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Lift Every Vote Social Media Campaign Brings Artists Together For Civic Engagement and Music As Protest

KEXP spoke with bassist Russell Hall and tap dancer Michela Marino Lerman about the campaign, its origins, and how music can bring people together to (hopefully) change the world.


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Sound & Vision: Anjimile On Their Album Giver Taker

Sound & Vision host Emily Fox spoke with the Boston-based musician about their new album, which was partially written while in rehab, and discovering their own identity through writing songs.


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Sound & Vision: For Labels and Artists, the Postal Service is a “Lifeline”

The U.S. Postal Service and media mail are critical to independent labels and musicians. What happens if that goes away?


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Interviews Sound and Vision

El Paso Band EEP on Finding Shoegaze, Overcoming Disabilities, and Their Latest Album Death of a Very Good Machine

KEXP's Owen Murphy reached the band via ZOOM from his home just outside Seattle. Read the interview below or listen to a clip that previously aired on KEXP's Sound & Vision.


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Sound & Vision: MusiCares' Laura Segura on COVID-19 Relief for Musicians

The executive director of MusiCares spoke with Sound & Vision host Emily Fox about the non-profit’s COVID-19 relief effort for people in the music industry.


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Sound & Vision: Natasha Marin on Black Imaginations

The conceptual artist spoke with Sound & Vision host Emily Fox about asking other Black artists about their origin stories, how they heal themselves and to describe a world where they're loved, safe and valued.


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Sound & Vision: Ebo Barton on Freedom and Finding Home Amid Gentrification

The poet, artist and educator spoke with Sound & Vision host Emily Fox about some of their poems. Their forthcoming book, Insubordinate, is out on August 27th.


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Sound & Vision: Jourdan Imani Keith Asks, Are You an Endangered Species?

Seattle’s Civic Poet spoke with Sound & Vision host Emily Fox for the show’s ongoing series on poets in the Northwest.


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Sound & Vision: Robert Lashley on Music, Growing up in Tacoma, and Black Joy

The poet and playwright spoke with host Emily Fox about his work as a part of Sound & Vision’s series on poetry.


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From the Archives:

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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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