Portland band's latest covers the mystic and ancestral journey led by singer and composer Luz Elena Mendoza.
Singer-songwriter Shara Nova shares how her move back to Detroit has made her think about race in a whole new way.
The Anacortes by-way-of Portland singer/songwriter's forthcoming album is a slowcore masterwork of loss and dissolved relationships. Martin Douglas explores.
KEXP presents legendary Reggae singer Winston Jarrett performing live on Wo' Pop with Darek Mazzone. Recorded 01/19/2016 - 4 songs: Rocksteady (Better Get Ready), Come Down Zacchius, Breaking Up, Why Fighting (Why Is It).
While writing her fifth studio album, Reward, Welsh singer Cate Le Bon retreated to a rural English town and studied the art of chairmaking.
For KEXP, composer, singer, and producer Caroline Polachek strips down four songs from the album to just piano and heavenly vocals while DJ Troy Nelson explains her relationship to bugs, Beyonce, and “Bruises.”
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 song, featured on the Midday …
Dusty Henry dives into Damaged by Black Flag, which introduces us to one of its most prominent singers: Henry Rollins.
DJ Cheryl Waters chats with Annie Clark about her latest record, reinvention, and the fashion and aesthetics of her latest era
Kyle Craft’s singular brand of bordello glam-rock is coming to Upstream Music Fest. For the first of our Local Artist Spotlights leading up to the festival, we speak to the Portland singer/songwriter about his approach to his craft of writing and recording.
Trampled By Turtles' lead singer Dave Simonett discusses the band's new album, out today on Banjodad Records.
From the magic of the New York subway to rock discos in Munich, the Nada Surf lead singer tells the story of each track on the band's third album.
The Radiohead lead singer scores his first feature film Suspiria and gives us our first look with piano ballad “Suspirium.”
KEXP chats with Lillie West, aka Chicago-based singer-songwriter Lala Lala, about choosing sobriety and how its impacted her life, music, and career.
Swedish singer-songwriter Alice Boman shares songs from 2014's “EP II” in her first KEXP performance. This delicate, rhythmic set features Boman's long, whispering melodies. Recorded 09/25/2014 - 4 songs: Waiting, Over, Burns, What.
Irish singer-songwriter James Vincent McMorrow haunts KEXP's studio with his stunning falsetto, performing songs from his sophomore release "Post Tropical". Recorded 3/21/2014 - 4 songs: Glacier, Red Dust, Gold, Cavalier.
Expatriate electronic singer-songwriter John Grant performs songs off of his new album "Pale Green Ghosts" live on KEXP from Iceland Airwaves. Recorded 11/1/2013 - 5 songs: Vietnam, GMF, Marz, Pale Green Ghosts, Blackbelt.
Opening our final day of the KEXP broadcast live from KEX Hostel at Iceland Airwaves is singer-songwriter John Grant. Though he is currently based in Iceland, he is one of only two American acts featured on this year's broadcast. Grant first gained notoriety as the lead singer of Denver-based shoeg…
Kevin Sur, co-host of Sounds of Survivance, talks about about Mā’s new album opener and single, “Decay,” featuring Mato Wayuhi.
Marlon Williams, singer-songwriter from New Zealand, talks about his new album, written entirely in the Indigenous language Te Reo Maori.
