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  • May 22
    Line-up announced for Philadelphia’s “Made in America” festival” on Labor Day weekend

    The headliners for the Sept. 1st & 2nd “Made in America” festival on the Ben Franklin Parkway will be Jay-Z & Pearl Jam. The two-day, Labor Day weekend festival will also feature dubstep artist Skrillex, with performances by Afrojack, Miike Snow, Odd Future, Passion Pit, Janelle Monae, the Dirty Projectors, Santigold & D’Angelo among others. Two-day, festival passes go on sale tomorrow (Wed.5/23)at 10:00am via Ticketmaster and Livenation.com.

    -BB

    May 21
    XPN Monday 8 O’Clock News – May 21st!

    Following this year’s NonCommvention, there was a healthy dose of new music to share tonight!  Included, we got to new material from DAVE MATTHEWS BAND … LANGHORNE SLIM … THE AFGHAN WHIGS … THE DB’s and more!  Here’s a full playlist of tonight’s show:

    8PM

    • LANGHORNE SLIM “The Way We Move” The Way We Move
    • EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS “That’s What’s Up” Here
    • NICK WATERHOUSE “(If) You Want Trouble” Time’s All Gone
    • DAVE MATTHEWS BAND “Gaucho” -single-
    • THE WALKMEN “We Can’t Be Beat” Heaven
    • THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH “1904″ There’s No Leaving Now
    • BEACH HOUSE “Lazuli” Bloom
    • THE AFGHAN WHIGS “See and Don’t See” -single-
    • LOWER DENS “Candy” Nootropics
    • THE DB’s “The Wonder of Love” Falling Off the Sky”
    • RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS “A Teenager in Love” Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Covers EP
    • ALLEN STONE “Sleep” -single-
    • JOHN MAYER “The Age of Worry” Born And Raised
    • JOHN FULLBRIGHT “Gawd Above” From the Ground Up

    9PM

    • JUKEBOX THE GHOST “Somebody” Safe Travels
    • FATHER JOHN MISTY “I’m Writing a Novel” Fear Fun
    • CORY CHISEL AND THE WANDERING SONS “I’ve Been Accused” Old Believers
    • CITIZEN COPE “One Lovely Day” Battleship
    • SHOVELS & ROPE “Birmingham” O’ Be Joyful
    • MARIACHI EL BRONX “Revolution Girls” Mariachi El Bronx II
    • KING TUFF “Keep on Movin’” King Tuff
    • PURLING HISS “Lolita” Shaking Through – Volume 3
    • THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM “45″ Handwritten
    • YEASAYER “Henrietta” -single-
    • THE CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD “Rosalee” Big Moon Ritual
    • CONOR OBERST & THE MYSTIC VALLEY BAND “Kodachrome” One Of My Kind
    • JERRY DOUGLAS “The Boxer” Traveler

    May 21
    Robin Gibb: 1948-2012

    Robin Gibb of The Bee Gees has died after a battle with cancer. He was 62. Gibb’s final project was “The Titanic Requiem,” a classical work that premiered in London in April to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.

    Read the LA Times piece.

    -BB

    Trailer for “The Titanic Requiem”

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    Bee Gees-”Stayin’ Alive” from Saturday Night Fever

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    May 21
    Joe Jackson pays tribute to “Duke”

    Joe Jackson is enlisting the help of Iggy Pop, Sharon Jones, Questlove & others for a new tribute album to Duke Ellington. It’s called “The Duke” & will be out on July 23rd. Some of the songs covered included: “Mood Indigo”, I Got it Bad”, and “It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing”. The album was recorded & mixed by 7-time grammy winner Elliot Scheiner, who has worked with Steely Dan, Sting & Bob Dylan.

    May 14
    Monday 8 O’Clock News on XPN – Playlist May 14th!

    On the show this week – we heard Jerry Douglas recruit Mumford & Sons to help record Paul Simon’s classic “The Boxer”.  Plus we debuted a number of new tunes including music from THE CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD … JOHN MAYER … THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM and more.  Here’s a complete look at tonight’s playlist:

    8 PM

    • JERRY DOUGLAS feat. MUMFORD & SONS & PAUL SIMON “The Boxer” Traveler
    • BONNIE RAITT “Used to Rule the World” Slipstream
    • SONNY LANDRETH “For You and Forever” Elemental Journey
    • SHOVELS & ROPE “Birmingham” O’ Be Joyful
    • JOE WALSH “Lucky That Way” Analog Man
    • ARCHIE POWELL & THE EXPORTS “Crazy Pills” Great Ideas in Action
    • CITIZEN COPE “One Lovely Day” Battleship
    • SELAH SUE “Raggamuffin” Selah Sue
    • KING TUFF “Keep on Movin’” King Tuff
    • JOHN FULLBRIGHT “Gawd Above” From the Ground Up
    • MAPS & ATLASES “Winter” Beware and Be Grateful
    • CHEERS ELEPHANT “Falling Out” Like Wind Blows Fire
    • THE SPINTO BAND “Leave Yourself Alone” Shy Pursuit
    • SHAWN COLVIN “All Fall Down” All Fall Down

    9 PM

    • JOHN MAYER “Queen of California” Born and Raised
    • CORY CHISEL AND THE WANDERING SONS “I’ve Been Accused” Old Believers
    • NICK WATERHOUSE “I Can Only Give You Everything” Time’s All Gone
    • THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM “45″ Handwritten
    • RYAN SHAW “Karina” Real Love
    • THE WALKMEN “We Can’t Be Beat” Heaven
    • JJAMZ “Heartbeat” Suicide Pact
    • SEAN BONES “Here Now” Buzzards Boy
    • THE CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD “Rosalee” Big Moon Ritual
    • ALO “Speed of Dreams” Sounds Like This
    • EMILY WELLS “Mama’s Gonna Give You Love” Mama
    • MICHAEL KIWANUKA “I Need Your Company” Home Again
    • ANIMAL COLLECTIVE “Honeycomb” -single-
    • TWIN SHADOW “Five Seconds” Confess
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