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Richard Smallwood gets co-writing credit for this song.\n--\nLana \"MC Lyte\" Moorer was the first female to perform hip hop in the White House and first African American female to serve as the President of the Los Angeles chapter of the Recording Academy.\nOn this song, she reminisces over her 40 years of rapping, expressing gratitude for her career and experiences, thanking God for her success and growth as a person.\nHere are the lyrics: https://genius.com/Mc-lyte-thank-you-lyrics", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3604686, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604686/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-15T13:18:40-08:00", "show": 65658, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65658/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Thank You", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "ffb96b82-ed79-4c14-81a2-d606e7f1daca", "artist": "Richard Smallwood", "artist_ids": [ "0f36695f-b022-47bf-8874-5e8f832796f6" ], "album": "The Praise & Worship Songs of Richard Smallwood", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "b8c6de8a-7103-3ac1-b121-68a0ec15d21c", "labels": [ "Verity Records" ], "label_ids": [ "5f00e0e6-1c7f-4571-bc00-f0f76ff11cfb" ], "release_date": "2003-10-21", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "R.I.P., Richard Smallwood, who just died on December 30th, 2025, at age 77. Here's the Howard University obituary for this composer and musical director and founding member of the renowned Howard Gospel Choir: https://thedig.howard.edu/all-stories/remembering-life-double-alumnus-gospel-music-pioneer-richard-smallwood\n--\nThe lead vocals here are by Charrisse Nelson-McIntosh. Watch this, please.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF87TPplBsM", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3604685, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604685/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-15T13:13:21-08:00", "show": 65658, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65658/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Hittin the Bottle", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez", "artist_ids": [ "77820ed3-78b0-41a1-bbce-6b8482ebfe67" ], "album": "The Best of Dope Wax Records - \"The Dope Stuff\"", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "1995-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "This song sampled the vocals from The Clark Sisters' \"You Brought the Sunshine.\" It also directly sampled multiple elements of \"The Bottle\" from Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson.\n--\nKenny \"Dope\" Gonzalez grew up in Brooklyn's Sunset Park. By the early eighties he was absorbing the hip hop beats that were being played at the local street parties, and in 1985 he started to work in a local record store, WNR Music Center. \n \nFounded in 1988, Dopewax Records has been the celebrated work of 4-time Grammy nominee, Kenny Dope. At the time it was given to him by Frank Mendez of Nu Groove Records, one of the most ground-breaking Deep House labels ever to usher in the genre as we know today, it paved the way for Kenny's musical vision to take shape.https://soundcloud.com/dopewax-records", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3604684, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604684/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-15T13:02:35-08:00", "show": 65657, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65657/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/c567cbe7-bc42-45b2-ba3a-7f4c093ccac9/19869340437-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/c567cbe7-bc42-45b2-ba3a-7f4c093ccac9/19869340437-250.jpg", "song": "You Brought the Sunshine", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "d2b8f581-5831-4d0f-af3d-5f16415f1ca9", "artist": "The Clark Sisters", "artist_ids": [ "2cd7735b-7efa-4b41-9d06-a04f97f18976" ], "album": "You Brought the Sunshine", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "05b6158a-3dff-4f11-b5e7-7dbccfc8a1a2", "labels": [ "Warner Bros. Records" ], "label_ids": [ "c595c289-47ce-4fba-b999-b87503e8cb71" ], "release_date": "1981-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Happy Thursday and welcome to The Afternoon Show with the very knowledgeable Larry Mizell, Jr. and the esteemed producer Sharlese! Today, January 15th, is the birthday (in 1929) of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. To honor him today, we’re doing a Gospel OG Thursday! We’re so glad you’re here with us!\n--\n\nThe Clark Sisters, born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, are credited for helping to bring gospel music to the mainstream and are considered pioneers of contemporary gospel. They each began singing at an early age and by the late 1960s were all performing together in church services, usually singing songs written and arranged by their mother, gospel musician and choral director Dr. Mattie Moss Clark. With a compelling, commanding fusion of styles as diverse as blues, jazz, R&B, and classical, sisters Jacky, Twinkie, Karen, and Dorinda created a sound that was new, fresh, and entirely their own, dubbed as The Clark Sound.: https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/l/la-ln/the-legendary-clark-sisters/\n--\n\"Can I get a witness?\"\nHere are the sisters, performing \"You Brought the Sunshine\" live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEJ6u6xwd4w", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3604683, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604683/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-15T12:50:19-08:00", "show": 65657, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65657/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Gethsemane", "track_id": "45214f70-142b-4f83-99c7-537589d2f2c4", "recording_id": "41712ca6-3ffa-4d20-8310-1400918fb85b", "artist": "Car Seat Headrest", "artist_ids": [ "0fabbc1d-8d94-4a61-bd1d-1099ad1e4559" ], "album": "The Scholars", "release_id": "f5dd1d0d-64c6-4829-bd4d-eb51f31d6006", "release_group_id": "1ffb40da-b2b5-486b-aec8-e3e685e9983e", "labels": [ "Matador" ], "label_ids": [ "229bd4be-8cd7-442c-85b0-5007ea353abc" ], "release_date": "2025-05-02", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": true, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Here's Car Seat Headrest performing a super-sized set Live on KEXP last August as they blazed through songs from the latest album, 'The Scholars'\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSNfKg2C8II", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3604682, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604682/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-15T12:47:56-08:00", "show": 65657, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65657/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3604681, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604681/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-15T12:43:59-08:00", "show": 65657, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65657/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Sugar", "track_id": "341ffe58-c985-4144-bbba-44f6c343d106", "recording_id": "7d7e2622-71dc-4e27-bdb9-6a8b075309a7", "artist": "NoSo", "artist_ids": [ "78bde001-49b0-42d1-b62b-32c47e0ce36b" ], "album": "When Are You Leaving?", "release_id": "75e39e6b-8823-4013-a861-adcfdfe5c446", "release_group_id": "99423b29-403f-4c12-9984-72a13affcab1", "labels": [ "Partisan Records" ], "label_ids": [ "d4ec5bb3-1d64-40fe-9629-ee1e452e251e" ], "release_date": "2025-10-10", "rotation_status": "Heavy", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Korean-American artist Baek Hwong, aka NoSo, is based in Los Angeles. They performed Live on KEXP in early November. \n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozsk0ZtWdWs\n\nhttps://noso.bandcamp.com/\n--\nNoSo's 'Sugar' was #87 on our countdown of KEXP listener's favorite albums of 2025.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3604680, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604680/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-15T12:40:04-08:00", "show": 65657, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65657/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Empty Instead", "track_id": "f7cf1f94-1a5d-4754-bf50-a3d673ea6a09", "recording_id": "311388fd-78dc-4ecd-bb66-e0bd6b64c418", "artist": "Something Nice About Nowhere", "artist_ids": [ "c8c82649-d66d-4aa5-8aac-2502a9de901a" ], "album": "Something Nice About Nowhere", "release_id": "b9402c9c-311c-4f09-b7be-134202a640e1", "release_group_id": "4953c722-9c44-46c3-8654-116a3b6f18a7", "labels": [], "label_ids": [], "release_date": "2026-01-01", "rotation_status": "R/N", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Something Nice About Nowhere is a Chicago-based alternative rock band with long time musical collaborator Charlie White on guitar and high school friend Sarah Kamal on bass and vocals.\n\nTheir eponymous debut album (mixed and mastered by Max DiFrisco of Westhead) contains their signature blend of tender vocals, effects heavy guitars and crashing drums. Their music blends indie, shoegaze, and psych elements, creating beautiful, atmospheric soundscapes that are both pretty and noisy.\n\nhttps://somethingniceaboutnowhere.bandcamp.com/album/something-nice-about-nowhere", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3604679, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604679/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-15T12:37:51-08:00", "show": 65657, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65657/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Angel Off Duty", "track_id": "118b47d4-7ae3-4f46-a10f-08116b5ae4e8", "recording_id": "8ec2793c-6ff5-4cd6-bb32-642b0748ad02", "artist": "Cowgirl Clue", "artist_ids": [ "e64251ab-e341-4446-92c2-4a1733d30d1b" ], "album": "Total Freedom", "release_id": "a2bb7e6b-1f35-4e06-b250-a3d5dc1e2f4b", "release_group_id": "27e91b93-c84f-4e95-b5b8-892116b70047", "labels": [ "[no label]" ], "label_ids": [ "157afde4-4bf5-4039-8ad2-5a15acc85176" ], "release_date": "2025-09-25", "rotation_status": "R/N", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "New music out of LA - their latest album 'Total Freedom' is out now!\nhttps://www.cowgirlclue.com/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3604678, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604678/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-15T12:33:51-08:00", "show": 65657, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65657/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "I’m Your Boogie Man", "track_id": "9c1f710b-cb6f-3e8e-bb1d-d5200357dc1a", "recording_id": "259f967b-5b81-458b-a2b3-0de85647e5ed", "artist": "KC and the Sunshine Band", "artist_ids": [ "76a5a114-ed6a-4eb6-8a81-ad5768d4b41c" ], "album": "Part 3", "release_id": "425fd9a1-9c3c-4bf9-a597-223294b62778", "release_group_id": "e3374b57-0208-3235-bc3d-19b96d38758f", "labels": [ "T.K. 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And of course I put in 'turn me on,' but that could also mean turned on the radio.\"", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3604677, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604677/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-15T12:29:55-08:00", "show": 65657, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65657/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Good Things Will Come After the Pressure", "track_id": "72dd9afb-bfab-4494-9682-1bf289b8262b", "recording_id": "344cb48f-a95f-4be4-8798-d32e5a3bd653", "artist": "SAULT", "artist_ids": [ "23b19bc5-813e-4456-bbae-ac3ca118f535" ], "album": "Chapter 1", "release_id": "51834eb9-d016-419b-a3b7-d4b5ffc78359", "release_group_id": "da6e8c6e-edcb-4fe6-a81a-aeb5148961de", "labels": [ "Forever Living Originals" ], "label_ids": [ "81e61c90-28f2-4dcb-b656-cac924dfa331" ], "release_date": "2026-01-09", "rotation_status": "Medium", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The mysterious London-based supergroup Sault dropped another album, 'Chapter 1,' last Friday. Will there be a Chapter 2 coming soon? Only time will tell....\n\nhttps://saultglobal.bandcamp.com/album/chapter-1", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3604676, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604676/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-15T12:24:22-08:00", "show": 65657, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65657/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "Kennady chats with Night Heron Live on KEXP!", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3604675, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604675/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-15T12:17:17-08:00", "show": 65657, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65657/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://www.kexp.org/filer/canonical/1588181844/22496/", "thumbnail_uri": "https://www.kexp.org/filer/canonical/1588181847/22497/", "song": "Strangerz", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Night Heron", "artist_ids": [], "album": "Live on KEXP", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [ "KEXP" ], "label_ids": [ "89e0503e-96f0-41b4-835f-2c542b7fcb44" ], "release_date": "2026-01-15", "rotation_status": "R/N", "is_local": true, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Night Heron is playing in Seattle this weekend on Saturday, January 17th at The Vera Project. You can see them along with Constant Smiles and New Issues for this all-ages show! Get your tickets here:\nhttps://dice.fm/event/2weyv7-constant-smiles-17th-jan-the-vera-project-seattle-tickets\n\nWhile you wait for today’s session to be uploaded to our YouTube channel, enjoy this hour-long 2024 performance from Night Heron playing at The Lollipop Shoppe in Portland:\nhttps://shorturl.at/THuOr", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3604674, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3604674/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-15T12:11:18-08:00", "show": 65657, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65657/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://www.kexp.org/filer/canonical/1588181844/22496/", "thumbnail_uri": "https://www.kexp.org/filer/canonical/1588181847/22497/", "song": "Juice Box", "track_id": null, "recording_id": null, "artist": "Night Heron", "artist_ids": [], "album": "Live on KEXP", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": null, "labels": [ "KEXP" ], "label_ids": [ "89e0503e-96f0-41b4-835f-2c542b7fcb44" ], "release_date": "2026-01-15", "rotation_status": "R/N", "is_local": true, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Night Heron released an album full of B-Sides in November. In their own words: “These songs were written and recorded in the same timeframe as the rest of ESCAPISM, but were not chosen to be on the record, for whatever reason. 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