Diana Ratsamee: South Acid Mimi, Habibi, TamTam
In Our Headphones
KEXP
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
To celebrate the start of “Pushing Boundaries,” KEXP’s programming for Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Isabel Khalili chats with Diana Ratsamee. Diana is the host of Eastern Echoes, KEXP’s weekly show exploring music of all styles from Asia and the Asian diaspora. They talk about the 1980’s Lao song that connects Diana with her family’s story, plus three new songs that span the globe, from brain-tingling electro-punk from Southern China to Middle Eastern surf rock.
And, as always, we hear about one standout release recently added to KEXP’s rotation, straight from KEXP Music Director Chris Sanley.
Songs featured:
- Sothy – “Lam Seung Bang Fai”
- South Acid Mimi – “The End”
- Habibi – “On The Road”
- TamTam – “Ramble In the Rainbow”
- Mei Semones – “Tegami”
Listen to the full songs on KEXP's "In Our Headphones 2024" playlist on Spotify.
Listen to Eastern Echoes with Diana Ratsamee every Thursday at 7-10pm 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.
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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 |
| 0:16.0 | never-ending source for new music discovery from listener-powered |
| 0:20.0 | K-E-X-P. Hey it's Isabel Kalele and this week on in our headphones I'm joined by |
| 0:28.6 | Diana Razzami. Hi Diana. |
| 0:31.6 | Hi, Isabel. Great to have you here. |
| 0:34.0 | It's so great to be here. |
| 0:35.0 | Thank you for bringing me on the show today. |
| 0:38.0 | Yeah, it's our pleasure. |
| 0:40.0 | So this episode is a special one because K-E-X-P just kicked off what we call pushing boundaries. |
| 0:47.0 | And this is our celebration of Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. |
| 0:51.0 | We've been doing this at K-E-X-P for four or five years now, but this year is especially |
| 0:55.6 | exciting, I think, because it's the first year where we also have a weekly specialty show |
| 1:01.5 | that's dedicated to the music of Asia and the diaspora. |
| 1:04.7 | So that show is called Eastern Echoes and it's hosted by today's guest, Diana Ratsami. |
| 1:10.1 | Diana, can you tell us about the show and what people can expect from the show? |
| 1:14.0 | Absolutely, so the show is called Eastern Echoes. We are live every Thursday from 7 PM to 10 PM Pacific time. |
| 1:21.2 | And in the show, we play music from Asia and the Asian diaspora. |
| 1:26.1 | I like to focus the show on amplifying Asian artists from throughout the world and playing music from scenes and movements |
| 1:36.1 | that have been started and have influenced the musical realm that we are currently enjoying today. So it really is a journey every week. |
| 1:47.0 | It really is. It's so fun to listen to. I think I might have texted you when this happened, but the other day I was listening I guess it was a couple weeks ago I was listening in and it was like one of those moments where I pulled up to home I was driving and I just like stayed in the car for an extra like five minutes or ten minutes because I was like stayed in the car for an extra like five minutes or ten minutes because I was like this show is so good. |
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