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Hollow What?

Hollow Earth Radio is primarily known as a free-form, online, absolutely 100% volunteer-run radio station. With such a large volunteer base, and surrounded by such creative, diverse communities, Hollow Earth is many different things to different people. Here's a few of the other roles we embody:

A popular, accessible forum for underrepresented music, sound, and neighborhood perspectives that gives people who have never been on the air a chance to broadcast.

A non-profit with a current pool of over 150 volunteers, connecting and working together to create a shared community space.

A loyal supporter of the local music and arts community in Seattle, Washington State, and the Pacific Northwest region. 

A DIY music venue hosting hundreds of intimate public in-studios in our tiny space.

A collection of music nerds geeking out hard on: found sounds, field recordings, forgotten music, local musicians and their bedroom recordings, and whatever else feels real and mysterious.

A team of citizen journalists working hard to represent their communities.

Organizers of Magma Festival, an annual month-long showcase of our favorite artists. No artist is allowed to play Magma Festival more than once to keep the festival bookings fresh and to keep us reaching deeper into more diverse communities of music and art.

A critical part of Seattle’s all-ages arts and music community. An inclusive organization dedicated to fostering safer spaces and committed to anti-oppression work.

Just a few examples of the cool stuff we’ve been doing include:

Showcasing emerging artists, convincing broken up bands to reunite, hosting wild shows ON THE LINK LIGHT RAIL, and more as part of Magma Festival.

Producing CENTRAL SOUNDS, a radio program that focuses on the cultural legacy of the Central District neighborhood (celebrated childhood home of Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Wheedle's Groove and many other significant artists) as well as  current music from the neighborhood.

Serving as Youth Arts teachers: radio training for youth, radio plays, field recording, and circuit breaking old electronic toy instruments to make wild new sounds!Hosting a wide variety of events, including everything from literary readings (Furnace, TMI, Babel/Salvage) to free-style impromptu hip-hop nights with audience participation (The Art Show w/ OC Notes).

Being a radio station where you can hear a single 19-hour long live piece of music being played (2010, Jack Straw's version of Erik Satie's Vexations).Partnering with organizations such as Short Run, ZAPP, What the Bleep Happened to Hip Hop?, CARW, Sissy Collective and more to provide workshop and event space.

Acting as mobile broadcasting rabble-rousers, who once streamed a live performance from the #ShellNo protest barge in Alki.