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.
It has been 25 years since the one-hit wonder White Town released the hit, "Your Woman." The man behind White Town, Jyoti Mishra, breaks down how the song came together and why he wrote a song from a woman’s perspective.
Jen Malone is the music supervisor behind the hit TV shows Euphoria, Yellowjackets, Atlanta, and more. KEXP’s Larry Mizell Jr. is a big fan of those shows and a fan of Malone’s work.
Laura Ballance, bassist for Superchunk and co-founder of Merge Records, talks about how her hearing issues have impacted her career in music.
On the inaugural episode of Fresh Off the Spaceship, co-hosts Larry Mizell Jr. and Martin Douglas guide you through the big question: “What is the Black Constellation?”
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On this week’s episode, we’ll explore Ishmael Butler’s journey from the West Coast to the East Coast and back again. Through all his stylistic reinventions and his current artistic life as lynchpin of Shabazz Palaces, son of the Central District and under-heralded hip-hop visionary.
Chris Bathgate talks about his new record, The Significance of Peaches, which was released after living in a national forest in Michigan, farming in California, working at a tech startup in San Francisco, having a child and moving back home to Michigan.
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Rachel Stevens talks to rock and roll royalty Corin Tucker about Sleater-Kinney’s new album, Dig Me In: A Dig Me Out Covers Album (out Friday, October 21st).
On the show this time, it’s the groovy, new-classic roots-rock of Portland’s Rose City Band.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by John Richards, host of The Morning Show on KEXP, is "Hurt Me" by Sibille Attar, a 2020 single on PNKSLM Recordings.
