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Music Heals: Phil Elverum on Expressing Grief Through Music and Remembering His Late Wife Geneviève Castrée

Ahead of KEXP’s Music Heals: Beyond Cancer event, Sound & Vision host and producer Emily Fox talked with Elverum about tackling grief in his music, performing these harrowing songs in front of festival crowds, and reflects on the art and void left by his late wife.


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Sound & Vision: How Washington's Non-Compete Law Impacts Musicians, Festivals, and Venues

Sound & Vision host Emily Fox spoke with festival organizers and artists about the new law, which limits non-compete agreements to three days.


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Sound & Vision: Josiah Johnson on Sobriety and Embarking on a Solo Career

Sound & Vision host Emily Fox spoke with the co-founder of The Head and the Heart about sobriety and embarking on a solo career.


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Sound & Vision: Channy Leaneagh on When We Stay Alive

Sound & Vision host Emily Fox spoke with the Poliça singer about her latest record and how she turned a traumatic injury into a therapeutic album.


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Sound & Vision: Madame Gandhi on the Scandal that Marred this Year's Grammys

Sound & Vision host Emily Fox spoke with artist and activist about gender parity in the music industry.


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Sound & Vision: Nissim Black on his Transformation from Gangs, Drugs and Rapping to Hip-Hop Orthodox Jew

Sound & Vision host Emily Fox spoke with the Seattle native about growing up the child of Seattle's earliest hip hop groups and moving to Israel.


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Sound & Vision: Why Are You Experienced is the Best Album from the Northwest

KEXP's Marco Collins talks to music critic Charles Cross for a new series called "Northwest Classics."


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Sound & Vision: 35 Years Ago, the Emerald Street Boys Paved the Way for Seattle Hip Hop

The Emerald Street Boys' RC Jamerson looks back on his time in Seattle's first rap group.


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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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