Himes Alexander and Matt Slater, members of the soul punk outfit The Smokes, enter the studio to talk with E.J. Iannelli about their upcoming music and songwriting workshops for youth in the Spokane community.
The workshops are being supported by a Spokane Arts Grant Award (SAGA). Slater and Alexander are among the nine successful applicants during SAGA's second funding round of 2022.
The track that leads the interview is "Emerald Glass" from their recent album G.O.V.T. Graffiti, which was produced by Jack Endino (Nirvana, Screaming Trees, Mudhoney). You can listen to it in full below.
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SAGA is an annual competitive grant process administered by Spokane Arts. It’s on track this year to allocate nearly $150,000 in financial support directly to artists and organizations.