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Wednesday, Dec 9 2020, 7AM
RIP composer Harold Budd May 24, 1936 – December 8, 2020) who passed yesterday from complications due to Covid-19. He's known for collaborations with Brian Eno, Robin Guthrie and Guthrie's band Cocteau Twins and so much more. KEXP will honor his life all day today.
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Listener D. Rose writes: This is a HELL month for me each year.
The images, the carols that bring others happiness have a different effect on me due to trauma history.
When this song started, my whole body relaxed.
At 1st I thought it was Moon & the Melodies.
Then I looked; saw that Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd were on it. AH. THAT'S why it's so familiar. This is the kind of music that calms my nervous system & helps me to "unclutch" from triggers.
The album A Love Supreme by American jazz saxophonist John Coltrane was recorded in just one session on this day back in 1964 (56 years ago). It was one of Coltrane's bestselling albums and one of his most critically acclaimed. It is widely considered his masterpiece, as well as one of the greatest albums of all time.
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"A Charlie Brown Christmas" premiered on CBS on this day in 1965 (that's 55 years ago).
Check out Digable Planets KEXP live show in Iceland: www.youtube.com
"'A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 1' is affirmation. It’s recognition. It’s elevation. It’s music to go with a movement. Because the truth is, there is still so much work to do." More info here: www.thinkcommon.com
Brooklyn-based collaborative containing members of the Dap Kings, Antibalas, El Michels Affair, and Budos Band.
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You can catch Jupiter & Okwess's electric 2018 Live on KEXP performance!- www.kexp.org
Eli Fola is a Nigerian born, New York based multi disciplinary artist, saxophonist, DJ, Producer and talking drummer. He works to authentically preserve Yoruba culture and history through his immersive performances. www.elifola.co
This feels like an Urban Dance Squad morning. Can you fit it in?
Thanks!
Aaron in Sacramento
The Budos Band is an American instrumental band from Staten Island, New York, formed in 2005. AllMusic describes the group as a "doom rock Afro-soul big band with a '70s touch" that joins "musical universes from trippy psychedelia and Afro-funk to '70s hard rock and late-'60s soul." Fifteen years after their debut album, they are celebrating with the release of "Long in the Tooth." You can purchase it here: thebudosband.bandcamp.com
This was originally a commission for a Nestlé advert. Graham G Hastings of Young Fathers explained to NME: "We made them a song which says 'baby' 1000 times. All the lyrics are about 'Feed me, mama' and 'Food for the village.' We sent it to them and they said they'd loved it!"
In the end, the commission fell through, but Young Fathers kept the song. - bit.ly
The Neverly Boys are a new duo made up of TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek and Swedish singer/songwriter Daniel Ledinsky, who has worked with artists as varied as Rihanna, Carly Rae Jepsen, and yes, TV on The Radio. The pair met while writing songs for what would become TV on The Radio’s 2014 album Seeds. Earlier this year, amidst covid-19, a troubling political landscape, racial inequities, they decided to release their debut, Dark Side of Everything. It was their hope that the album would add love and hope to a world in turmoil. KEXP’s Owen Murphy spoke to each via the internet from their respective homes in Los Angeles about their friendship, and how there’s light within the moody sound of the album. - soundcloud.com
By request!
Find this collaboration between Texan artists Khruangbin and Leon Bridges here: khruangbin.bandcamp.com
Dating during a pandemic hasn't been easy - our third date was getting a Covid test - but we are making the best of it. Could you play Slow Show by The National to my future wife Annie? Thanks
-Ben
Morning John. I'll be wrapping some packages later this morning. Any chance you can play Frightened Rabbit's "it's Christmas so we'll stop"? Top 10 Christmas song for sure. Thanks!
Tom, definitely not getting paper cuts today
Tom in Snohomish
By request!
The band's sophomore release, "I Told You So," will be out on January 29th. You can pre-order it now: delvonlamarrorgantrio.bandcamp.com
Donald Byrd was born on this day in 1932.
Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist.
Daptone has announced a new collection of previously unreleased covers by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings called 'Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In)'. The posthumous release is due out October 23, almost four years since Sharon Jones died at 60 from pancreatic cancer. The first offering from the LP is a rendition of Stevie Wonder’s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours.” pitchfork.com
"Christmas in Hollis" tells the story of an encounter with Saint Nick in Hollis, Queens, where Run-D.M.C. grew up.
Run-D.M.C. recorded this for the A Very Special Christmas compilation album, which donated proceeds to the Special Olympics. - bit.ly
8:18 AM
1st spin?!
From the Motherless Brooklyn soundtrack, Daily Battles by Wynton Marsalis, please? KEXP and that movie have influenced me, finally, to begin to appreciate jazz.
Cheryl in New Bedford, MA
"Ring of Fire" is a song written by June Carter Cash and Merle Kilgore and popularized by Johnny Cash in 1963.
"Jackson" is a song written in 1963 by Billy Edd Wheeler and Jerry Leiber and first recorded by Wheeler.
Instrumental 5-piece band from Seattle - kingofhawaii.bandcamp.com
"The songs on OPEN DOOR POLICY are about power, wealth, & mental health. They're about technology, occupation, consumerism, freedom, fandom and escape. And although the album was written and recorded in 2019, the themes of this record seem to be underscored and highlighted by this year of virus and quarantine." - theholdsteady.net
Hi John and team,
I remember that walk to the new studio five years ago. I wasn't a consistent listener at that point, but I had the car (which was rare in 2015), and remember thinking, "Who are these Muppets?" during the walk from one studio to the other.
On this day three years later, I gave birth to our son after seven years of infertility -- could not think of a better son for our sweet boy's second birthday than Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run."
Thanks for continuing to show up.
Kristin
Music by the American jazz pianist noted for his innovative compositions and arrangements and for composing music for animated television adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip.
I'd like to request "Cracked Pepper," from Polyrhythmics' new album. Thanks for getting us through 2020!
-Heidi
John,
Could you please play one of my favorite artists this morning?
The one & only, Tom Petty “I Won’t Back Down”
Thanks!
YOU are not alone!
Best,
Dan
London-based poet and artist Arlo Parks understands the pain of the pandemic. Read more and get the song here: www.kexp.org
Seattle favorites The True Loves performed this song and others live for KEXP listeners at The Little London Plane during Upstream Music Fest in 2018: www.youtube.com
good morning, john! does today mark five (5!) years in the new digs? if so, perhaps “viva seatac,” pretty please? hope this reaches you safe, and equally important, sane.
much love❤️
-chris (from the other washington)
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros performed live in the KEXP studio in 2012: www.youtube.com
Bassist Peter Hook on playing this song for the first time, "“We played the new song, which was ‘Transmission’ – and everyone in the whole place stopped literally what they were doing to listen and to turn round and watch us. It was an absolutely bizarre moment. It really made the hair on your arms stand up and shivers down your spine.” - bit.ly
This is the first track on The Unforgettable Fire, the first U2 album produced by Brian Eno.
Hi John,
I love your morning show. I heard about you and your show through my Seattle husband, Andy. It's my birthday today and I'd like to request a song: Wild by Vagabond. This song makes me feel young and you know I guess I need a boost on my 34th birthday.
Thank you,
Gleic
Can you please throw in "running red lights" by The Avalanches for my wife's, Gleici's, birthday? That song has helped to uplift us through this mess of a year. Love y'all!
Andy in San Francisco
Hi There,
I’m up in Calgary, Alberta, but our province/city just had to impose even tougher restrictions because our numbers are not looking great. Lots of isolation which means pretty limited Christmas activities. And we’re mainly in this mess because people are ignoring restrictions. A friend of a friend of mine was on the ski hill and met someone that had tested positive but “was getting bored during quarantine” so decided to go skiing. FML. It’s assclowns like that that have ruined the holidays.
I’d really love everyone to do their bit so we can get through this mess sooner rather than later. Hoping you could play Give a Little Bit, some good ol’ Supertramp to ask people to give just that little bit to help out.
Thanks,
Mike
Hi John and crew, it's Ron from Vancouver Island checking in. Thanks for the great music this morning, and every morning. If you have time to fit it in I would love to hear Little Round Mirrors by Harvey Danger.
Sending much love and positivity south to you and everyone in Seattle. Take care and have a great day.
Today is my 32nd birthday. It’s only 9am and I’ve already gone through a whole spectrum of emotions. Happy and excited for a new year (it HAS to be better, right?!). This followed shortly by tears of exhaustion as I reflect on the year past, the burdens we’ve all experienced, and the added, often overwhelming stress of being a nurse during a pandemic. Its a lot of pressure and insanity... PLEASE play Under Pressure By David Bowie and Queen, nothing makes me dance and shout sing with more joy than this song. Thanks! - Teya
Here's Langhorne Slim performing this one live on The Morning Show in 2018 here: www.youtube.com
RIP to American minimalist composer, Harold Budd, who passed away recently.
Off a collaborative studio album by Scottish dream pop band Cocteau Twins and Budd. The name "Cocteau Twins" did not appear on the release, which instead credited the band's three members (Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde) and Budd individually.