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Sound & Vision: Yuuki Matthews on Teardrops and the Loss of Richard Swift

Sound & Vision host Emily Fox spoke with Yuuki Matthews (The Shins, Sufjan Stevens) about releasing the recordings from his collaboration with late friend and bandmate Richard Swift.


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Sound & Vision: Soccer Mommy on Color Theory

Sound & Vision host Emily Fox spoke with Sophie Allison about her latest album and why she grouped her songs by color.


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Sound & Vision: Paid Family Rocking

How a new Washington state parental leave program is helping musicians and artists start a family.


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Sound & Vision: LGBT Music and the South

The southern United States is considered to be the conservative bible belt of the country. It’s also home to the highest percentage of LGBT people in the U.S. KEXP's Sound & Vision explores the LGBT music scene in the South.


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Sound & Vision: Sarathy Korwar Amplifies South Asian Voices on His Latest Album More Arriving

KEXP talks to percussionist/producer Sarathy Korwar about his latest release More Coming and how he fuses hip hop and jazz with various elements of the diverse music of India to create something new and vibrant.


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Sound & Vision: Jamila Woods on Legacy! Legacy! and the Artists That Have Come Before Her

KEXP's Cheryl Waters spoke with the Chicago artist about the tracks on her latest album, which were inspired by artists of color like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Octavia Butler.


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Sound & Vision: Cookies, Cats, and Old Tube Microphones — Kearney Barton’s 50 Year Career in Seattle

The recording engineer’s work is highlighted on a new Light in the Attic compilation titled Kearney Barton: Architect of the Northwest Sound.


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Sound & Vision: Superunknown Took Soundgarden to the Masses

KEXP DJ Marco Collins spoke with music journalist Charles R. Cross about Soundgarden's Superunkown as a part of Sound & Vision’s occasional series “Northwest Classics."


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Sound & Vision: Why Heart's Wilson Sisters are Seattle's First Rock Stars

KEXP DJ Marco Collins spoke with music journalist Charles R. Cross about Heart's Dreamboat Annie as a part of Sound & Vision’s occasional series “Northwest Classics."


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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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