Musician, songwriter, author, actor, producer... in whatever he does, country rock living legend Steve Earle is uncompromisingly in his art and an outspoken critic of what's wrong in our country. On his many albums -- fourteen, not including his many collaborations, compilations and live releases -- Earle often embodies the voices of the disenfranchised and downtrodden. His latest, The Low Highway, was directly inspired by our current economic times and depicts what the world outside his tour bus has become in recent years, which, in Earle's own words, was "closer to what Woody Guthrie saw than anybody that does my job has ever seen in a long time," referring to Bob Dylan and the many who followed "with one foot in the Dust Bowl." Recently Steve Earle returned to our studio to share these voices on songs like "Burnin' It Down" and "Invisible," capturing their rage and the sorrow, and talked openly with Stevie Zoom about his intentions and inspirations, including the last, utterly moving song written for his autistic three-year old song, John Henry. Get ready to be heartbroken:
More than a band, Savages is an idea. Guitarist Gemma Thompson said it herself during an in-studio session at KEXP: "We had the idea originally and wanted to put everything we'd all accumulated individually into creating a performance that had a sonic representation of the name Savages." Their deli…
London-based group The Veils stopped by KEXP for a live session rich in gorgeous textures and thoughtful, lyrical compositions. Immediately, even before bandleader Finn Andrews' vocals begin, the joyous production strikes listeners via jaunty piano runs, bright brass melodies, and lively guitar rhy…
