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KEXP Listeners Share: What's the Scariest Song You've Ever Heard?

We recently asked the KEXP Community, "What's the scariest song you've ever heard?" and boy, did you all deliver! We received hundreds upon hundreds of songs that give you the creeps.


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Community Engagement KEXP 50

50 Years of Music: 1985 - Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)

KEXP is celebrating our 50th anniversary this year, and we're looking back at the last half-century of music. Each week, KEXP pays homage to a different year. This week, we’re celebrating the year 1985. KEXP's Janice Headley reflects on the recent Kate Bush resurgence, and asks the KEXP community, …


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Community Engagement

International District Mixtape: Songs Chosen by Asian American-Led Organizations in Seattle

KEXP's Community Engagement Coordinator Wei Wei Xiao brings us an International District Mixtape, curated by seven local Asian American-led organizations in Seattle.


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Community Engagement

International Womens Day: Spotlight on Rock City Rain Camp

In honor of International Women's Day, KEXP spotlights Rain City Rock Camp, a Seattle-based organization whose mission is to empower girls, women, and gender non-conforming individuals to engage their creative potential through music.


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Community Engagement Sound and Vision

Sound & Vision: Jeffrey Gibson: Like a Hammer Hits a Chord with Its Native American Influence

The exhibit Like a Hammer has just opened at the Seattle Art Museum. KEXP talks with the artist Jeffrey Gibson about his influences: music, queer identity, and his worldly travels.


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Community Engagement International Clash Day

International Clash Day: Spotlight on Jail Guitar Doors

KEXP talks to Wayne Kramer of the MC5 about Jail Guitar Doors, an organization that finds people who work in prisons who are willing to use music as rehabilitation and provide them with musical instruments, mainly guitars.


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Community Engagement International Clash Day

International Clash Day: Spotlight on Olmec

KEXP talks to John Mayford, CEO at Olmec, an organization that champions race equality through economic and social justice.


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Community Engagement International Clash Day

International Clash Day: Spotlight on Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle

KEXP talks to Felisa Bryant, Career Bridge Program Manager, and Orlando Ames, Program Manager of Education for their program Level Up, from Urban League Of Metropolitan Seattle.


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Community Engagement International Clash Day

International Clash Day: Spotlight on API Chaya

KEXP speaks with Derek Dizon, Program Manager at API Chaya, an organization whose mission is to empower survivors of gender-based violence and human trafficking to gain safety, connection, and wellness.


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Sub Pop 30th Anniversary Count-Up

In 2018, KEXP celebrated the 30th anniversary of local record label Sub Pop with a four-month retrospective, "counting up" every catalog number in their vast discography of over 1,200 releases. Dig into the archives of our catalog coverage, featuring in-depth coverage on the history of their releases.


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