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Sound & Vision: The Budos Band Saxophonist Jared Tankel on Being Bi-Coastal and New Album V

Ahead of the band's in-studio on KEXP on April 20 at 3:30 PM PT, DJ John Richards gets the scoop on their latest release.


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Francisca Valenzuela of RUIDOSA on the Lack of Female Artists in Latin Music Festivals

Ruidosa is a feminist media collective from Chile that studied the presence of women in the line-ups of 66 Latin music festivals.


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Throwaway Style: An Interview With the Black Tones

Martin Douglas speaks with the sibling rock 'n roll duo about an array of topics in this lengthy conversation.


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Chong the Nomad Looks at Love with New Single "Two Colors" (KEXP Premiere)

KEXP shares a new single from Seattle electronic music producer, Chong the Nomad.


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Interviews

Guess We Found a Way: Ibibio Sound Machine Discuss the Power of Positivity (And Fashion)

KEXP spoke with Ibibio Sound Machine's Eno Williams about their new record, staying positive in a post-Brexit UK, and the most important topic of all - fashion


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Interviews Music Heals

Music Heals: Draco Rosa Beat Cancer with Chords and Intimate Conversations

The award-winning Puerto Rican songwriter and former Menudo member shares his recovery story and the work he's doing now with his foundation Vox Forte Horizonte.


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Interviews Music Heals

Music Heals: Remy Zero’s Cinjun Tate on Cancer, Recovery, and Never Being The Same Again

After getting his cancer diagnosis the same day he learned his wife was pregnant, the songwriter looks back on recovery and changing perspectives.


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Sound & Vision: Debra Entenman, member-elect of the WA House of Representatives, on What She Wants

As part of Women's History Month throughout March, we're getting to know the six new women of color in Washington state's legislature through music. Today we meet Debra Entenman.


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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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