Two years ago on April 16th, KEXP opened the doors to our new home in Seattle Center. As we celebrate this momentous occasion in our station’s history, let’s revisit some of the videos from the Grand Opening celebration below, with more here. Thank you to everyone who helped build this new home!
Last December, KEXP traveled to the Trans Musicales festival in Rennes, France where we captured twelve exclusive sessions. Enjoy some of these live performances below:
KEXP regularly hosts both local and international artists for in-studio performances in our live room, concerts in the Gathering Space, and live broadcasts from music festivals. Not only can you enjoy these performances on the air, but you can also relive the experience with our live videos. Subscribe to the KEXP YouTube Channel for more sessions like these from St. Vincent, Ibeyi, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, and Taylor McFerrin.
MoPop's annual under-21 competition Sound Off! brought together twelve of the region's most promising young artists. (Read more about semi-finals 1, 2, and 3.) Congratulations to Micaiah Sawyer, who won the 2018 competition! Back in February, KEXP invited the four finalists to our studios -- watch performances below from 2018 winner Sawyer, psych rockers Strawberry Mountain, rapper Misundvrstood, and indie-pop act Maiah Wynne.
KEXP returned to Kex Hostel last November for our annual Iceland Airwaves Music Festival broadcast. Check out some of these fantastic performances:
Upstream Music Fest just announced their first round of 2018 headliners, including The Flaming Lips, Cut Copy, Zola Jesus, and Valerie June. Take a look back at some of the live broadcast performances from last year's Upstream. KEXP is excited to return to Pioneer Square for more broadcasts June 1-3, 2018.
From Charles Bradley to Florence and the Machine, KEXP has hosted and filmed some landmark sessions from a brevy of incredible artsits. Below, watch some of our most viewed viewed sessions throughout KEXP's history.