By KEXP | Published:
November 17, 2009
KEXP is proud to partner with Seattle’s coffee roaster Caffé Vita and over 30 other local businesses for the GIVE music and video compilation to benefit Arts Corps and area food banks. Starting today, November 17th, 30 downloadable tracks are available from a wide variety of Seattle artists, all of whom have donated songs for [...]
photos by Dan Muller
intro by James Truitt with Christy Thacker
The last decade has seen Seattle rise as a Hip Hop hotbed, and a large part of that movement’s success is due to the talents and hard work of DJ Sabzi and MC RA Scion, who together form Common Market. Since coming together in 2004, [...]
by Chris Estey
Maybe it’s how the bands bond intimately with who they know are big fans. (Last year, Two Gallants put on one of the best performances of the festival there.) Maybe it’s the excellent sound (hey, Kevin Suggs!) in the tucked-away special venue. Perhaps it’s the posh, comfortable seats in a cool setting indoors [...]
Posted in Bumbershoot, KEXP | Also tagged Akron/Family, Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, Elvis Perkins, Gang Gang Dance, Hey Marseilles, Holy Fuck, Metric, Os Mutantes, Raphael Saadiq, Sera Cahoone, Telekinesis, The Cave Singers, Vieux Farka Toure, Vivian Girls |
by Chris Estey
RA Scion loves God and reads Harper’s. He talks about his ambivalence of growing up poor in Kentucky with the deepest love and some seriously bold class analysis. Current TV has featured a day in the emcee’s life, and the seven part collaboration with his immensely creative (musical) partner in Common Market, Sabzi [...]
