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Olympia, WA supertrio CCFX gave their first live radio performance at KEXP on The Morning Show in 2018. It included the wonderful "The One to Wait.": youtu.be ccfx.bandcamp.com

Originally written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and sung by Ringo Starr. This version was recorded in 3/4 time - a waltz. The Beatles original version was in traditional 4/4 time. Jimmy Page played guitar and BJ Wilson from Procol Harum played drums on the track. The soul singers Madeline Bell Reeves, Rosetta Hightower, Patrice Holloway, and Sunny Wheetman provided backing vocals. www.songfacts.com

Following up their 2019 self-titled debut LP, Black Pumas' new album, Chronicles of a Diamond, came out in October. blackpumas.bandcamp.com Black Pumas played Live on KEXP in 2019: www.youtube.com

Aesop Rock is back with the first full length album since 2020: Integrated Tech Solutions dropped on November 10. - aesoprock.com - aesoprock.bandcamp.com

UK based singer, songwriter, and record producer Devonté Hynes, also known as Blood Orange and formerly Lightspeed Champion, teamed up with Steve Lacy on this track.

Say She She will be performing at Nuemos here in Seattle on February 2nd! Say She She performed Live in Studio at KEXP! Visit our website or YouTube to watch their live performance. www.youtube.com

This single also appeared on her 1982 album Living My Life and was recorded in the Bahamas.

Born this day in 1980 - Kurt Vile, american singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He is known for his solo work and as the former lead guitarist of rock band the War on Drugs (albums "Wagonwheel Blues" and "Slave Ambient".

This was Beth Ditto's take on Tommy James & The Shondells' 1968 song "I'm Alive." Ditto said of the cover: "Being alive is radical right now. So let's live!"

The Funkees were a very prominent Nigerian rock group in the 60s & 70s West African and West Indian music scene.

"Peace Frog" features lines inspired by true events surrounding the band's frontman Morrison. - thedoors.com

The song was written by Faces band members Ronnie Lane and Ronnie Wood. It was Ronnie Wood, not Rod Stewart or Ronnie Lane, who sang the lead vocal for this song. Lane and Stewart were at odds at the time. Stewart did not think the song was up to his standards, although both he and Lane recorded lead vocals for it. Their producer, Glyn Johns, suggested Wood give it a try, and that's the version that was used for the album, which was Faces' last studio album. Lane left the group after "Ooh La La" was released and the group disbanded after their 1974 tour. -- When Rolling Stone asked Ron Wood in 2021 what he wished he knew when he was younger, he replied: "I wish I knew that all the promoters were ripping me off."

Born this day in 1945 – Singer, songwriter Stephen Stills (Buffalo Springfield, Crosby Stills Nash & Young and Manassas). He wrote numerous songs for CSNY/CSN including "Helplessly Hoping," "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," and the incredible "Carry On. "His solo song 'Love The One Your With' is covered BRILLIANTLY by Aretha Franklin.

On this day in 1892 J.R.R. Tolkien was born (John Ronald Reuel Tolkien), English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor best known as the author of the classic fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. Led Zeppelin's "Ramble On" was influenced by Tolkien, particularly the Lord Of The Rings. The opening lines paraphrase a poem Tolkien wrote in the Elvish tongue of Quenya, and references to Mordor and Gollum appear in the song's lyrics. Led Zeppelin also references the series in "Misty Mountain Hop" (named for the place where Bilbo Baggins and his dwarf pals spend some time in The Hobbit) and "The Battle of Evermore" ("The ring wraiths ride in black/Ride on!")

Born this day in 1946 – John Paul Jones (born John Baldwin), English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer, arranger and record producer. Best known as the bassist, keyboardist, and co-songwriter for Led Zeppelin. Apparently the guy can play A LOT of instruments: A versatile musician, Jones also plays organ, guitar, koto, lap steel guitars, mandolin, autoharp, violin, ukulele, sitar, cello, continuum and recorder, to name a few... (Led Zeppelin, Them Crooked Vultures, solo work)

Listener request from: Hugh! This song samples Mikey Dread's "Saturday Night Style" and an interview with Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and pioneer of the Afrobeat music genre, Fela Kuti, PLUS a little of "Rapper's Delight."

"The Weight" sampled South Bronx's 1980 song, "The Big Throwdown." www.whosampled.com Their new book, "Paused in Cosmic Reflection" - the definitive story of The Chemical Brothers, told in the voices of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, with contributions from friends & collaborators - was released on October 26. geni.us www.thechemicalbrothers.com

A Walker Wormhole Wednesday selection! "One-third of the pop/soul act Labelle (their big hit was "Lady Marmalade"), Nona Hendryx, made the hippest solo records of any member of that group (the others being Patti LaBelle and Sarah Dash). After Labelle called it quits in 1976, Hendryx released her debut record Nona Hendryx, which was an amazingly strong amalgam of soul and hard rock." - www.allmusic.com

"DJ Manny's new album 'Hypnotized' is full of fresh ideas which push the footwork format of 160bpm hyper-rhythmic music in really enjoyable new directions. He builds on the romantic themes of his last album 'Signals In My Head' and evolves them with shades of blue, taking very natural sounding experimentation into new moods and musical colour while never making the album inaccessible." - djmanny1.bandcamp.com

Bjork wrote this song between 1997 and 2001, but has just released it to join Iceland’s fight against Norwegian-owned commercial farming operations that threaten to disrupt native ecosystems. Proceeds from "Oral" will be used to support a legal case against the fisheries, brought forth by residents of the town of Seyðisfjörður on the eastern side of Iceland. Here's an interview with Bjork about the song and her ROSALÍA collaboration: tinyurl.com

Sleater-Kinney will be at The Showbox on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 2nd and 3rd, 2024 (21+ on the 2nd and all-ages on the 3rd). Their new album, 'Little Rope,' will be out in January!

Brainstory has released "Nobody But You" as a "taste of what's to come" on their in-progress sophomore album. brainstory1.bandcamp.com

On this day in 1987 – Aretha Franklin, “Queen of Soul”, was the first woman inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame!!!!!!!