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RESPECT: An Introduction to Aretha Franklin Sep 02, 2021

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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 Franklin live.

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Uncovering the 'Summer of Soul' Aug 31, 2021

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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 attended by hundreds of thousands of people and happened the same summer as Woodstock, but was largely forgotten about until now.

KEXP’s Larry Mizell, Jr. catches up with one of the film’s producers, Joseph Patel, to learn more about the festival and how its story was told.

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Hiatus Kaiyote: “Somewhere between catchy and likable and a bit obscure” Aug 26, 2021

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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 summer and includes contributions from the legendary Brazilian artist Arthur Verocai. KEXP’s Larry Mizell Jr. talks with the band's bassist Paul Bender about pushing their creative boundaries and refusing to compromise their vision for commercial appeal.

“I don't think there's ever going to be a moment that Hiatus truly breaks out into the true mainstream because we just pretty much always throw in something that's going to make that not happen musically,” Bender says. He describes the band’s sound as “between being kind of catchy and likable and a bit obscure.”

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Investigating the Unsolved Murder of Mac Dre Aug 24, 2021

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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 Aug 19, 2021

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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, and about birds and fields.

Neko Case has now started a newsletter on Substack about her connection to nature, called "The Lung." She spoke about her newsletter and relationship with nature with Sound & Vision’s Emily Fox.

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Jungle on New Record: “Why Weren’t We Like This Before?” Aug 17, 2021

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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 Jungle’s Josh Lloyd-Watson about how the album came together. He said the previous Jungle records seem like a demo of this record.

“This is like a grander realization of some of those sonics and ideas,” Lloyd-Watson says. “It’s just rawer than we’ve ever been on record and I think it’s like, ‘why weren’t we like this before’?”

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Prince’s Long-Lost Album Is Still Relevant Aug 12, 2021

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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 death and discusses the themes on the record.

“What struck me about listening to Welcome 2 America, here’s an album that Prince recorded 12 years ago, it’s been in the vault since then and the themes that he addressed are as relevant and as important as they were when he recorded it 12 years ago. In fact, some of it is eerily foreshadowing a lot of what went down last year in 2020-- the political division, the use of the internet and social media for disinformation, sexism and racism. That blew me away, how relevant it is now,” Cole says.

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Filipino Hip Hop 206: DJ Nasty Nes Aug 10, 2021

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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 first DJ to have a rap radio show on the west coast and started an independent record label with Sir-Mix-A-Lot.

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Filipino Hip Hop 206: Massive Monkees Aug 05, 2021

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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 breakdancing crew Massive Monkees, including how they became world champions and how they give back to the Seattle hip hop community today.

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Filipino Hip Hop 206: isangmahal Aug 03, 2021

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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 Brown (aka Geo of Blue Scholars) and El Dia (co-founder of Youth Speaks Seattle) about how isangmahal was foundational in the work they did and created a much needed all ages space that gave rise to some talented MCs in the city.

“It was like a bubble of creative youth expression in the city that centered a lot of marginalized voices,” Geo says.

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