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Sound & Vision: 47SOUL on the Arab Palestinian Diaspora and Touring the U.S.

Wo’Pop DJ Darek Mazzone talked to 47SOUL about the groups origins and being an Arabic band touring the United States.


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Sound & Vision: Chong the Nomad Finds Beats and Sounds Everywhere — Even at Her Day Job

Alda Agustiano on her (former) job as a line cook and the sounds you can only find in a kitchen.


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Sound & Vision: The New Pornographers on their new album In the Morse Code of Brake Lights

Sound & Vision host Emily Fox spoke with The New Pornographers' A.C. Newman about their eighth studio album and the anxiety of living in the United States.


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Sound & Vision: The Financial Benefits of Being a Band Down Under

Australia’s federal government will spend more than three times as much money on artists and musicians as the U.S. will this year. Sound and Vision contributor Celine Teo-Blockey talks to the Australian group Haiku Hands about how that money is allowing them to break out internationally.


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Sound & Vision: Seattle vs. Nashville

It's called Music City, USA for a reason -- Nashville has been long been a destination for Country and Americana artists, including some from Seattle. Sound and Vision reporter Lisa Craze spoke with former Seattleites Aaron English, Kate Tucker, Bradford Loomis and Willow Scribner about why they mo…


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Sound & Vision: L.A. vs. Seattle

Seattle has changed a lot in 10 years -- the cost of buying a house has doubled and rent has increased by nearly 70% in the region. Which has led some artists to reconsider if it's worth it to stay or move to a bigger city like Los Angeles. Sound & Vision host Emily Fox spoke with a few former …


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A Tribe Called Red on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Music

A Tribe Called Red talks about how the issue of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls comes up in their music.


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Sound & Vision: SassyBlack on Mental Health and Afrofuturism

SassyBlack discusses how mental health and Afrofuturism feature on her latest album.


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Sound & Vision: The Origins and Themes of The Highwomen

Sound and Vision host Emily Fox spoke with Natalie Hemby about the group’s start and gender parity in the country music industry.


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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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