London Grammar frontwoman Hannah Reid talks about how misogyny in the music industry inspired her band’s latest album, Californian Soil.
KEXP’s Gabriel Teodros caught up with authors Davey D and Jeff Chang about the new edition of Can’t Stop Won’t Stop and the power of hip-hop.
It’s been 50 years since the release of Marvin Gaye’s record, What’s Going On. KEXP’s Larry Mizell Jr. talks with Emily Fox about the history of the record, and more.
In this conversation between Kassa Overall and his former teacher, we hear how Mr. Robert Knatt learned aspects of his teaching philosophy from his own high school band teacher.
Mustafa recently released his debut album, When Smoke Rises. At its core, the album is an expression of love – love for friends he lost to gun violence, and love for his community in Regent Park, Toronto.
David McGraw of The True Loves is an acupuncturist by day. Reporter Sararosa Davies caught up with the band’s drummer to hear how his day job informs his music.
The band Garbage is out with their seventh album, No Gods No Masters. Frontwoman Shirley Manson discusses the album’s themes of racism and sexism.
MCs Prometheus Brown (aka Geo of Blue Scholars) and El Dia (co-founder of Youth Speaks Seattle) about how local arts collective isangmahal was foundational in the work they did
Jungle’s single “Keep Moving” has been the top played song on KEXP so far in 2021. The British duo has just released their third album, Loving in Stereo.
Ella Vos talks about how getting pregnant inspired her to become a solo artist and how her popular song, "White Noise," was about her struggles with postpartum depression
Ezra Furman talks about what led her to come out as a trans mom, and what it means for her to leave her young son at home once touring begins again.
Today we meet Susan Rogers, who engineered for Prince for four years, working on albums like Purple Rain and Sign o' the Times.
Today we meet two monitor engineers, Karrie Keyes and Christina Moon. The former has worked with artists like Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sonic Youth, and Social Distortion while the latter counts Sleater-Kinney, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, LCD Soundsystem, Interpol, Death Cab for Cutie and Cat Power as…
After being part of the bands Blur and Gorillaz, Damon Albarn is out with a new solo album called The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows.
KEXP’s Emily Fox catches up with Mark Plati, the producer and mixer of David Bowie's long-lost record, Toy, that just got its official release.
Guy Keltner and Ian Cunningham of Seattle-based band Acid Tongue about Keltner's journey to sobriety during the making of their new album 'Arboretum' and how the artists they collaborated with provided much-needed support.
Chan Marshall of Cat Power spoke with KEXP's Emily Fox about her new record, overcoming her struggles with mental health, and how motherhood has grounded her and given her strength.
In honor of J Dilla's birthday, KEXP’s Larry Mizell Jr. talks with author Dan Charnas about his new book, Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm.
Anaïs Mitchell talks with KEXP's Emily Fox about leaving New York City early in the pandemic to give birth at her parents’ farm in Vermont, and staying there to write an album that’s filled with childhood nostalgia.
Yoko Ono turned 89 last Friday, the same day a new covers album of her music was released. The album was curated by Ben Gibbard and features artists like Japanese Breakfast, Sharon Van Etten, and David Byrne.
