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Numerous references to exploitative Western legacies (Columbus' ships, the fields overseer of the slaves in the American South, my agents of orange, the priests of Hiroshima).--Songfacts (https://tinyurl.com/3jc6tfpb)", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3627713, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3627713/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-11T09:16:26-07:00", "show": 66151, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66151/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "Support the music and the message. Join the KEXP Supporter community today.\n\nGo to KEXP.ORG to make your drive gift now and while you’re there, check out our new donor-exclusive thank you gifts, too!\nhttps://kexp.org/donate/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3627712, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3627712/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-11T09:14:18-07:00", "show": 66151, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66151/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Serve the Rich", "track_id": "4ea04743-8901-4b2a-877d-f16384885890", "recording_id": "77a3c0d7-bff1-47c7-a5ec-a42a3ca98812", "artist": "PINS", "artist_ids": [ "863dd609-c532-4663-be8c-c00bd6b2a378" ], "album": "LUVU4LYF / Serve the Rich", "release_id": "86af6ec8-256a-416b-93a6-47367e65618a", "release_group_id": "a7c0dae6-5336-44cb-889c-70bffcdefa1d", "labels": [ "[no label]" ], "label_ids": [ "157afde4-4bf5-4039-8ad2-5a15acc85176" ], "release_date": "2017-10-20", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Faith Vern of this Manchester band writes: \"The track is about how sometimes we feel like we only exist to make money for other people, it’s a swizz. We are promised things by saviours, these people who have come to rescue us, but it’s not true. “Serve The Rich” was my opportunity to assert myself. I’m saying that we as PINS, musicians, women, Labour voters, and feminists, are here to save the kids, we’re here to save each other, we’re here to save ourselves.\" --Stereogum (https://bit.ly/3ipj4HV)\n\nhttps://wearepins.bandcamp.com", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3627711, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3627711/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-11T09:11:50-07:00", "show": 66151, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66151/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia902800.us.archive.org/12/items/mbid-04a54ce3-7ca8-4d5c-80d7-b559c190a88f/mbid-04a54ce3-7ca8-4d5c-80d7-b559c190a88f-21104193544_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia902800.us.archive.org/12/items/mbid-04a54ce3-7ca8-4d5c-80d7-b559c190a88f/mbid-04a54ce3-7ca8-4d5c-80d7-b559c190a88f-21104193544_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Rebel Girl", "track_id": "024b494c-ec2d-3e3c-bd47-7b88857d3113", "recording_id": "4e80b278-bede-48a0-9b43-6f50768e0cb8", "artist": "Bikini Kill", "artist_ids": [ "1397d045-1603-41fc-80b9-712c18360145" ], "album": "The Singles", "release_id": "04a54ce3-7ca8-4d5c-80d7-b559c190a88f", "release_group_id": "a6ba2726-8da1-344e-9616-be72e8ec6322", "labels": [ "Kill Rock Stars" ], "label_ids": [ "a16c4ee6-8f6b-4314-9701-465c2e11dffe" ], "release_date": "1998-06-23", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": true, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Bikini Kill is a feminist punk band that was based in Olympia, WA and Washington DC, forming in 1990 and breaking up in 1997. Kathleen Hanna sang, Tobi Vail played drums, Billy Karren (aka Billy Boredom) played guitar and Kathi Wilcox played bass. Bikini Kill is credited with instigating the Riot Grrrl movement in the early 90’s via their political lyrics, zones and confrontational live show. \n\nBikini Kill will be in Oakland at Mosswood Meltdown on July 19.\nhttps://mosswoodmeltdown.com/\n\nhttps://bikinikill.bandcamp.com\nhttps://www.bikinikill.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3627710, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3627710/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-11T09:07:17-07:00", "show": 66151, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66151/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710103.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-3583fbc9-a597-35d3-a415-6bd0cfa34acc/mbid-3583fbc9-a597-35d3-a415-6bd0cfa34acc-1920414273_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710103.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-3583fbc9-a597-35d3-a415-6bd0cfa34acc/mbid-3583fbc9-a597-35d3-a415-6bd0cfa34acc-1920414273_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "track_id": "f1e944d1-cc94-4b63-96aa-6ade45b92768", "recording_id": "e95e5009-99b3-42d2-abdd-477967233b08", "artist": "U2", "artist_ids": [ "a3cb23fc-acd3-4ce0-8f36-1e5aa6a18432" ], "album": "War", "release_id": "3583fbc9-a597-35d3-a415-6bd0cfa34acc", "release_group_id": "c6b36664-7e60-3b3e-a24d-d096c67a11e9", "labels": [ "Island" ], "label_ids": [ "dfd92cd3-4888-46d2-b968-328b1feb2642" ], "release_date": "1983-02-28", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "“Bloody Sunday” was a term given to an incident to an incident, which took place on 30th January 1972 in Derry, Northern Ireland where British Soldiers shot 28 unarmed civilians who were peacefully protesting. Fourteen people were killed.\n\nThe student publication at the University of Buffalo (The Spectrum) just posted an article about the history of \"Bloody Sunday\" and the song: https://tinyurl.com/yfzeazer", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3627709, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3627709/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-11T08:55:24-07:00", "show": 66151, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66151/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "Support the music and the message. Join the KEXP Supporter community today.\n\nGo to KEXP.ORG to make your drive gift now and while you’re there, check out our new donor-exclusive thank you gifts, too!\nhttps://kexp.org/donate/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3627708, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3627708/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-11T08:52:33-07:00", "show": 66151, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66151/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn721602.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-3fba6774-7bed-4062-9696-71293e58a744/mbid-3fba6774-7bed-4062-9696-71293e58a744-27223337568_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn721602.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-3fba6774-7bed-4062-9696-71293e58a744/mbid-3fba6774-7bed-4062-9696-71293e58a744-27223337568_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Turntables", "track_id": "1381dc2a-32fe-4686-a722-6c4dc4de64fe", "recording_id": "6a908501-c88f-4b2b-895a-ef99f8abdb57", "artist": "Janelle Monáe", "artist_ids": [ "ee190f6b-7d98-43ec-b924-da5f8018eca0" ], "album": "Turntables", "release_id": "f11c6192-12b8-4f98-8b0f-0613e3668560", "release_group_id": "dee5efa6-9e75-4e79-a356-94cf4b3305d7", "labels": [ "Bad Boy Records" ], "label_ids": [ "29d43312-a8ed-4d7b-9f4e-f5650318aebb" ], "release_date": "2020-09-08", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Janelle Monáe wrote this powerful song for the Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortés' 2020 documentary film 'All In: The Fight for Democracy'.\n\nCheck out the music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CFrCk6_0rM\n\nhttps://www.jmonae.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3627707, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3627707/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-11T08:49:17-07:00", "show": 66151, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66151/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710903.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-6ba69526-3526-31b0-9337-bc328ad1b679/mbid-6ba69526-3526-31b0-9337-bc328ad1b679-10309070536_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710903.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-6ba69526-3526-31b0-9337-bc328ad1b679/mbid-6ba69526-3526-31b0-9337-bc328ad1b679-10309070536_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Know Your Rights", "track_id": "a062ccd9-0524-3306-b291-4d4e517b711b", "recording_id": "7bacf45d-e5c3-43b1-8f5c-eb4dd78c3981", "artist": "The Clash", "artist_ids": [ "8f92558c-2baa-4758-8c38-615519e9deda" ], "album": "Combat Rock", "release_id": "6ba69526-3526-31b0-9337-bc328ad1b679", "release_group_id": "b1907b62-6aaf-3ea4-9895-b71234a0e5c1", "labels": [ "Epic" ], "label_ids": [ "8f638ddb-131a-4cc3-b3d4-7ebdac201b55" ], "release_date": "1999-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"This is a public service announcement... WITH GUITARS!\"\n\nThe only holiday that matters: International Clash Day.\n\nSupport the music and the message. Join the KEXP Supporter community today.\nhttps://kexp.org/donate/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3627706, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3627706/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-11T08:44:28-07:00", "show": 66151, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66151/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710702.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-b5297fe8-70de-38a1-93a3-f8ab4925a682/mbid-b5297fe8-70de-38a1-93a3-f8ab4925a682-9106652041_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710702.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-b5297fe8-70de-38a1-93a3-f8ab4925a682/mbid-b5297fe8-70de-38a1-93a3-f8ab4925a682-9106652041_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Cult of Personality", "track_id": "bfe013c5-f216-335d-b2bc-f977419df856", "recording_id": "e106d2a8-ef16-4805-b0d5-e3ca818a464d", "artist": "Living Colour", "artist_ids": [ "dc6f8c1f-626b-42b0-9115-7e66ae4cecd6" ], "album": "Vivid", "release_id": "b5297fe8-70de-38a1-93a3-f8ab4925a682", "release_group_id": "8ce498ba-26f5-3ea9-b499-9007212ae269", "labels": [ "Epic" ], "label_ids": [ "8f638ddb-131a-4cc3-b3d4-7ebdac201b55" ], "release_date": "1988-09-18", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "A \"cult of personality\" is when a political or religious leader is exalted, allowing that person to lead with unquestioned authority. This leader is often charismatic and authoritarian; examples include Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, and Kim Jong-Un. They're dangerous because they can get away with anything; they can tell their people that one and one makes three, and will be believed (or at least acquiesced).\n\nIn this song, it's US president Ronald Reagan with the cult of personality. He was in his last year in office in 1988 when the song was released.\n--Songfacts (https://tinyurl.com/yeymha92)", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3627704, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3627704/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-11T08:33:24-07:00", "show": 66151, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66151/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.\n\nSupport the music and the message. Join the KEXP Supporter community today.\n\nhttps://kexp.org/donate/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3627703, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3627703/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-11T08:31:03-07:00", "show": 66151, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66151/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn711103.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-dd7cbde9-bffc-467f-8a39-bda4ea2d0633/mbid-dd7cbde9-bffc-467f-8a39-bda4ea2d0633-4783139448_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn711103.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-dd7cbde9-bffc-467f-8a39-bda4ea2d0633/mbid-dd7cbde9-bffc-467f-8a39-bda4ea2d0633-4783139448_thumb250.jpg", "song": "American Idiot", "track_id": "519bba0f-d635-466c-b804-84aad13c315c", "recording_id": "d3bd52f1-3d84-445b-84f5-7899de8f9340", "artist": "Green Day", "artist_ids": [ "084308bd-1654-436f-ba03-df6697104e19" ], "album": "American Idiot", "release_id": "b580b2d5-f1a5-4d52-aa8e-5fb500268e78", "release_group_id": "de9bf827-a9b0-348b-a7c9-556c03c3fb07", "labels": [ "Adeline Records" ], "label_ids": [ "38c8c0a5-662e-4b32-b325-144ebb6ca5fc" ], "release_date": "2006-04-11", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The title refers to the state of the United States at that point in time. It speaks of a nation controlled by the new, biased media, and how the singer is not part of a \"Redneck Agenda\" discontent with how things are going. It was released during the 2004 presidential campaign, where George W. Bush was re-elected. --Songfacts (https://tinyurl.com/y3hebmbt)", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3627702, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3627702/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-11T08:28:25-07:00", "show": 66151, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66151/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710902.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-a3b1d148-d444-3f6a-84a6-add7c21b698d/mbid-a3b1d148-d444-3f6a-84a6-add7c21b698d-23429127260_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710902.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-a3b1d148-d444-3f6a-84a6-add7c21b698d/mbid-a3b1d148-d444-3f6a-84a6-add7c21b698d-23429127260_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Rise Above", "track_id": "0830b177-3528-3dcd-aaa4-4099597e99e7", "recording_id": "aff08032-4540-45c4-b047-1d7c4d8edeaf", "artist": "Black Flag", "artist_ids": [ "9941a936-196a-4a62-ae53-a69cbc33f20e" ], "album": "Damaged", "release_id": "a3b1d148-d444-3f6a-84a6-add7c21b698d", "release_group_id": "2cf40300-0f67-3136-9b84-57104f1f7a50", "labels": [ "SST Records" ], "label_ids": [ "361acf91-04bb-4e85-8485-28a4d00d1e56" ], "release_date": "1988-02-20", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"This is not the time to be dismayed, this is punk rock time. This is what Joe Strummer trained you for.\" -Henry Rollins \nhttps://kexp.org/donate/\n\nThird album from the LA band, first with Henry Rollins as lead singer. Their record label had a distribution deal with MCA Records who refused to distribute the album after the label's president, Al Bergamo, objected to its lyrical content. \n\nThe band personally visited the pressing plant and applied a sticker over the MCA logo with Bergamo’s quote, \"As a parent ... I found it an anti-parent record.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3627701, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3627701/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-11T08:26:31-07:00", "show": 66151, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66151/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn720300.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-de674cbf-9983-49f2-aca8-3abd791c5c2d/mbid-de674cbf-9983-49f2-aca8-3abd791c5c2d-41118380836_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn720300.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-de674cbf-9983-49f2-aca8-3abd791c5c2d/mbid-de674cbf-9983-49f2-aca8-3abd791c5c2d-41118380836_thumb250.jpg", "song": "PO$T AMERICAN", "track_id": "9017220c-e1d0-4244-8dae-e8190d6d799d", "recording_id": "4daadcef-665f-4475-a130-bb62dffebc29", "artist": "Dead Pioneers", "artist_ids": [ "a9747313-da0d-414c-ad81-5fe89a5245d4" ], "album": "PO$T AMERICAN", "release_id": "de674cbf-9983-49f2-aca8-3abd791c5c2d", "release_group_id": "9880abbf-a887-47c4-a131-625af3a619b8", "labels": [ "Hassle Records" ], "label_ids": [ "75c31799-eddd-461b-a7f0-dc69a31e972e" ], "release_date": "2025-04-11", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"America is so star-spangled awesome\nA nice place where the Empire blossoms\nKilling natives, built on slave labor, too\nWhen you bleed, you bleed red, white and blue...\"\nhttps://genius.com/Dead-pioneers-po-t-american-lyrics\n\nWatch Dead Pioneers perform this song and others in a powerful KEXP in-studio session last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_wcehWXDDA", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3627700, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3627700/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-11T08:13:52-07:00", "show": 66151, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66151/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "We are not alone. We are not afraid. We will not be silent.\n\nSupport the music and the message. Join the KEXP Supporter community today.\n\nhttps://kexp.org/donate/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3627699, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3627699/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-11T08:08:04-07:00", "show": 66151, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66151/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710600.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-6eb47652-8214-4440-883c-40da2d060b71/mbid-6eb47652-8214-4440-883c-40da2d060b71-16273681085_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710600.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-6eb47652-8214-4440-883c-40da2d060b71/mbid-6eb47652-8214-4440-883c-40da2d060b71-16273681085_thumb250.jpg", "song": "What It Means", "track_id": "e654a9f1-b91e-49da-b285-399cc9702453", "recording_id": "2234fa2f-167f-49e7-8724-ac8426f33f52", "artist": "Drive-By Truckers", "artist_ids": [ "8eae1e0a-1696-4532-9e3c-0a072217ef4c" ], "album": "American Band", "release_id": "6eb47652-8214-4440-883c-40da2d060b71", "release_group_id": "2a2b9165-14cf-4eee-8c9d-d745a90dab93", "labels": [ "ATO Records" ], "label_ids": [ "b63922e9-da3c-4e41-9eda-ae1b11d33a1a" ], "release_date": "2016-09-30", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Found on the eleventh album from the Athens, GA band, and the most political one of their career.\n\nThe Truckers reflect here on recent shootings of African-American men by police. Vocalist Patterson Hood doesn't pull any punches referencing in his lyrics the 2012 death of Trayvon Martin and the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson. \"'What It Means'\" is a song I wrote a couple of years ago protesting the Ferguson decision and the Trayvon Martin killing,\" explained Hood to Rolling Stone. \"Unfortunately, the song is still timely today. I hope and pray that one day it won't be.\" --Songfacts\n\nCheck out Live Video from Drive-By Truckers' 2016 KEXP In-Studio, including this song: https://bit.ly/40YJ4Ns.\n\nhttps://drivebytruckers.bandcamp.com/\nhttps://www.drivebytruckers.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3627698, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3627698/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-11T08:04:20-07:00", "show": 66151, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66151/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710206.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-80063c26-4fd4-3e0c-97b1-2597750e51e4/mbid-80063c26-4fd4-3e0c-97b1-2597750e51e4-35350948468_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710206.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-80063c26-4fd4-3e0c-97b1-2597750e51e4/mbid-80063c26-4fd4-3e0c-97b1-2597750e51e4-35350948468_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Black Boys on Mopeds", "track_id": "d57960bd-86c5-3006-b86c-fcad5c39ef1c", "recording_id": "d959ef2d-597f-43a1-87ae-559d4152d946", "artist": "Sinéad O’Connor", "artist_ids": [ "c78a77fa-507c-4c07-947a-0355029453bd" ], "album": "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got", "release_id": "80063c26-4fd4-3e0c-97b1-2597750e51e4", "release_group_id": "9747bcfe-7c42-35ac-8c3e-7ecac9f1227b", "labels": [ "Ensign Records" ], "label_ids": [ "c62674d2-cd19-4435-8c6f-52d9c183718d" ], "release_date": "1990-03-20", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "“Black Boys on Mopeds” received a lifetime ban from Saturday Night Live and other consequences after she tore a picture of Pope John Paul II on the show in 1992.\n\nhttps://www.kexp.org/donate/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3627697, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3627697/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-11T08:01:34-07:00", "show": 66151, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66151/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://dn710103.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-8eb79734-addc-4f7a-9041-ab8e0a01aed5/mbid-8eb79734-addc-4f7a-9041-ab8e0a01aed5-43802269946_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://dn710103.ca.archive.org/0/items/mbid-8eb79734-addc-4f7a-9041-ab8e0a01aed5/mbid-8eb79734-addc-4f7a-9041-ab8e0a01aed5-43802269946_thumb250.jpg", "song": "No Kings", "track_id": "2eb04469-dcb8-4666-9b20-29a0b28b2a42", "recording_id": "e19fb0ec-e82a-450f-9791-184a843e748b", "artist": "Jesse Welles feat. 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What's needed is an anthem, something that everybody can sing.” \n--\nJesse Welles and Joan Baez sang this along with Bob Dylan's \"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right\" at The Fillmore in San Francisco back in November 2025. https://tinyurl.com/4ke8cczf", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3627696, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3627696/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-03-11T07:53:47-07:00", "show": 66151, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66151/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "Support the music and the message. 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You can support KEXP with your donation and take a stand for freedom of voice.\nhttps://kexp.org/donate/\n\n\"This song was written by Patti Smith and her late husband, Fred \"Sonic\" Smith. Patti told NME how they tried to infuse the spirit of the '60s into a modern protest song: \"We had both protested the Vietnam War when we were young. We had been part of the '60s, where our cultural voice was really strong, and we were trying to write a song that would reintroduce that kind of energy. It's sad for me but quite beautiful. It was really Fred's song - even though I wrote the words, he wrote the music; the concept was his, and he wanted it to be a song that people sang all over the world to inspire them for different causes. 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