John Richards

Good morning Seattle, and welcome to the Thursday edition of The Morning Show. We're kicking it off with a track off the 1996 debut LP from DJ Shadow, who created Entroducing almost entirely out of samples.

Off the debut full-length from the London-based electronic duo, featuring Richard Ashcroft (frontman for The Verve) on vocals for this song

Released in 1993, Chrome was the second album released from the British shoegazers and received production help from Gil Norton (Pixies, Echo & the Bunnymen)

This Bay Area band stopped by our studio for a live (acoustic!) performance in February. Watch the full session here: bit.ly

Off the sophomore effort from this London trio, who released their debut album Either That or the Moon in 2016. Watch them performing in our studio here: bit.ly

The lead single from the Canadian band's forthcoming album Heaven, out on September 14th. They'll be opening for Fidlar at the Showbox on October 30th, find tickets here! bit.ly

On this day in 1974, a band called Angel and the Snake played at CBGBs in NYC, with a little band called The Ramones opening for them. Angel and the Snake would shortly afterwards change their name to Blondie. They'll be here at Seattle Center on Labor Day weekend for Bumbershoot, find festival info here: www.bumbershoot.com

Boy Azooga is a Welsh band that formed in 2017. In an interview with NME, frontman Davey Newington said about this song: "Me and my girlfriend lived in the top room of this flat and I’d always see something going on late at night if I was getting back from gigs. From that, combined with some pretty terrifying news stories, I wrote this song that was inspired by feeling quite anxious, but I didn’t want it to be too depressing. So it’s this loner character having a little boogie. Or if you’re at a party and you don’t really know anyone and you just feel kind of on the outside." bit.ly

A timeline of the fights between Liam and Noel Gallagher for those that have lost track (which is everyone): bit.ly

Formed in 1982, this long-running English band is back with another new album! Keep track of their current whereabouts here: wearejames.com

Idles will be live right here on The Morning Show on October 4th at 9:30 AM, and then playing a sold-out show at the Sunset on October 6th! Pre-order Joy as an Act of Resistance, out on August 31st, here: bit.ly

Sometimes referred to in the booth as the "pogo song" because of the super cool dance move it inspires us to do

We've just received word that the Queen of Soul has passed away at her home in Detroit today. She was 76 years old. R-E-S-P-E-C-T.

Performed by Aretha for the Detroit Lions vs the Minnesota Vikings NFL game on Thanksgiving Day in 2016. She was 74 years old at the time of this performance, and managed to stretch this two-minute long song into a glorious five minutes: n.pr

Watch this full concert of Aretha performing at the Fillmore West in 1971 here: bit.ly

In a 2010 interview with NPR, "I Say A Little Prayer" songwriters Hal David and Burt Bacharach discussed Aretha's version of this tune: “We were talking about our changes and time changes on the chorus of ‘forever and forever, you stay in my heart, and I will’ — you know, that’s going 4-4, 3-4, 4-4, 3-4. Then regard the way it was treated by Aretha, because Aretha just makes it seamless, the transition going from one change to another change. You never notice it.”

Aretha's cover of this Simon & Garfunkel tune that won her a Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 1972 ceremonies

Aretha Franklin, the long-reigning Queen of Soul, died this morning at 9:50 AM EST at her home in Detroit. She was 76-years-old. A statement on behalf of Franklin's family from her longtime publicist Gwendolyn Quinn reports that the "official cause of death was due to advance pancreatic cancer of the neuroendocrine type, which was confirmed by Franklin's oncologist, Dr. Philip Phillips of Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit." Read the rest of our obituary for Aretha here: bit.ly

Yet another cover of a song that Aretha did her way and made even better. R.I.P. Queen of Soul.

Recorded and released as a single by Vivian Reed in 1970, Aretha would release her version of this song in 1971

Off Aretha's 1972 album of the same name, "Young, Gifted and Black" was originally recorded and released on Nina Simone's 1970 album Black Gold

The kind of introduction that should indicate that if you search "greatest singer of all time," Aretha will be the first name that pops up. We've lost the Queen of Soul today at the age of 76, and will be paying tribute all day.

The opening track off Aretha's 1968 album Aretha Now. Featuring the Muscle Shoals rhythm section, "Think" would stay on the R&B chart at No. 1 for three weeks, and sold over a million copies

"Son of a Preacher Man" has been recorded by many artists since it was first recorded by Dusty Springfield in 1968...Aretha herself was the daughter of a Baptist preacher, born in Memphis, Tennessee, on 25 March 1942.

The first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (January 3, 1987 to be exact) has passed away at the age of 76. We'll continue to be paying tribute to the Queen of Soul at KEXP today.

Performed live by Aretha on January 20, 2009 for Barack Obama's Presidential inauguration. (That voice! That hat!) bit.ly

When Luciano Pavarotti was suddenly unavailable to perform this song at the 1998 Grammy Awards due to a sore throat, the one and only Aretha showed up in his place and no one batted an eye. (But probably shed a tear)

Originally written by Don Covay for Otis Redding, until Aretha's producer (Jerry Wexler) said, “Hey man, Aretha needs to hear this." Naturally, it became a hit for her Lady Soul album

The song written by Carolyn Franklin, Aretha's younger sister, and found on Aretha's 1968 album Lady Soul. Carolyn passed away at the age of 43 from breast cancer on April 25, 1988.

Penned by Paul McCartney and John Lennon for their 1970 album Let It Be, with this version from Aretha showing up on her 1972 release Young, Gifted, and Black

Aretha in an interview with Vogue in 2015: “I am a natural woman. I think that women have to be strong. If you don’t, some people will run right over you.” Here she is performing this song that brought President Obama to tears at the Kennedy Center Honors in 2015: bit.ly

A 21-year old Aretha singing this on 1964's Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington album

Barack Obama's statement on Aretha's passing this morning: "Aretha helped define the American experience. In her voice, we could feel our history, all of it and in every shade—our power and our pain, our darkness and our light, our quest for redemption and our hard-won respect. May the Queen of Soul rest in eternal peace." bit.ly

Bernice King (youngest child of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King) has recently made a statement on Aretha's passing: "Just as they welcomed Aretha Franklin to their hearts during their lifetime, both my father and mother have welcomed the Queen of Soul to their heavenly home. #RIPQueen" - bit.ly

This has been The Morning Show's tribute to the Queen of Soul, who passed away today at the age of 76. Riz has got y'all covered for the Midday Show. R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Aretha. bit.ly