John Richards

Kate Bush wrote this for a sequence in the 1988 John Hughes' movie 'She's Having A Baby.' The track has since appeared in various projects over the years. == Sarah: My friend, Amie, and I would rent She's Having A Baby just to cry to this song at the end of the VHS. Still makes me cry. Music heals.

Watch Kacey Musgraves performing this one live on SNL in 2018 here... it'll likely give you chills: youtu.be The New York Times had a video feature on Kacey Musgraves and her psychedelic path to "Golden Hour" -- tinyurl.com

That's Where I Am is Maggie Rogers' first single from her sophomore album, Surrender. The new record will be out July 29th. “For a long time I fought it. Resisted. Held up my fists, wanted it on my terms, in my way,” Rogers says in the album's trailer. “This is the story of what happened when I finally gave in. When I felt it all. When I finally let go… I found peace in distortion. A chaos I could control.” www.maggierogers.com

This set of music, (from Kacey Musgraves on) is all our morning show favs, and I played them for my oldest, Violet, last night. Truth! - Owen

Good morning to our favorite morning crew! Today Elli Bea turns 11! And she would love to hear Gigantic by the Pixies please. Rachael in Seattle === HAPPY ELLI BEA DAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

"Oh, Shadowless" appears as the final track on Neko Case's new retrospective 23-song compilation called, Wild Creatures. Neko Case will perform for ZooTunes at Woodland Park Zoo on June 16! www.zoo.org nekocase.substack.com

Angel Olsen says of this track, "At the time of my mothers passing I kept having these super visual dreams about time travel. Later on I decided I’d name the record Big Time, not only because of the song but also as a kind of wink to time expansion and change."

Good morning John! It's my birthday today, driving my daughter to daycare, and I'd love to hear something off of All Things Must Pass. One of my all time favorites. Thanks! Scott, from West Seattle.

One of the best KEXP performances of all-time. www.youtube.com

Fresh off a new session at KEXP, but here's her performance from 2019 in the meantime: www.youtube.com

Good morning, John. This stupid week is almost over. Could you by any chance play any old U2? I woke up feeling 16 this morning. Thanks CASEY in SLC

This is one of my favorite songs on one of my favorite records. We are all is some way or another, going to Reseda. -Mike

This single, a reworking of Todd Snider’s "Talking Reality Television Blues," is from Tom Jones' covers album, "Surrounded By Time." “I was there when TV started – didn’t know I’d become a part of it – but it could be that its power is to remind us how wonderful, crazy and inventive we are, but also how scary the reality it reflects can be,” Jones said.: bit.ly

Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood conducted the session musicians on "The National Anthem". Yorke lacks formal musical training, in an interview, he explained, 'The running joke when we were in the studios was, 'Just blow. Just blow, just blow, just blow,'' referring to the chaotic wind section sound. Although the recording sounds chaotic, each instrument is playing a solo to the riff." radiohead.com

Lesson...never be friends with Mark Sandman.

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Happy 50th, Exile. Working with a mobile recording studio, the loose and unorganised Nellcôte sessions went on for hours into the night, with personnel varying greatly from day to day. The recording was completed with overdub sessions at Los Angeles's Sunset Sound and included additional musicians such as pianist Nicky Hopkins, saxophonist Bobby Keys, drummer Jimmy Miller and horn player Jim Price. The resulting music was rooted in blues, rock and roll, swing, country and gospel, while the lyrics explored themes related to hedonism, sex and time. These newly recorded tracks were combined with some tracks recorded at earlier sessions from 1969–1971, resulting in the Stones' first double album.

Liz Phair's answer to The Rolling Stones "Shine a Light." == in 2018 she broke down the album track by track. www.rollingstone.com "Not a day goes by that someone doesn’t tell me that they booked 27D on their airplane seat specifically to have that experience [laughs]. It’s amazing."

You can catch Smokey Brights at Tractor Tavern on Saturday, June 18. bit.ly Their new single was produced by Samuel Rosson, and it's the first song written on guitar by Kim West! Smokey Brights performed live in the KEXP studio in 2018. youtu.be smokeybrights.bandcamp.com www.smokeybrights.com

Our pals Strand of Oaks will be at The Showbox on May 18th, an all-ages event. Yes. Go.

The music video, released on April 11, 2008, features scenes of a young woman traveling alone to various places around the world, interspersed with the band performing in an industrial freezer room. The shoot involved the actress, director, and a crew of two traveling 27,977 miles in 13 days, and was shot on consumer-grade camcorders to achieve a sense of total realism and so that the film crew would blend in as tourists. -- youtu.be

You know what goes well with Death Cab for Cutie? More Death Cab for Cutie. It's all part of a balanced breakfast for the whole family.

Porridge Radio will be at Barboza on September 13th! Porridge Radio's 3rd album. The title – which was partly inspired by a collage by the British surrealist Eileen Agar – speaks to the “joy, fear and endlessness” of the past few years. - porridgeradio.bandcamp.com porridgeradio.com

Tears for Fears were followers of American psychologist Arthur Janov's school of Primal Therapy. This song was inspired by his primal therapy treatment, which worked by getting people to confront their fears by shouting and screaming. The music video for "Shout" features vocalists Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith venting their anger on a gorgeous, isolated cliffside at Durdle Door in Dorset, England.: www.youtube.com. tearsforfears.com

Lou shares this article on Kevin from the NY TImes: tinyurl.com Morby said about this song, "In “A Random Act Of Kindness” I set out to write a song where each line could be interpreted in two completely different ways. For example; when I sing the words “out of trust…” it could be heard as either I have lost my sense of trust in something or that I am committing an act with trust as my motive. It’s a song about the menacing nature of the sun rising during a dark time in one’s life only to further illuminate their pain and suffering — and how during these periods it is often the selfless acts of strangers that keeps a person going." kevinmorby.bandcamp.com

Happy 50th Exile on Main Street. You look fabulous. == The song's basic tracks were recorded on 3 August 1971. That recording featured Mick Taylor playing bass because of Bill Wyman's unexplained absence with Jagger playing rhythm guitar. In the liner notes to Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones, Richards stated, "I remember writing the riff upstairs in the very elegant front room, and we took it downstairs the same evening and we cut it." In addition to playing with a capo on the fourth fret, Richards employed five-string open G tuning – dubbed "Keef-chord" tuning after he used it on several Exile On Main St. tracks.

"Exile in Guyville" was written by Phair as a song-by-song reply to the Rolling Stones' 1972 album, "Exile on Main St." and this song corresponds to "Tumbling Dice." Phair recalled in a 2010 interview: "I remember thinking the most important song happens at the fifth song. Because in my mind 'Tumbling Dice' is the big radio hit. I was like, I need to do the big radio hit there, which is funny because 'Never Said' ended up being the radio hit off that record for me."

If it makes sense in your set I'd love to hear any Kendrick Lamar song. So excited to hear his new album. - Cody in MN -- Oh it makes sense. Mwhahahahahaha.

In addition to the sample of Incredible Bongo Band's "Apache" you are also hearing Isaac Hayes' "Theme From Shaft". The bass is from two songs, both by Ohio Players - Fopp, and Skin Tight.

Stromae is only playing a handful of shows in North America but one is in Vancouver B.C. on October 21! www.stromae.com

Gabriels is the gospel singer and choir director Jacob Lusk (from American Idol in 2011) and producers Ryan Hope and Ari Balouzian. gabriels.bandcamp.com

This 1992 song is about a magical, albeit lonely character called Kiko, who comes out at night to "dance and dance." - bit.ly Celebrating the music of 1992 & 50 years of music with KEXP! - www.kexp.org

"Are You Experienced" turns double-nickels today. Yep, 55 years and one day ago this did not exist. Then it did exist and nothing was ever the same again. Imagine that. So cool.