Great performances from the WXPN Music Archives
Meet the next artist in the XPN/Weathervane Music Collaboration “Shaking Through” – Philadelphia’s own Strapping Fieldhands.
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Friday 3/19
Meet the next artist in the XPN/Weathervane Music Collaboration “Shaking Through” – Philadelphia’s own Strapping Fieldhands.
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Thursday 3/18
English singer-songwriter Bobby Long has been writing keenly crafted pop songs since he was a teenager. Long spent much of 2009 touring in the U.S. and Canada, where he sold copies of his bedroom recording Dirty Pond Songs at shows. A studio-recorded follow-up arrives this summer. hear Long perform live in concert from WXPN and World Cafe Live in Philadelphia.
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Wednesday 3/17
Dar Williams joins us for the Beggars Banquet this year, she recently sat down for an interview with XPN’s Tracey Tanenbaum. Hear this week’s “A Musician’s Life” w/ Dar Williams.
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Tuesday 3/16
Following the demise of the influential pop-punk band Chisel, Ted Leo embarked on what began as an experimental solo career. With the help of a full band, he's crafted a contagious and infectious sound that also incorporates pop, rock, soul, folk and more.
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Wednesday 3/10
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova may be best known for their roles as musical soul mates in the indie hit movie Once. But the pair had collaborated before that under the name The Swell Season. They're Tracey Tanenbaum's guests on this edition of "A Musician's Life."
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In this series producer and host Tracey Tanenbaum asks musicians to ponder a song that has been pivotal in their professional development or personal lives. For all these performers songs prove to be more than a set of clever words or a catchy melody.
Neglected classics. The songs that got away. Lost gems. Buried gems. XPN presents Unsung Favorites.
We pay tribute to underrated songs and albums - works that didn't top charts, earn a Grammy or otherwise endure.
