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Wednesday, Nov 7 2012, 6AM
Macklemore a spokesman for Music for Marriage Equality must be proud this morning- Washington has almost passed R-74!
Ben Gibbard has sold out both the Showbox and Washington Hall on Nov. 16 and 17- he was in the studio last month, so be sure to check our on demand page! www.kexp.org
John Roderick and Jonathan Coulton are releasing an album of all original Christmas and Chanukah songs tomorrow. www.thelongwinters.com
Last month, Rolling Stone premiered "I Don't Believe a Word You Say", from Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite's "Get Up!" due out Jan 29, 2013 on Stax Records/Concord Music Group.
The Reverend Al Green just wrapped up an East Coast tour. www.algreenmusic.com
Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, scheduled to play three shows in the NYC region next week.
LCD Soundsystem is featured as one of our Saturday Afternoon Artists blog.kexp.org
Take the kids to see Caspar Babypants at the Burien Library today at 11am. There are lots more chances to see them live www.babypantsmusic.com
The Presidents of the United States of America have supported Bill Clinton, John Kerry and Barack Obama over the years.
Many members of NWA including Ice Cube and Dr. Dre went on to platinum solo careers
Originally called "Dancing Lady", Gaye sang both lead and back up vocals on that track.
Cypress Hill have rescheduled several shows in the coming months due to hurricane Sandy. www.cypresshill.com
Melancholy and the Infinite Shadness an album inspired by Shad's youth www.shadk.com
Chuck D and Kareem Abdul Jabbar teamed up for an episode of "Iconoclasts". www.publicenemy.com
After David Byrne left the band they continued on as the Heads featuring replacement singers such as Blondie's Debbie Harry, XTC's Andy Partridge, and Richard Hell minus the Voidoids,
Check out a Live performance from Echo and the Bunnymen kexp.org
Mysterious and elusive www.thebrightonportauthority.com
Sufjan Stevens' most recent album is called the Age of Adz released in 2010
Sufjan Stevens coming to the Neptune on Sat., Dec. 8
In celebration of Hendrix's 70th birthday, Omniverse Vision will screen Jimi Hendrix's live performance from Woodstock 1969 on big screens around the world from Nov. 26 on. www.jimihendrix.com
Dead Kennedys' guitarist East Bay Ray has released a self titled album with his side project East Bay Ray and the Killer Smiles
The Disposable Heroes.... had the unique experience of opening for a range of artists such as U2 (on their landmark Zoo TV Tour), Rage Against the Machine, Nirvana and Arrested Development.
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The Disposable Heroes... have been compared to Gil Scott Heron, perhaps because of this track.
The The's Matt Johnson started a publishing company which has published it's first book- a memoir by Eddie Johnson (Matt's father) entitled "Tales from the Two Puddings" www.thethe.com
Touring now for their new album Oceania with Morning Parade www.smashingpumpkins.com
Former Bauhaus members Daniel Ash, David J and Kevin Haskins
The Dandy Warhols will be playing at the Mission Theater and the Doug Fir in Portland on Dec. 15 and 16 (respectively)
Watch KEXP's documentary, "Pop Goes Electric" featuring Depeche Mode, New Order, Soft Cell and more kexp.org
Bob Dylan currently touring the great midwest with Mark Knopfler www.bobdylan.com
Pretty soon you'll be able to visit the Johnny Cash Museum in Nashville 76.12.177.9
Ziggy and Karen Marley recently accepted Bob Marley's lifetime achievement award from Recording Academy President and CEO Neil Portnow www.bobmarley.com
Jimmy Cliff doing a brief tour with Dave Matthews Band www.jimmycliff.com
Ice Cube began his music career with CIA then NWA before going solo www.icecube.com
Though Port O'Brien has disbanded, Van Pierszalowski's new project is called Waters.
"Home" featured on our song of the day blog blog.kexp.org
This year would have marked Woody Guthrie's hundredth and there have been many celebrations www.woodyguthrie.org
Live performance from the Magnetic Fields earlier this year kexp.org
