A Deeper Listen

Sound & Vision’s mini-series, Apparently, explores the stories of musicians and performers who are juggling parenthood with their art.

On this episode, Seattle-area musician and visual artist, J’Von,…

Three musicians break down the stories behind their songs about Seattle. They are: 

• Jake One, “Home” 
• Jeffrey Lewis, “Seattle” 
• Tacocat, “I Love Seattle”

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The south has played a big part in the music of South Carolina-raised, Adia Victoria. The south is very present in her latest album, 'A Southern Gothic.' Adia Victoria talks about the record and how …

Before finding the balance between his rap career and his personal training business, Darnel's Barbells, Bruce Leroy held an entire lifetime's worth of jobs. He worked at shoe stores, bagged cannabis…

Popular YouTube and Spotify playlister "Alex Rainbird Music" talks about helping break indie artists, music discovery and monetization in the streaming era. 

To hear how to make a living as an artist…

Malina Moye is one of Fender's first Black left-handed, upside-down guitar playing female endorsees. Her album, 'Bad As I Want to Be,' was number one for two weeks straight on the Billboard Blues Cha…

KEXP DJs Larry Mizell Jr. and Gabriel Teodros share songs they played this week to honor New Orleans as it deals with the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. They also discuss how New Orleans hurricanes brin…

KEXP DJs Larry Mizell, Jr. and Riz Rollins discuss the new Aretha Franklin biopic. They talk about what the film got right and what was missing. Plus, we hear stories from Riz about seeing Aretha Fra…

Questlove-directed documentary 'Summer of Soul' tells the story of the 1969 music festival in Harlem that featured Stevie Wonder, BB King, Mavis Staples, Nina Simone, Gladys Knight and more. It was a…

The Melbourne-based band Hiatus Kaiyote have found a passionate global following for their sound, a futurist vision of proggy fusion jazz-funk. Their latest album, 'Mood Valiant,’ was released this s…

Larry Mizell, Jr. talks with writer Donald Morrison about his investigation into the unsolved murder of rapper Mac Dre.

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Neko Case’s connection to nature has always been present in her music. The rural Vermont-living singer/songwriter has written songs about wishing she was the moon, about a tornado falling in love, an…

Jungle’s single “Keep Moving” has been the top played song on KEXP so far in 2021. The British duo has just released their third album, 'Loving in Stereo.' Sound & Vision’s Emily Fox caught up with J…

A Prince album recorded in 2010 called “Welcome 2 America” was recently released. KEXP DJ and resident Prince expert, DJ Kevin Cole talks about the ethics of releasing an album following an artist’s …

Sound & Vision is exploring the Filipino influence on Seattle’s hip hop scene through the mini-series, Filipino Hip Hop 206. In this episode, KEXP DJ Gabriel Teodros profiles Nasty Nes. He was the fi…

Sound & Vision is exploring the Filipino influence on Seattle’s hip hop scene through the mini-series, Filipino Hip Hop 206. In this episode, KEXP DJ Mike Ramos reports on the legacy of the breakdanc…

As part of Sound & Vision’s mini-series exploring the Filipino influence on Seattle’s hip hop scene, today we highlight isangmahal arts kollective. KEXP’s Gabriel Teodros speaks with MCs Prometheus B…

Filipino Hip Hop 206 is a new mini series exploring the Filipino impact on Seattle’s hip hop scene. From the first DJ to have a rap radio show on the west coast to a world championship breakdancing c…

Last year we saw protests and conversations around racism, particularly anti-Black racism, in America following the death of George Floyd. In 2020, we also saw a sharp rise in racially-motivated viol…

Amythyst Kiah talks about her new album featuring the Grammy-nominated single, "Black Myself." She discusses mental health and the song written about her mother’s death, "Wild Turkey." She talks abou…