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Black History Month Interviews

The Cast and Crew of Bazzooka on Celebrating BIPOC Art and its Ability to Enact Change

Cast and crew of Danny Denial's new web series Bazzooka chat with KEXP about filmmaking during a global pandemic, the parallels between the fictional Seattle of the series and the one we’re living in today, and the power of art in enacting change.


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Black History Month Interviews

The Cast and Crew of Bazzooka on Celebrating BIPOC Art and its Ability to Enact Change

Cast and crew of Danny Denial's new web series Bazzooka chat with KEXP about filmmaking during a global pandemic, the parallels between the fictional Seattle of the series and the one we’re living in today, and the power of art in enacting change.


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International Clash Day

Which Bands Mattered to the “Only Band That Matters”?

Over the past eight years of celebrating International Clash Day, KEXP has spotlighted a wealth of artists who were influenced by The Clash. But what bands mattered to the “only band that matters”?


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International Clash Day

Strummer meets Landero, un puente musical entre la cumbia colombiana y el punk londinense

Joe Strummer se consideraba un "experto en cumbia" y eligió la obra del colombiano Andres Landero como inspiración. Hablamos con el periodista y artista Mario Galeano y nos contó por qué el caribe colombiano y Londres guardan una conexión profunda musical e histórica.


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International Clash Day

Strummer Meets Landero: A Musical Bridge Between Colombian Cumbia and London Punk

What connected the musical and ideological work of The Clash with the music of a young man born in the Caribbean province of San Jacinto, Colombia, determined to become a benchmark for the Sabanero accordion? What sonorous path connects the independence of Jamaica, the skinheads of London, the Colo…


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Interviews

We Need to Celebrate: Riz Rollins on Martin Luther King Jr Day and KEXP’s Expansions MLK Unity Dance Party

Larry Mizell Jr. speaks with Riz about the history of this event, but more broadly about the importance of taking the time to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the movement that made it possible to become a national holiday.


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Interviews KEXP Premiere

Still Corners Embrace the Mysticism of the Desert on "White Sands" (KEXP Premiere + Interview)

Still Corners chat with KEXP and share the third single off their forthcoming fifth studio album The Last Exit


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Features

The Illest Villain: A Tribute to MF DOOM

Martin Douglas pays his respects to one of hip-hop music's most confounding yet beloved disruptors.


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From the Archives:

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Sub Pop 30th Anniversary Count-Up

In 2018, KEXP celebrated the 30th anniversary of local record label Sub Pop with a four-month retrospective, "counting up" every catalog number in their vast discography of over 1,200 releases. Dig into the archives of our catalog coverage, featuring in-depth coverage on the history of their releases.


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