Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Every Friday, we feature a Northweste…
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today's selection, featured on the Af…
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on The Afte…
Through in-studio performances, interviews with local and national artists, co-curators and DJs Darek Mazzone and Chilly explore the immigrant experience.
Of the experiences that KEXP listeners tell us they value most, the intimate, personal interactions between artists and fans always ranks the highest. In our interviews and in-studio videos, we try to get as close to the heart as possible, but occasionally we are able to dive further into the creat…
Vitamin D talks about ToXic MaX-Q-Linity, Australia’s bursting R&B scene, and a sunny new single from Sampology.
Vivian McCall of Pansy joins producer Lilly Ana Fowler to talk about their new EP Skin Graft and recording music as a transgender artist as well as Sharp Pins.
Immigrant Songs is a series presented and produced by KEXP, with support from The Vilcek Foundation. Through in-studio performances, interviews with local and national artists, and other written content, KEXP DJ curators will explore the immigrant experience.
LA-based artist and fashion icon Uffie shares a joyful guest DJ mix full of nostalgic dancefloor anthems from the late 2000s and early 2010s.
We delve into the heroic movement of rap in Spanish through Argentina rapper Trueno. We look at his personal songbook and his place in a lineage of revolutionary artists.
Brooklyn-based artist Madison McFerrin shares iconic favorites and fresh contemporary R&B jams alongside a handful of her own tracks on her guest DJ mix for Midnight in A Perfect World.
Emerging London-based artist TATYANA delivers a non-stop dance party full of magnetic house and UKG cuts on her exclusive guest DJ mix.
French/Mongolia artist Céline Dessberg shares an eclectic and deeply personal guest DJ mix featuring the songs that remind her of this time of celebration.
Los Angeles artist Neggy Gemmy shares a dreamy guest DJ mix full the old film soundtracks, 90s music, and exotica classics.
Mocky shares a super soulful guest DJ mix featuring songs by a deep global roster of artists he's collaborated with over his versatile career.
This week in El Sonido, we’ll dig an L.A. twist on son jarocho, debut a brand new video from Chile, and dance along with some Colombian superstars.
Few bands make the hell that is sometimes other people sound as fun as Tacocat. Leading up to their Upstream Music Fest performance, the band reflects on some of their favorite songs from their catalog.
The Issaquah singer/songwriter vacillates between squall and sparsity in her detailed and heartbreaking work. Ahead of her Upstream Music Fest performance on Sunday, June 3rd, we take a look at singular and emotive work.
Ben Gibbard, Mike McCready, Duff McKagan, and Macklemore lead a group of artists to help save The Showbox
The Portland artist explores romantic longing and desire on her first release in over two years
