Listen: KEXP Pays Tribute To Chris Cornell With '6 Degrees' Programming

SEATTLE, WA - Seattle radio station KEXP will pay tribute to Chris Cornell all day Friday by playing music by or related to the late Seattle musician. The "6 Degrees" tribute will feature songs by solo Cornell, Soundgarden, Audioslave, and Temple of the Dog - but also music by artists that worked with Cornell in some capacity.

>>>Listen to 6 Degrees of Chris Cornell live on KEXP here

Here's more about the 6 Degrees day from KEXP:

Tune in Friday, May 19th, from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM PT, KEXP on-air hosts John Richards, Cheryl Waters, and Kevin Cole will program a day of music to celebrate the life and music of Chris Cornell. At 6:00 AM, John will start his show with a song by Cornell and one of his many projects, and each song played thereafter will somehow link to the song played before it.
Connections can include anything from guest vocals, shared musicians, same producers, and more. None of these connections have been pre-planned, and our DJs will be thinking on their feet to come up with the next song as they do daily on KEXP.
Following news of his death by suicide, KEXP immediately began a tribute to Cornell by playing a full day of music from the singer’s career.

“It’s another sad day in the music community,” said John Richards, host of The Morning Show on KEXP, “and a particularly sad day for the City of Seattle. We’ve received thousands of emails, text messages, and other comments from friends and fans of Chris, all of them sharing stories of the powerful impact his music had in their lives.”

KEXP had originally planned to do a 6 Degrees day on Friday in honor of David Byrne, but decided to switch programming after news of Cornell's death on Thursday.

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