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Interviews Sound and Vision

Sound & Vision: Dr. Daudi Abe on How the 80s Crack Epidemic Influenced Hip-Hop

KEXP’s Sound & Vision’s Emily Fox spoke with Dr. Daudi Abe, a professor of humanities (and hip hop) at Seattle Central College about how the crack epidemic of the 80’s influenced hip hop music. He also talked about the differences between the crack epidemic and today’s opioid crisis.


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KEXP Live from Mexico City

KEXP Live From Mexico Preview: Mexican Institute of Sound

Get to know the Camilo Lara helmed electronic project Mexican Institute of Sound before they perform on KEXP's Mexico Broadcast on Feb. 27 at 12 PM PST


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KEXP Live from Mexico City

KEXP Live From Mexico Preview: Little Jesus

Get to know Mexican rock outfit Little Jesus before they perform on KEXP's Mexico Broadcast on Feb. 27 at 5:30 PM PST


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Interviews

Tacocat Dance This Mess Around on Their Forthcoming New Album This Mess is a Place

KEXP talks to Emily Nokes, frontwoman of Tacocat, about their forthcoming full-length This Mess is a Place out May 3rd on Sub Pop Records.


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KEXP Live from Mexico City

KEXP Live From Mexico Preview: Sexores

Get to know the electronic sibling duo before they perform on KEXP's Mexico broadcast on February 28th at 10 AM PST.


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KEXP Live from Mexico City

KEXP Live From Mexico Preview: Sotomayor

Get to know the electronic sibling duo before they perform on KEXP's Mexico broadcast on Feb. 28 at 10 a.m. PST


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Interviews KEXP Live from Mexico City

KEXP Live From Mexico Preview: Elsa y Elmar

Get to know more about Colombian singer-songwriter Elsa Carvajal before she plays KEXP's Mexico broadcast on Feb. 26 at 12:30 p.m. PST


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Interviews KEXP Live from Mexico City

KEXP Live From Mexico Preview: Elsa y Elmar

Get to know more about Colombian singer-songwriter Elsa Carvajal before she plays KEXP's Mexico broadcast on Feb. 26 at 12:30 p.m. PST


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Interviews

Mike McCready and Visual Artist Kate Neckel Introduce Infinite Sound & Color

Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready and bi-coastal visual artist Kate Neckel talk to KEXP about their new artistic collaborative project Infinite Sound & Color.


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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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