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A Deeper Listen

On A Deeper Listen, host Emily Fox and other storytellers from KEXP talk with artists about the stories behind their songs and the experiences that inform their work. Through each conversation, we uncover the humanity behind the music, allowing us to hear it in a whole new way.

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13:29

Poliça Turns Traumas Into Healing Songs

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2022/06/09

Poliça’s previous album was written after frontwoman Channy Leaneagh almost gave up her career in music. That’s until she fell off her roof trying to remove ice. Her doctor suggested she rewrite the story of her fall to make it seem less traumatic. The result was the album ‘When We Stay Alive.' It was released just weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic swept America. During the pandemic, Channy and the band worked day jobs to get by, but they kept making music together. They

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13:19

Fantastic Negrito’s Ancestral Love Story

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2022/06/07

Fantastic Negrito talks about his new album, 'White Jesus Black Problems,' which was inspired by his discovery that his 7th generation grandparents were an interracial couple, a white indentured servant and an enslaved Black man, who put their lives in danger and challenged white supremacy in the name of love.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Introducing "The Runcast with John Richards"

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2022/06/06

We believe that everyone who runs should have a great soundtrack. Not one curated by an algorithm, but one that’s hand-picked by a DJ who runs too. The Runcast with John Richards brings you a dynamic mix of music and inspiration to keep you company and motivate you on your run, no matter what your level. Subscribe to KEXP's The Runcast with John Richards, wherever you podcast, and enjoy new episodes every two weeks, June 3 - October 7, 2022.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/See

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9:47

Apparently: Parallels of a Grandmother and Grandchild

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2022/06/02

Sound & Vision’s mini-series, Apparently, explores the stories of musicians, performers and arts workers who are juggling parenthood with their art. On this episode, singer-songwriter Michaela Anne talks about singing Carole King's “Child of Mine” at her mother’s hospital bedside for months after her mother had a stroke. At the time, Michaela was pregnant, and her child now recognizes the song when she sings it. Anne discusses the feeling of watching both her baby and mom

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10:39

Emmy The Great Embraces Biracial Heritage Through...

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2022/05/31

Emmy the Great talks about splitting her childhood between China and the UK and how she felt conflicted with her biracial identity. She was seen as white when living in China and "threw away" her Cantonese language when she was living in England. “I just sort of grew up code switching, as a natural way of being,” She says. “And as I get older I don’t want to always compartmentalize everything.” Celine Teo-Blockey reports on how music and motherhood is helping Emmy The

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13:23

Apparently: La Luz’ Shana Cleveland’s Fight to Stay...

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2022/05/26

Sound & Vision’s mini-series, Apparently, explores the stories of musicians, performers and arts workers who are juggling parenthood with their art. On this episode, our guest is Shana Cleveland of the Seattle-born and California-based band, La Luz. KEXP’s Evie Stokes talks with Cleveland about her journey of becoming a mother shortly before the pandemic, receiving a cancer diagnosis, and despite the obstacles, continuing her career in music.Support the show:

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15:23

Allen Stone on the American Song Contest

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2022/05/24

Washington’s Allen Stone talks about what it was like being a finalist in NBC’s "American Song Contest" and how he was able to make it happen in the final days of his mother’s life. He also discusses the realities of trying to make a living off music even after you have a national following. Listen back to a previous Sound & Vision episode featuring Allen Stone here.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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23:29

Chris Bathgate’s Musical Journey From Living in a...

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2022/05/19

Chris Bathgate talks about his new record, ‘The Significance of Peaches,’ which was released after living in a national forest in Michigan, farming in California, working at a tech startup in San Francisco, having a child and moving back home to Michigan. He talks about his journey and the album’s themes of nature, ‘baby fever,’ and the social inequities he saw in San Francisco between the working elite and the homeless. “I was shocked that a person could be in

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17:20

Lavender Country on Making Gay Country Music

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2022/05/17

In 1973, the Seattle-area band Lavender Country released what’s considered to be the first openly gay country album. The self-titled album went relatively unnoticed outside of Stonewall activists at the time. Shortly after the album’s release, the band broke up and frontman Patrick Haggerty went on to run for office in the city of Seattle and Washington State, advocating for racial justice and gay rights. Lavender Country’s debut album was rediscovered and reissued in 2014. The

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7:02

Tennyson Writes Album After New Hearing Condition

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2022/05/12

Tennyson talks about his new album, 'Rot,' written after he developed a hearing condition brought on by mold exposure that caused intense sensitivity to sound. “It started suddenly. I was upstairs and someone was doing dishes and I noticed that it was extremely loud. I went outside to try and relax and the sound of the birds were piercing and the sound of the wind in the leaves of the trees felt like sandpaper,” Tennyson says. Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/See

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16:35

Hollis’ Love Letter to Seattle

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2022/05/10

Hollis Wong-Wear sits down with Larry Mizell Jr. to talk about her new album, moving to LA from Seattle, and going from producing music videos for Macklemore and Ryan Lewis to having Ryan Lewis produce her own song, “Let Me Not.” She calls the music video for that track her “love letter to Seattle.”Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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10:57

Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul on Wokeness, Racism...

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2022/05/05

The Belgium-based electronic duo, Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul talk about the themes of wokeness, racism, and the #Metoo movement that end up on their latest album, 'Topical Dancer.'Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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16:42

The Head and the Heart on Going to Band Therapy and...

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2022/05/03

The Head and The Heart talk about their new record and starting therapy together as a band, 12 years since they formed in Seattle. “If we are going to make this work long term and it’s the hardest to stay together when you’re in relationships and in a polygamous band relationship, it’s like, let’s f___ing do it. . . we gotta make it healthy, otherwise it’s not sustainable,” Charity Rose Thielen says.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/See

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15:37

Hatchie on Self-Acceptance and Working a Day Job to...

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2022/04/28

Hatchie talks about the themes of shame and self-acceptance on her latest record, 'Giving The World Away,' and how she worked a day job during COVID to save up to tour so she could pay her band and crew. “I really wanted this record to be as big as possible on tour so I wanted to add extra members to the lineup and I wanted to have our own soundperson and have a lighting show so that meant that I had to make some personal sacrifices and had to go back to work part-time so I could balance that

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17:52

Maren Morris on Motherhood, Death and Diversity in...

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2022/04/26

Maren Morris talks about themes of motherhood and the death of her longtime friend and producer, Michael Busbee on her new record, 'Humble Quest.' She also discusses her crossover sound and the need for more diversity in country music.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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11:50

Destroyer’s Evolution of Sound

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2022/04/21

Vancouver, B.C.-based band Destroyer released their 13th album, “Labyrinthitis,” on March 25. Since their first album nearly 30 years ago, the band’s sound has evolved from experimental folk to pulsing disco. Sound & Vision’s assistant producer Roddy Nikpour spoke with frontman Dan Bejar about Destroyer’s new album, their upcoming tour, and what keeps him inspired.Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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12:14

Lucius Dances Through The Darkness

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2022/04/19

Lucius released their latest studio album, 'Second Nature,' on April 8. Vocalist and songwriter Jess Wolfe talks about how this album was written while she processed her divorce and how the music is meant to make light through the darkness and dance through it. She also discusses the collaborations on the album with Brandi Carlile and Sheryl Crow. “It’s such a fine line to want to honor sadness and darkness . . . but also to want to somehow move it towards joy or bend it in a way that

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10:04

Kae Tempest on the Power of Lyricism

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2022/04/14

Kae Tempest has published six poetry collections, written two books, staged three plays and is now out with their fourth studio album, 'The Line Is A Curve.' Tempest talks about the power of lyricism and the process of creating this album, which is the first album they’ve released since coming out as trans nonbinary. “Music gave me an escape and it also gave me a pass. It enabled me to exist in a room without having to be interrogated for what I was or why I was there. And I didn’t

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18:15

Orville Peck Releases 'Bronco' After Almost Quitting...

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2022/04/12

Our favorite fringe masked gay cowboy Orville Peck released the final chapter in his three-part record, 'Bronco,' on Friday. Orville Peck talks about musical inspiration from growing up in South Africa, telling biographical tales in his music that seem fictional, and creating 'Bronco' after struggling with depression and almost giving up on music during the pandemic. “I was deeply, deeply depressed and almost quit music when COVID hit because I stopped working and stopped touring and like so

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13:38

Apparently: Lowland Hum “Quiet Music” to Colicky Baby

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2022/04/07

Sound & Vision’s mini-series, Apparently, explores the stories of musicians, performers and arts workers who are juggling parenthood with their art. Today we hear the epic story of parenthood from Lowland Hum, who make “quiet music,” but their experience as new parents were anything but quiet. (Cue a tornado, colic and a miscarriage.)Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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