Cheryl Waters invites us to get lost in her latest mix, a sprawling 22 tracks including recent gems from Bachelor, Ambar Lucid, The Marías, Miss Grit and more. Climb in and let each song take you deeper and deeper into a state of musical bliss. 

1. Antonioni - Puck
2. Ambar Lucid - Get Lost In The Music
3. Courtney Barnett - Rae Street
4. Bachelor - Anything At All
5. Faye Webster - Cheers
6. Haru Nemuri (春ねむり) - Seventh Heaven
7. The Joy Formidable - Into The Blue
8. Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen - Like I Used To
9. serpentwithfeet - Fellowship 
10. Oxford Drama - Not My Friend
11. José González - El Invento
12. Lightning Bug - The Right Thing Is Hard To Do
13. Left At London - There Is a Place For You Here
14. Katy Kirby - Peppermint
15. Kylie V - On My Mind
16. Miss Grit - Impostor
17. Dawn Richard - Bussifame
18. Flock of Dimes - Price of Blue
19. Jupiter & Okwess & Ana Tijoux - You Sold Me a Dream
20. TORRES - Don't Go Puttin Wishes In My Head
21. The Marías - Hush
22. Warren Dunes - Talkin About That Burden

Cheryl Waters is the host of The Midday Show on KEXP, every weekday from 10am-1pm PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle.

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Greatly hosted by DJ Troy Nelson, who says, “This is a taste of some of the artists and songs that have been swirling around my head the past few months. So much music has been flowing out of the universe, so sit back and enjoy some of the music that's been greatly lately!"

1. Cobra Man - Powered Up
2. Wild Powwers - ....Sucks
3. Nicki Danger - Adhesive
4. Appaloosa - Big Dinner
5. Teenage Sequence - All This Art
6. CarLarans - Runway
7. Jane Weaver - The Revolution of Super Visions
8. Pond - Pink Lunettes
9. Curtis Harding - Hopeful
10. Warren Dunes - Fishbowl
11. Red Ribbon - Planet X
12. Gnossienne & The Environment - Bones Decay
13. Psymon Spine - Jumprope

Troy Nelson hosts a Variety Mix every Saturday from 3-6pm PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app, or 90.3 FM in Seattle.

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John reads listeners' stories of hope amidst a pandemic, divorce, and more, showing how the runcast has inspired them, which in turn, inspires him. 

1. Mint Julep - A Rising Sun 
2. Efterklang - Living Other Lives
3. Piroshka - V.O.
4. José González - Head On
5. Ducks Ltd. - As Big As All Outside
6. Night Beats - New Day
7. Ages and Ages - Light Goes Out
8. Ora the Molecule - Die To Be A Butterfly
9. Mumu Fresh - Work
10. Nation of Language - Across That Fine Line
11. Liars - Big Appetite
12. PRONOUN -  I WANNA DIE BUT I CAN'T (CUZ I GOTTA KEEP LIVING)
13. Split Single - Satellite
14. Shine - Stare Into the Sun
15. Deep Sea Diver - Stop Pretending
16. MAN ON MAN - Stohner

John Richards is the host of The Morning Show on KEXP, weekdays from 7-10am PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle.

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Drive Time host Kevin Cole hits the road with tunes for driving. Whether it’s a Summer roadtrip, a commute, or you just sitting in your home thinking about your drive to make the world a better place, Kevin has the music for you. Think of this as a mixtape from a loved one you’re popping in your car for the first time—this playlist has Kevin’s favorite driving and grooving tunes from the past year.

1. The Weather Station - Tried To Tell You
2. Ambar Lucid - Get Lost in the Music
3. Polar Noir - If Everybody Listened  
4. Jessica Winter - Sad Music
5. The Suburbs - Summertime
6. Nation Of Language - Across That Fine Line
7. Public Service Broadcasting - People, Let’s Dance (feat. EERA)
8. Working Men's Club - A.A.A.A.
9. The Vega Bodegas - All My Fish Are Dead  
10. JOHN - A Song For Those Who Speed In Built Up Areas   
11. Yee Loi - Be Like Johnny
12. The Joy Formidable - Chimes
13. 本日休演 (Honjitsu Kyuen) - Allergie
14. CHVRCHES - How Not to Drown (feat. Robert Smith)
15. Mia Day - Rosie
16. Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto
17. No-No Boy - The Best God Damn Band in Wyoming
18. Branik - Monster        
19. Damien Jurado - Tom
20. Middle Kids - Questions
21. Deep Sea Diver - Wishing
22. Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen - Like I Used To
23. SAULT -  Wildfires
24. Songhoy Blues - Worry

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Happy Pride Month! Kennady shows her Pride as a Queer DJ with a mix of all the best femme, non-binary, and gender non-conforming LGBTQ+ muscians. Dance along to tracks from Shura, Arlo Parks, Supercoze, Gina Young, and more. 

1. Tribe 8 - Femme Bitch Top 
2. The Muffs - Oh Nina
3. Gina Young - So-Called Str8 Girl
4. The Butchies - She’s So Lovely
5. Arlo Parks - Sophie
6. Marika Hackman - My Lover Cindy
7. Rosie Tucker - Gay Bar
8. Lavender Country - Cryin’ These Cocksucking Tears
9. artms - Lavender
10. Tasha - Kind of Love
11. Jay Som - Tenderness
12. Supercoze - Happy Mind
13. Palehound - If You Met Her
14. Shura - the stage
15. Chong The Nomad, Hollis  - Take Two

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Larry Mizell Jr.'s music to soundtrack your freedom to dance, love, stunt, rage and cry. Coming soon to a federal holiday near you!

1. Ric Wilson - Fight Like Ida B & Marsha P
2. Jarv Dee x Bad Colours - Black Skin (feat. Stas THEE Boss)
3. Durand Jones & The Indications - Witchoo
4. Kassa Overall - I’m A King (feat. Stas THEE Boss & Nappy Nina)
5. Shabazz Palaces - 20 Gear Science
6. Little Simz & Cleo Sol - Woman
7. Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band - Dirt Off Your Shoulder
8. serpentwithfeet - Fellowship
9. Yves Tumor - Jackie
10. L’Rain - Suck Teeth
11. Thee Sacred Souls - Give Us Justice
12. Blu & Exile - The American Dream
13. Shaina Shepherd - Back of the Bus
14. Kamasi Washington - The Rhythm Changes

Larry Mizell, Jr. is the host of The Afternoon Show, weekdays from 1-4pm PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle.

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John had a terrible run before recording this podcast and from that complete disaster of a run comes inspiration and motivation for YOUR run. Remember, this stuff (he did not say "stuff") is hard, but you can do it. 

1. Gidge - New Light
2. Sofia Kourtesis - La Perla
3. Bicep - Sundial
4. Amen Dunes  - Blue Rose
5. Gary Louris - Almost Home
6. Quivers - Hold You Back
7. Ya Tseen - Knives (feat. Portugal. The Man)
8. Cold Cave - Psalm 23
9. Working Mens Club  - X
10. The Clockworks - Feels So Real
11. Yard Act - Dark Days
12. Bachelor - Stay in the Car  
13. Yola - Stand For Myself

John Richards is the host of The Morning Show on KEXP, weekdays from 7-10am PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle.

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Join DJ Sean for tunes to while away a sunny afternoon. Sean adds, “For best results, scatter a bunch of prisms near your sunniest window and turn the volume up... But try to avoid looking right at the rays 'cause even though the colours are really cool it can be blinding and maybe you knock over some houseplants as a result... Not me, but it could happen."

1. Mart Avi - Wire
2. Kate NV - Sayonara (Full Moon Version)
3. Pacific Coliseum - Turquoise
4. Jesse Futerman - Luckey (feat. Beverly Glenn-Copeland) 
5. Dubharp - Bamboo Cross (feat. Lee Scratch Perry)
6. The Zenmenn - Salad Bar
7. Cactus Head - Red Bluff
8. Good Sad Happy Bad - Shades
9. ML Buch - Touching Screens
10. Automatic - Strange Conversations (Sudan Archives Remix)
11. Dreamcastmoe - 301-341-7207
12. Space Ghost - Time To Dance (Together Mix)
13. Tammy Lakkis - Notice
14. Jex Opolis - Gem
15. Guy Contact - Maya Bay
16. Ajukaja & Ats - Signal
17. Eugene Pascal - Caveman Algorhythms

Sean hosts KEXP at Night every Monday night from 10pm-1am PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP App, or 90.3 FM in Seattle.

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From the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish and Suheir Hammad, to the idea that "Hip Hop Never Died, It Lives In Palestine," this week's mix is a time-traveling exploration of resistance music and global solidarity, with the people of Palestine on our hearts and minds. There's brand new music from Daboor, Essam & Petty Pro along with underheard mixtape classics from Narcy & Shadia Mansour, Native Guns, Invincible and so much more. Co-curated by Gabriel Teodros and Isabel Khalili.

1. Aisha Fukushima - Palestine
2. Lowkey - Long Live Palestine 3 (feat. Maverick Sabre, Frankie Boyle, Ken Loach, Chakabars, Khaled Siddiq & Mai Khalil)
3. Daboor - Sheikh Jarrah الشيخ جراح
4. Essam & Petty Pro - Free Palestine
5. Narcy - Hamdulillah (Gaza Remix) (feat. Shadia Mansour)
6. DAM - Hada Yid'ie Sitna
7. Ana Tijoux - Somos Sur (feat. Shadia Mansour)
8. Invincible - People Not Places (feat. Sabreena Da Witch)
9. Suheir Hammad - Refugees
10. Bambu & DJ Phatrick - When Will The Time Come
11. Kiwi & DJ Phatrick - Gaza 2 Oakland
12. DAM - Prozac
13. Shabjdeed & Al Nather - Amrikkka أمريكا
14. 47SOUL - Border Ctrl (feat. Shadia Mansour & Fedzilla)
15. Jasiri X - Checkpoint
16. Invincible - The Emperor's Clothes
17. Muqata'a - Ikmal إِكمَال

Gabriel Teodros is the host of Early on KEXP, every weekday from 5-7am PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app or 90.3 FM in Seattle.

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Albina Cabrera and deejay Chilly celebrate the 10-year anniversary of KEXP’s modern Latin mix show, El Sonido, with a collection of some of their favorite new tracks. Hip-hop, psych rock, electro-cumbia and more from over a dozen different countries across Latin America and the globe. Tune in and turn it up as we celebrate a decade together! 

1. Sofia Kourtesis - La Perla 
2. MULA - Cíborg 
3. El Individuo - Reacciona 
4. Nakury & Barzo - Lunática 
5. Yanna - Viviana 
6. Juan Wauters - Real (with Mac DeMarco) 
7. Le 1991 - Muy Pronto para Salir 
8. Derby Motoreta's Burrito Kachimba - Caño Cojo 
9. Mengers - GOLLY 
10. Belafonte Sensacional y Jovita María - Ya Me Voy, Maravilla 
11. Ambar Lucid - Lolita 
12. Guazú & Terror Cactus - Flor de Desierto 
13. Mitú - Bailarina 
14. Luanda - de ak-á (feat. Jen Parker) 
15. Rebeca Lane - Nos Queremos Vivas 
16. Xenia Rubinos - Did My Best 
17. Ela Minus - el cielo no es de nadie
18. Lujo Asiático - Pastee

Albina Cabrera and deejay Chilly are the co-hosts of El Sonido, every Monday from 7-10pm PT on KEXP.org, the KEXP app, or 90.3 FM in Seattle.

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