Jyoti B. Fly talks about Peruvian artist Sofia Kourtesis and her new collaboration with Daphni of Caribou fame on the song "Unidos."
Brooklyn-based band Crumb talk about Domenique Dumont's song "Deux Paradis."
KEXP Music Director Chris Sanley talks about POP Montreal International Music Festival’s best acts, including Shn Shn and her song "Home is Another Place."
KEXP DJ Goyri, co-host of El Sonido, joins host Evie Stokes to talk about Mexico City’s bursting music scene and unperro andaluz’s new song “malabares” featuring another Mexican artist – Manuel Ávila – off their record tragaperras on ERiZO.
Seattle's own Delvon Lamarr of the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio shares a guest DJ mix for Midnight In A Perfect World showcasing the timeless soul, funk, and R&B songs that have influenced him as an artist.
The two Pacific Northwest rappers deep dive into the lyrics of their song "Solidarity," discuss the importance of acknowledging our shared racial history as resistance, and shed light on how if oppression is collaborative, then our freedom has to be.
In KEXP's new weekly series Living Singles, the KEXP staff contributors highlight three brand new singles that are resonating with them right now. Listen to Dusty Henry talk about his picks alongside Sound & Vision's Rachel Stevens.
Chilean musician and film director Alex Anwandter's guest DJ mix spotlights the songs that inspired the vibrant and expressive sound on his new album El diablo en el cuerpo.
Hanukkah kicked off yesterday evening, and KEXP has your playlist of songs for the season. The eight-day festival of lights will run through Monday, December 14th, so spin these tracks while you spin the dreidel. Happy Hanukkah from everyone at KEXP!
An essayist as well as a rapper, Dessa’s lyricism has always been a pool fed by both hip-hop and those forms of storytelling and poetry meant for the page. The Doomtree affiliated, Minneapolis MC is especially sharp-eyed on her latest single “Fire Drills,” off the soon-to-be-released album Chime.
"Actions, situations, feelings, things you've witnessed or taken part in can stay in your eyes for others to feel when they look at you. That is what this song is about. Eyes and big souls."
Seattle DJ Wesley Holmes delivers a seamless and beautiful journey through dancefloor jams both new and old, kicking off with a trio of iconic 1980s songs before gliding through contemporary-heavy selections that carry a similar uplifting and infectious spirit.
Kevin Morby is one of 27 artists including Cherry Glazzer, Devendra Banhart, Palehound, Briana Marela, TORRES, and Dolly Parton that are contributing to a compilation from podcast More Perfect that dissects the 27 Amendments of the U.S. Constitution
Plus hear the re-released single "World Tour 2018." The trio's upcoming sophomore album Time 'n' Place is said to be out "v soon."