Ruidosa is a feminist media collective from Chile that studied the presence of women in the line-ups of 66 Latin music festivals.
KEXP chats with managers, artists, publicists and other womxn working behind the scenes in Seattle's music industry for International Women's Day.
Guest Kathy Sakahara, Vice-President of Advocacy, League of Women Voters of Washington, speaks with Diane Horn about I-1464, the 2016 Washington Government Accountability Act, a proposal to restore public trust and confidence in our state government.
Convention-breaking artist and activist Madame Gandhi, formerly the drummer for M.I.A., writes music that centers the female voice and experience, boldly making space for more women and femme rappers to follow.
Cheryl Waters shares her curated mix for International Womxn's Day, highlighting the voices of powerful women creating genre-bending and envelope-pushing music around the world.
David Bazan discusses taking up his old moniker once again, the next five Pedro albums, and utilizing his platform to bring attention to white male privilege and abuse against women.
Guests Violet Lavatai and Kristyn Joy of Got Green, speak with Diane Horn about the report "Women in the Green Economy: Voices from Southeast Seattle" and discuss access to healthy food by low income families.
In the conversation, the two chat about the band's desire to stretch themselves, centering women in their record and performance, and what it means to constantly be evolving as musicians.
KEXP's Janice Headley shines a spotlight on the overlooked women of The Go-Betweens, and their contributions to the band's biggest hit, 1988's "Streets of Your Town."
On this International Clash Day, KEXP shines a very over-due spotlight on just a few of the female-fronted groups of the London punk scene, who were truly making a revolution at the time.
KEXP DJ Lisa LeClair joins host Evie Stokes to talk about ODDLY, Heartworms, and women with loud guitars.
Two of Seattle’s premiere DJs and producers chat about their process ahead of their S’women/Love Memo split vinyl release on Crane City Music.
Icelandic hip hop collective Reykjavíkurdætur ("Daughters of Reykjavik") are a force to be reckoned with. A huge group of seventeen women, they work together to create songs about topics ranging from sexual politics to political ones. During KEXP's broadcast at Iceland Airwaves last year, they play…
LA-based, Seattle-rooted artist Hollis shares her exclusive 'FEMME FWD' mix for Midnight In A Perfect World, a collection of women + non-binary artists, songwriters and producers from Seattle to the far beyond.
To celebrate International Women's History Month, the impending arrival of our Black Constellation podcast, and the 10-year anniversary of awE naturalE, Martin Douglas basks in the brilliance of Stas and Cat's two Sub Pop-issued albums.
Nashville, Tennessee based Americana roots-pop group Dave Rawlings Machine performs songs from their brand new record, "Nashville Obsolete", live on KEXP with Stevie Zoom. Recorded 10/24/2015 - 4 songs Short Haired Women Blues, The Last Pharaoh, The Weekend, Sweet Tooth.
Sound & Vision has been getting to know the six new women of color in the Washington state legislature through music. Today, we meet Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, the first South Asian American woman ever elected to the US House of Representatives
In this month's edition of In Our Headphones, KEXP's Digital Content team shares music by women artists that have been in their personal rotation lately.
Barely a year away from the release of her sixth album Short Movie, UK singer/songwriter Laura Marling has announced a new album, Semper Femina, due out March 10th on her own label, More Alarming Records (via Kobalt Music Recordings). Via a press release, she elaborates: "I started out writing Sem…
Emily Fox speaks with the trio about how they met sharing a wall in a New York apartment building, their reflections on women’s rights in their song "She Who Dares" and about the racist history of Chicago’s 1979 Disco Demolition Night that shows up in their song, "Disco Life."
