Fall Fundraising Drive: You Span the Globe with KEXP!

Your support of listener-powered KEXP not only brings you music from all over the world via specialty shows like El Sonido and Wo’ Pop, but you also enable music lovers all over the globe to enjoy the great sound of Seattle no matter where they live and work. This summer the Pena family (pictured above) took KEXP with them to Zambia, where Erin (middle) serves in the Peace Corps. Look closely: you are bringing the joy of "music that matters" to baby rhinos!

Since the Fall Drive kicked off last Friday, more than 1,000 music lovers have made a gift to support KEXP. How inspiring to witness so many people coming together and saying “music is important to me, and I want to bring it to my friends and neighbors, too”! That’s a message that transcends geographic borders, and already listeners in Italy, France, Switzerland, Scotland, England, El Salvador, and Australia have donated.Music lovers across Seattle and throughout Washington have shown terrific support, too, like Jennifer in Kalama:

KEXP is my main source for new (and not so new) music discovery in a virtual dead zone for radio in Southwest WA. I discovered the Music That Matters podcast a few years ago and have found so many great bands that I wouldn't have otherwise. Recently I hooked up a set of wireless internet speakers and discovered that I can listen to KEXP in real time, daily! How cool is that?!  Now I'm listening to the countdown during the Drive and the last stretch of Bad Brains through Parquet Courts and now the Reverend Horton Heat made me so happy that I had to send a little additional gift. Thanks for being there... and here!