Cheryl Waters: Brimheim, English Teacher, Lair
In Our Headphones
KEXP
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
On our inaugural episode of In Our Headphones, host Janice Headley chats with Cheryl Waters about three new songs that are playing in her headphones lately, plus one song that stands the test of time for her. They also talk about how Cheryl got her start as a DJ and some stand-out memories from hosting Live on KEXP in-studio sessions.
Plus, as always, we hear about one standout single recently added to KEXP’s rotation, straight from Music Director Chris Sanley.
Songs featured:
- Brimheim - “Fell Through the Ice”
- English Teacher - “R&B”
- Lair - “Tatalu”
- Heart - “Crazy On You”
- Rilo Kiley - "The Execution Of All Things"
- Hana Vu - “Hammer”
Listen to the full songs on KEXP's "In Our Headphones 2024" playlist on Spotify.
Listen to The Midday Show with Cheryl Waters every weekday at 10-1 PT, or anytime on the 2-week archive, at KEXP.org or the KEXP App.
Hosted and produced by: Janice Headley and Isabel Khalili
Mixed by: Emily Fox
Editorial director: Larry Mizell Jr.
Our theme music is “好吗 (Hao Ma)” by Chinese American Bear
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to In Our Headphones. |
| 0:06.0 | Your chance to discover the songs KEXP DJ's don't want you to miss. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm Janice Hedley and I'm Isabel Kelly and this is your |
| 0:15.9 | never-ending source for new music discovery from listener-powered |
| 0:20.2 | K-E-X-P. Hello everyone. |
| 0:25.0 | Hi! |
| 0:26.0 | Welcome and thanks for joining us on our very first episode of In Our Headphones, |
| 0:31.0 | and shout out to Chinese American bear for our great theme music. |
| 0:35.4 | Oh, I just love them. |
| 0:37.4 | Normally Isabel and I will be taking turns as hosts each week, but today we wanted to welcome you together and also share some |
| 0:44.7 | details about what you can expect from the show. Yeah so every week one of us |
| 0:49.3 | will sit down with a different K-E-X-P DJ and chat with them about four songs. Three of those songs will be new releases that they're |
| 0:56.9 | loving and one will be a song that they choose from any era. Through these |
| 1:01.4 | conversations we'll get to know KEXP's diverse roster of 47 |
| 1:05.7 | DJ's and counting and of course we'll discover new music. |
| 1:10.3 | Plus every episode will end with a song recommendation directly from one of our music directors. |
| 1:16.0 | And that's from the dozens and dozens of new releases they listen through every week. |
| 1:21.0 | They are constantly in their headphones. Finding good new |
| 1:24.8 | music can be a full-time job. And since we know that's not everyone's job, we're |
| 1:29.8 | bringing in the experts to help. But for those who just want the music, not the talking, |
| 1:35.2 | we'll still be adding all of these songs to K-E-X-P's Spotify playlist called |
| 1:39.5 | In Our Headphones, so feel free to follow along there. |
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