Cheryl Waters

Cheryl hosted Nic Hessler Live on KEXP in 2015, just after the release of Soft Connections! bit.ly

Cheryl hosted St. Louis, Missouri band American Wrestlers back in 2017. Check out the video here! www.youtube.com

Swell formed in San Francisco in 1989 when vocalist/guitarist David Freel and drummer Sean Kirkpatrick decided to record an album: www.allmusic.com -- R.I.P., David Freel, who died in 2022 at age 64: www.brooklynvegan.com

Cheryl hosted Melbourne band Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever for a Live on KEXP in-studio session in 2018: www.youtube.com

San Francisco artist Kelley Stoltz (and one of KEXP's newest DJs for the Bay Area local music show, Vinelands)! www.kelleystoltz.com Here's Troy Nelson's cover of this track: www.youtube.com

Nilufer Yanya is performing Live on KEXP in a free and public session on Saturday, Oct. 26, at 3 PM. www.kexp.org She's also on tour! --At Seattle's Crocodile on Saturday, October 19th --At SF's August Hall on Tuesday, October 22nd. -- "But it’s on the standout track 'Ready for Sun (Touch)' that Yanya’s vision seems to come most vividly into focus: over a rattling staccato, she croons about chasing her own shadow with a twinge of melancholy. Then an achingly beautiful string melody hits, and Yanya’s voice seems to open up, ready to let the light in. “Heavy on my mind / Share it in the light / Beautiful scars / That’s all she’s got,” she sings—and then, simply: “Ready for sun.” It’s one of a handful of moments that suggest a kind of turning point for Yanya, as she enters her 30s and embarks on a new chapter in her career." Here's a review of the musician's "brilliant new album": www.vogue.com

Dan Boeckner played songs from his debut solo album Live on KEXP earlier this year! You can watch the full session here: www.youtube.com boeckner.bandcamp.com

Check out this great Live on KEXP performance from Neko Case in 2018, hosted by Cheryl! www.youtube.com

Clem Snide were first assembled by singer, guitarist, and songwriter Eef Barzelay while he was attending college in Boston during the early '90s. 'It might not all be about apocalypse, but Hungry Bird is a surprisingly dense record, full of dark shadows, with Barzelay’s intricate wordplay winding its way into some dark subject matter. Songs build up in momentum, only to suddenly break into silent pauses, followed by quiet reiterations of themes.' -- tinyurl.com Troy Nelson hosted Eef Barzelay Live in the KEXP Studio back in 2013 -- youtu.be

The National, The War On Drugs and Lucius are performing TOMORROW, Oct. 1, at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. www.climatepledgearena.com -- Come on down to KEXP for Day Parties in the Gathering Space before The National and War on Drugs show at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle TOMORROW, October 1st. We’re right here in Seattle Center, next door to the arena, so it’s the perfect spot to meet up with friends to get a drink or bite before you head in. And if you don’t have tickets, no worries, you’re welcome too! It’s 21+, no cover charge, and proceeds benefit KEXP. Doors open at 3:30! See you here! kexp.org

See The Walkmen's Hamilton Leithauser when he performed for KEXP VIP Club members at Seattle's Triple Door in 2012: youtu.be

Our hearts go out to everyone impacted by Hurricane Helene. Asheville, NC, artist MJ Lenderman will be coming to the west coast next year: - San Francisco on Tuesday, Feb. 18 - Portland on Thursday, Feb. 20 - Vancouver, BC on Friday, Feb. 21 - Seattle on Saturday, Feb. 22 www.mjlenderman.com

Another great Asheville, NC artist. Check out this 2022 Live on KEXP performance from Indigo De Souza here: www.youtube.com

See the wonderful live performance in the KEXP studio that included "All Mirrors": www.youtube.com -- Angel Olsen is from St. Louis, Missouri, and currently living in Asheville, North Carolina.

Asheville, NC, artist Sally Anne Morgan released this newest album, 'Carrying,' last year! sallyannemorgan.bandcamp.com

Check out this Live on KEXP at Home performance from 2021 with Florida artist Helado Negro (who now lives in Asheville, NC): www.youtube.com

Catch Santigold on tour! - Vancouver, BC: Tuesday, Oct. 1 - Seattle, WA: Wednesday, Oct. 2 - Portland, OR: Thursday, Oct. 3 santigold.com

Dark Chisme is a Seattle-based dark wave band started by Chicago-raised Latina DJ and Producer Christine Gutierrez (Vocals, Synths) and E (Bass, Synths). darkchisme.bandcamp.com

Los Angeles artist TR/ST is on tour! - Seattle, WA: Friday, Nov. 15 - San Francisco, CA: Wednesday, Nov. 20 www.daisrecords.com -- Check out this 2019 Live on KEXP performance here: www.youtube.com

New music from New York's Sunflower Bean. Their new album 'Shake' just came out a few days ago. It's the band's fourth full length album. www.sunflowerbeanband.com -- Check out this 2018 Live on KEXP performance hosted by Cheryl: www.youtube.com

Dr. Dog's newest self-titled album came out earlier this year, back in July. It's their 11th album and their first new release in 6 years! -- Cheryl hosted Dr. Dog when they performed Live on KEXP back in early 2020: www.youtube.com

Watch this full Live on KEXP performance from Toronto artist Debby Friday, hosted by Cheryl, here: www.youtube.com -- In a statement for the music video, Nigeria-born, Toronto-based artist Debby Friday offers this: “The ‘WHAT A MAN’ music video is loosely based on the famous essay, Ways of Seeing, by English art critic John Berger as well as paintings by the Italian Baroque painter, Artemisia Gentileschi (in particular, her iconic work “Judith Slaying Holofernes”). Learn more and see the video: bit.ly

Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis' collaborative EP recorded with Afrobeat legend Tony Allen shortly before his passing. yannistheyaw.bandcamp.com

Another pick DJ Bolan D. He is a junior at Garfield High School where he plays drums in the GHS jazz band. DJ Bolan D has been DJ-ing since he was 12 years old. He specializes in reggae and soul, but he’s no stranger to indie, rock and punk. Bolan D says music is his biggest passion in life, and he hopes to pursue it as a career. -- Check out this Live on KEXP performance with Brittany Davis here: www.youtube.com

Another awesome pick from KEXP 90.Teen DJ -- DJ Bolan D! Learn more about KEXP's youth DJ program here: www.kexp.org And listen to 90.Teen on Saturdays from 6-7 AM. -- This is a collaboration from 2 legends! Stevie Wonder plays clavinet and sings, with Clark on guitar and vox.

Make sure to listen back to 90.Teen DJ Bolan D's set from this past Saturday from 6-7 AM on KEXP's two-week streaming archive: www.kexp.org -- "Ezy Ryder" was first released on 'The Cry of Love', the 1971 posthumous collection of songs that Jimi Hendrix was working on when he died.

Another pick DJ Bolan D! He is a junior at Garfield High School where he plays drums in the GHS jazz band. DJ Bolan D has been DJ-ing since he was 12 years old. He specializes in reggae and soul, but he’s no stranger to indie, rock and punk. Bolan D says music is his biggest passion in life, and he hopes to pursue it as a career. -- "Fun House" was the Stooges second studio album and was initially commercially unsuccessful, but later developed a cult following. Music critic Robert Christgau characterized the album as "genuinely 'avant-garde' rock."

Opener for the 1971 record Nilsson Schmilsson (last week YOU, our KEXP listeners voted this as the #232 Best Opening Songs!) You may know this song from the 2019 Netflix series "Russian Doll," which stars Natasha Lyonne as a computer programmer inexplicably caught in a time loop. -- Producer Richard Perry was adamant that the album, which was Nilsson's first rock release, be recorded in London. "I just felt that London was so far ahead: the technology, the sound of the records," Perry explained. "I was a great student of the Beatles records, trying to figure out how they could get their records to sound like that … my goal was to make Nilsson sound as much like the Beatles sounded as possible. He was the American Beatles all on his own. That was my dream. That was what excited me the most.

Saint Motel is on tour: - San Francisco, CA: March 15th, 2025 - Seattle, WA: March 22nd/23rd, 2025 www.saintmotel.com

New music from Jungle! -- Jungle has performed Live on KEXP multiple times, including most recently last year in this session hosted by Cheryl Waters: www.youtube.com. www.junglejunglejungle.com

Foursome from London! 'Dead Meat' released in January of 2023. The album is a "resplendent in hi-fidelity strum & thrum, incorporating fleeting elements of post-punk and indie jangle," where "the group’s penchant for trad British folk & Canterbury folk-rock takes a noticeable, caffeinated step forward." thetubs.bandcamp.com