With Ibeyi, every song is a blessing, sometimes quite literally. The Parisian born twin sisters reach deep into their French-Cuban ancestry and call upon the spirits of Santería on their debut LP, which blends Yoruban evocations with contemporary expressions of love and loss. Their music is, as they say, a mix like they are, of those two distant worlds, but also other spirits enchant their songs, ones from closer to home, namely their father, famed Cuban percussionist Miguel "Anga" Diaz, and their elder sister, both deceased. For Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Diaz, their ghosts "are not gone" but are "making words making sounds making songs", and those songs, channeled through the twins' lovely harmonies and minimal production combined with traditional instrumentation are full of life. Come dance with your ghosts as Ibeyi performs live in the KEXP studio.
Brooklyn’s brassy big band Red Baraat stopped by on their way across the country on a national tour to bring their infectious world music into the KEXP live room. Led by percussionist Sunny Jain, the eight members draw on a Bhangra blend of North Indian rhythms mixed with hip-hop, funk and New Orle…
With a healthy dose of cool Britannia, Oxford’s Swervedriver take the KEXP audience on a melodic joyride through a collection of new spins from their long awaited comeback release, I Wasn't Born To Lose You. Enhancing their legacy seventeen years after their last LP, Sweredriver are still the multi…
