About

John Richards Music is a blog for the one and only John Richards. Check here for music and life musings, updates and info from your favorite DJ.

About John:

• KEXP 90.3FM Seattle/ www.kexp.org: Morning Show DJ/Host, Assoc. Program Director
• Pair Music Collective: Partner / Head of Music Curation

John Richards is one of the most influential DJ’s in the country. As host of KEXP’s Morning show for the past decade, John in the Morning has been breaking bands and changing the way we listen to radio. Richards was instrumental in expanding KEXP’s audience through its strong on-line presence and has raised more funds for public radio on air than any other DJ while building the station’s core membership base. Today KEXP is an Internet leader with a worldwide audience.

Now Richards has started his own company, Pair Music Collective, with partner, Amy Lindsey Richards (formerly of KEXP and One Reel/ Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival). This dynamic duo has taken on projects including music supervision for film, commercials and television, music playlist curation for businesses, and live music events.

John’s Top Ten

  1. The Black Angels- Phosphene Dream (Blue Horizon)
    2. Phosphene
  2. Foals - Total Life Forever (SupPop)
    3. Total
  3. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (Merge)
    4. The
  4. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening (DFA/Virgin)
    5. This
  5. Jonsi- Go (XL)
    6. Go
  6. The National- High Violet (4AD)
    7. High
  7. !!! - Strange Weather, Isn't It? (Warp)
    8. Strange
  8. The Head and The Heart - The Head and The Heart (self-released)
    9. The
  9. (Various) - Live at KEXP Volume Six (KEXP)
    10. Live
  10. The Walkmen - Lisbon (Fat Possum) Lisbon