

Teenage Fanclub - Man-Made) (Merge)
They've hit another homerun with a new CD, coming out in June, that makes me smile so hard my face hurts.

Spoon - Gimme Fiction) (Merge)
Please do not let Britt Daniel EVER stop making music. He never disappoints.

Various Artists - Verve Remixed 3) (Verve)
What a wonderful idea to have all these great artists remixing tracks from the outstanding Verve catalog. These compilations just keep getting stronger and stronger.

Fischerspooner - Odyssey) (Capitol)
Hard driving beats that make me dance and smile (at the same time).

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