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    • PR 2013
      • WXPN Features Laura Mvula as the XPN Artist To Watch for May
      • First Ever "Make Music Philly" Event Friday, June 21
      • AmericanaramA Festival of Music Show on July 28 Part of 2013 XPoNential Music Festival
      • Artist Lineup Announced for the 2013 XPoNential Music Festival
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      • WXPN Features Little Green Cars as the XPN Artist To Watch for April
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      • WXPN Features Pickwick as the XPN Artist To Watch for March
      • WXPN and Susquehanna Bank Center Team Up Again for the 2013 XPoNential Music Festival
      • WXPN Features The Lone Bellow as the XPN Artist To Watch for February
      • WXPN Presents Special Two-Hour Free At Noon Concert and Live Broadcast as Part of its Mississippi Blues Project
      • Kids Corner Music Festival on Sunday February 17 Kicks Off the Popular Kids Radio Show's 25th Anniverary Celebration
      • WXPN Launches New Singer-Songwriter Radio Stream
      • WXPN Features Foxygen as the XPN Artist To Watch for January 2013
    • PR 2012
      • WXPN Features Kopecky Family Band as the XPN Artist To Watch for December
      • Holiday Music Programming Includes Eclectic New Holiday Music Stream Jingle Jams
      • WXPN Features David Wax Museum as the XPN Artist To Watch for November
      • Save The Dates - WXPN Announces Key Events for 2013
      • WXPN Presents Free Film Screening and Blues Concert as part of its Mississippi Blues Project
      • WXPN Features Lord Huron as the XPN Artist To Watch for October
      • Sense of Place Series on the World Cafe Takes Listeners on a Musical Journey to Havana
      • September Artist To Watch - WXPN Features Delta Rae
      • Kids Corner Music Festival Returns to World Cafe Live At The Queen in Wilmington, Delaware on September 22
      • WXPN General Manager Roger LaMay Elected to NPR Board
      • Year-Long Mississippi Blues Project Launches August 19 at Philadelphia Folk Festival
      • WXPN Features Lianne La Havas as the XPN Artist To Watch for August
      • 2012 XPoNential Music Festival Presented by Subaru: Bigger and Better than Ever!
      • WXPN Features Polica as the XPN Artist To Watch for July
      • WXPN Features Michael Kiwanuka as the XPN Artist To Watch for June
      • WXPN Features JD McPherson as the XPN Artist To Watch for May
      • WXPN’s The Key Debuts New EP From City Rain
      • Tickets for the 2012 XPN Music Film Festival Now on Sale
      • WXPN and the Philadelphia Film Society Announce Opening and Closing Films for 2012 XPN Music Film Festival
      • WXPN Features The Lumineers as the XPN Artist To Watch for April
      • WXPN and Susquehanna Bank Center Team Up For the 2012 XPoNential Music Festival
      • WXPN Hosts Philadelphia's First Film Festival (2012) Dedicated Solely to Music in Partnership with the Philadelphia Film Society - Initial slate includes more than 10 films all about music
      • WXPN Brings SXSW Music and Media Conference to Philadelphia - Station to takeover the SXSW Radio Day Stage and broadcast live performances by The Lumineers, Delta Spirit and Father John Misty
      • Voting Begins for the Best of Bruce Springsteen Countdown Presented by WXPN; Listeners to vote for the top 88 Bruce Springsteen songs in partnership with the National Constitution Center Exhibit
      • WXPN Features Good Old War as the XPN Artist To Watch for March
      • Sharon Van Etten XPN Artist To Watch February 2012
      • WXPN Hosts 8th Annual Musicians On Call Benefit Concert with Diego Garcia and Special Guest Mutlu. Program benefits hospital patients throughout the Delaware Valley
      • WXPN Debuts Latin Roots Series on World Cafe®
      • WXPN Features Of Monsters and Men as the XPN Artist To Watch for January
    • PR 2011
      • WXPN Announces Holiday Season Programming Highlights: The Night Before on XPN, World Cafe® Christmas Special, Rockin’ New Years Eve, Year in Review & More
      • WXPN Features JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound as the XPN Artist To Watch for December
      • WXPN Debuts Sense of Place Series on World Cafe Quarterly travel and music series kicks off in Dublin, Ireland
      • WXPN’s Kids Corner Program Discusses Child Abuse Host Kathy O’Connell interviews social worker Tracy Thomasey from the Support Center for Child Advocates
      • WXPN Features Alabama Shakes as the XPN Artist To Watch for November
      • WXPN Features Laura Marling as the XPN Artist To Watch for October
      • WXPN Partners with Philadelphia Brewing Co. to Produce World Cafe® Broadcaster Brown Ale Limited-time beer brewed in honor of the World Cafe® 20th anniversary
      • WXPN Features Diego Garcia as the XPN Artist To Watch for September
      • WXPN’s ‘The Key’ Launches Monthly Video Series to Highlight Local Musicians The Key Studio Video Sessions Made Possible by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
      • WXPN Features Gary Clark Jr. as the XPN Artist To Watch for August
      • WXPN Features Cults and Foster The People as the XPN Artists To Watch for July
      • WXPN Features Givers as the XPN Artist To Watch for June
      • WXPN Launches “Campaign for the Music” Capital campaign to support technological improvements, raise the level of service and bring more music to more people
      • WXPN Features The Civil Wars as the XPN Artist To Watch for May
      • WXPN Features The Head and the Heart as the XPN Artist To Watch for April
      • Changes In Store for Alt-Indie Service
      • Kids Corner Host Kathy O’Connell Wins Editorial Award from the Parenting Publications of America O’Connell Awarded Bronze Award for Music Reviews Column
      • Benefit Concert Raises $30,000 to Support WXPN Musicians On Call Program
      • WXPN Features James Blake as the XPN Artist To Watch for March
      • WXPN Announces I Heart XPN Button Makeover Contest Radio station asks listeners to create and submit original button designs
      • WXPN Features Fitz and the Tantrums as the XPN Artist To Watch for February
      • WXPN Launches Musicians On Call Program at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children with Special Visit from John Flynn Program brings live music to the bedsides of patients
      • WXPN Features Bobby Long as the XPN Artist To Watch for January
    • PR 2010
      • WXPN World Cafe Live Partnership Highlighted in Official Report on City of Philadelphia’s Creative Community Mayor Michael Nutter, Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy Announce Philadelphia's Creative Sector 70% Stronger than National
      • WXPN Features Warpaint as the XPN Artist To Watch for December
      • WXPN's 'The Key' Launches Audio Music Stream 'Songs In The Key Of Philly' Highlights Music from the 50s to Today.
      • Radio Crusaders Strive to Save WXPN’s 885 Countdown! WXPN launches "Be Our Hero" Fall Fund Drive Campaign
      • WXPN Features Jukebox The Ghost as the XPN Artist To Watch for October
      • XPN Artist To Watch September 2010
      • Shaking Through: Ben + Vesper "Hot Thunder"
      • WXPN Features Minus the Bear as the XPN Artist To Watch for August
      • WXPN Rocks the Camden Waterfront at XPoNential Music Festival Presented by Subaru - More than 15,000 visit Camden’s Wiggins Park for three-day festival
      • Jerry Blavat Tribute Show to Air on WXPN - Two-hour special
      • XPoNential Music Festival Presented by Subaru is THE Place to See, Hear Best Mix of New and Established Artists
      • WXPN Honors 20 Years of World Cafe Programming with Two World Cafe Travel Adventures Radio station hosts Shades of Ireland Trip and offers Cayamo Cruise
      • WXPN Features Mumford & Sons as the XPN Artist To Watch for June
      • WXPN Features Free Energy as the XPN Artist To Watch for May
      • WXPN Features Dawes as the XPN Artist To Watch for April
      • WXPN Features Robert Francis as the XPN Artist To Watch for March
      • WXPN Celebrates 5th Anniversary of Its “Free At Noon” Concerts Anniversary concert features performance by singer-songwriter Citizen Cope
      • WXPN Launches Start Making Cents Web Series Radio station produces new web series about current state of music business
      • WXPN and Weathervane Music Organization Announce Collaborative Project to Showcase Independent MusiciansTwo-year partnership will help artists develop craft and connect with new audiences
    • PR 2009
      • WXPN Rings In the New Year With Beach House As Its 85th XPN Artist To Watch
      • Sting, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Aqua Teen Hunger Force and the Best Music of 2009 Among the Highlights this Holiday Season on WXPN
      • WXPN Features The xx as the XPN Artist To Watch for December
      • WXPN Features Fanfarlo as the XPN Artist To Watch for November
      • WXPN Features Cory Chisel as the XPN Artist To Watch for October
      • WXPN and World Cafe Live Celebrate Five Year Anniversary of Premier Entertainment Venue and State-of-the-Art Broadcast Facility Two organizations commemorate landmark birthday of the home they share with a day of live music and special events
      • WXPN Hosts The Boss’ Birthday Bash featuring the XPN Local Phill-E Street Band Special concert in celebration of Bruce Springsteen’s 60th birthday to air live on WXPN
      • WXPN Launches Musicians On Call Program at Philadelphia VA Medical Center with Special Visits from Amos Lee and Mutlu
      • WXPN Features Mayer Hawthorne as the XPN Artist To Watch for September
      • WXPN Features Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros as the XPN Artist To Watch for August
      • WXPN Features East Hundred as the XPN Artist To Watch for July
      • XPoNential Music Festival Presented by Subaru Is THE Place to See, Hear Best Mix of New and Established Artists
      • WXPN Celebrates the Environment at XPoNential Music Festival
      • WXPN Features Passion Pit as the XPN Artist To Watch for June
      • Tickets for the XPoNential Music Festival Now on Sale to the General Public
      • WXPN Features Grizzly Bear as the XPN Artist To Watch for May
      • WXPN Launches Sustainability Series on Earth Day
      • WXPN Features Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears as the XPN Artist To Watch for April
      • WXPN Features Bell X1 as the XPN Artist To Watch for March
      • WXPN Hosts Member Appreciation Day Radio station to play requests from XPN members all day long
      • NON-COMMvention To Be Held May 28-30 At World Cafe Live Registration Open Now, Fees Kept at 2008’s Reduced Rates
      • “The Many Moods of Ben Vaughn” Radio Show To Air Saturdays On WXPN Composer, Producer Plays an Inspired Mix of Artists Each Week Beginning February 14
      • WXPN Features Animal Collective as the XPN Artist To Watch for February
      • WXPN Hosts FREE Funky Friday Dance Party and Concert Friday, February 13David Dye Hosts Funky Friday Live broadcast followed by a performance by The Hustle at The Abbey Bar
      • WXPN Features Sharon Little as the XPN Artist To Watch for January
    • PR 2008
      • WXPN DJ Robert Drake Hosts 15th Annual 'The Night Before on XPN' Marathon Broadcast
      • WXPN Announces Musicians On Call 5th Annual Benefit Concert featuring Rachael Yamagata, Andrew Lipke and Matt Duke Program benefits hospital patients throughout the Delaware Valley
      • WXPN Spreads Holiday Cheer with the ‘12 Days of XPN Local Music’ Songs available for free download
      • WXPN Features The Low Anthem as the XPN Artist To Watch for December
      • WXPN Features Annuals as the XPN Artist To Watch for November
      • WXPN Features Delta Spirit as the XPN Artist To Watch for October
      • It’s Brats Vs. Cheesesteaks As WXPN Takes on RadioMilwaukee When Phillies Battle The Brewers
      • WXPN Partners with Mural Arts Program and Local Schools
      • WXPN Appoints New Assistant Music Director, On-Air Host
      • WXPN Features The Felice Brothers as the XPN Artist To Watch for September
      • WXPN Launches "Power of Song" During September to Highlight Music's Impact On Politics and Culture
      • WXPN Wins Radio & Records Awards Tri-fecta
      • WXPN Features Fleet Foxes as the XPN Artist To Watch for August
      • XPoNential Music Festival, Presented by Subaru July 10 - 13, 2008 at Wiggins Park on the Waterfront
      • WXPN Features Black Kids as the XPN Artist To Watch for July
      • WXPN Features Langhorne Slim as the XPN Artist To Watch for June
      • Legendary Music Producer Steve Lillywhite to Produce World Cafe® “Lillywhite Sessions at Avatar Studios”
      • Ani DiFranco, Dr. John, Jakob Dylan, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings to Perform at 8th Annual Non-COMMvention May 29-31
      • XPN Partners with Critically Acclaimed Website Daytrotter to Produce Weekly Radio Show
      • WXPN Features Santogold as the XPN Artist To Watch for May
      • WXPN Releases XPN Local, Volume 2 CD Release Party to be Held at World Cafe Live
      • WXPN Features Melody Gardot as the XPN Artist To Watch for April
      • WXPN Features Back Door Slam as the XPN Artist To Watch for March
      • WXPN Features Nicole Atkins as the XPN Artist To Watch for February
      • WXPN Features Vampire Weekend as the XPN Artist To Watch for January 2008
    • PR 2007
      • Non-COMMvention Expands to Four Days, Moves to Philadelphia May 2008
      • Kids Corner Celebrates 20 Years on WXPN Philadelphia Institution Marks Anniversary January 4
      • WXPN’S Bruce Warren Selected Triple A Program Director of the Year
      • WXPN Features Ryan Bingham as the XPN Artist To Watch for December
      • WXPN joins NPR to launch new \"NPR Music\" Multimedia Site Site Offers Station Concerts, Studio Performances, Interviews, News, Reviews, Blogs, Podcasts and Artist Index
      • WXPN Features Ingrid Michaelson as the XPN Artist To Watch for November
      • WXPN Features Devendra Banhart as the XPN Artist To Watch for October
      • WXPN Features Sea Wolf as the XPN Artist To Watch for September
      • WXPN and 6abc Present 885 Most Memorable Musical Moments Original Song ShowcaseOpportunity for Songwriters to Share Their Moments and Receive Airplay
      • WXPN Features Scott Matthews as the XPN Artist To Watch for August
      • Incident at Wiggins Park on July 21,2007
      • WXPN Launches Multimedia Campaign to Determine 885 Most Memorable Musical Moments
      • WXPN Features Hoots & Hellmouth as the XPN Artist To Watch for July
      • “Day of Silence” Petition Generates Huge Response
      • WXPN Will Join “Day of Silence” Tuesday June 26
      • WXPN Expands Service Area to Include Southern Pennsylvania
      • WXPN Features The National as the XPN Artist To Watch for June
      • WXPN Returns to the Camden Waterfront July 19-22 for Its 4-Day XPoNential Music Festival
      • WXPN Features Ryan Shaw as the XPN Artist To Watch for May
      • Y-Rock On XPN Becomes Philadelphia’s Only Alternative Modern Rock Service On The HD FM Dial! WXPN Launches Y-Rock On XPN As Second Radio Channel on HD
      • WXPN Names A New Afternoon Drive Time Host
      • WXPN Features Amy Winehouse as the XPN Artist To Watch for April
      • Wisdom For A Young Musician Inspiring Advice and Incredible Insights from the Best in the Business by Bruce Warren
      • WXPN Annual Music Festival at Wiggins Park July 19-22
      • WXPN Features Dr. Dog as the XPN Artist To Watch for March 2007
      • WXPN and Folk Alley Announce Partnership
      • Legendary Modern Rock Station WDRE Returns to the Airwaves!
      • WXPN Features The Bird and the Bee as the XPN Artist to Watch for February
      • WXPN Rings In 2007 with Lily Allen as The XPN Artist To Watch for January
    • PR 2006
      • WXPN Features The Slip as the XPN Artist To Watch for December
      • "Philly Bands Together" as more than 15 Local Musical Acts Perform 3rd Annual Benefit Concert for WXPN Musicians on Call Program
      • WXPN Artist To Watch for November: Rodrigo Y Gabriela
      • WXPN’s National Program World Cafe Honored With ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for Radio Broadcasting
      • WORLD CAFE® Celebrates 15 Years Of New Music Discovery and Intimate Interviews With Contemporary Recording Artists
      • WXPN “885 All Time Greatest Artists” Countdown Begins October 9
      • WXPN ARTIST TO WATCH FOR OCTOBER: Sasha Dobson
      • WXPN Fall Arts Preview Provides Weeklong Review of Local Arts & Culture Events
      • WXPN Artist To Watch For September: Gran Bel Fisher
      • WXPN 88.5 FM Brings Alternative Music Back to Philly Radio Y-Rock On XPN Radio Broadcast Starts August 30
      • 88.5 WXPN Affirms Leadership Earning Three Top Honors At Music Industry Awards Ceremony
      • WXPN Features The Format as the XPN Artist To Watch for August
      • Y100Rocks.com Finds Airplay on WXPN 88.5 FM
      • WXPN 88.5 FM Announces Launch of XPoNential Music On Demand
      • WXPN Artist To Watch For July: Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
      • WXPN Reveals Its June Artist To Watch: The Hiders
      • WXPN Returns to the Camden Waterfront July 21-23, 2006 for All About The Music Festival with a Free Friday Night Concert Event
      • WXPN Features Gnarls Barkley as the XPN Artist To Watch for May
      • WXPN's Kathy O'Connell Honored by the Philadelphia Society for Services to Children
      • WXPN Calls Multinational Pop Quartet the “Guillemots” April’s Artist To Watch
      • WXPN Spotlights James Hunter as the XPN Artist To Watch for March
      • WXPN Philly Local Show Celebrates First Year With Live Concert Broadcast
      • WXPN Adds Weekly “Blues File” to Podcast Offerings
      • KT Tunstall Named First “XPN Artist To Watch” in 2006
    • PR 2005
      • WXPN Honors Its 2005 Artist To Watch Roster With Daylong World Cafe Interviews and Performances On December 17
      • Outstanding Night of Live Music by Local Philadelphia Artists on December 21 to Benefit WXPN Musicians On Call Program
      • WXPN Names ALO Its Final Artist To Watch in 2005
      • WXPN Partners With Penn’s Critical Writing Program to Give Students Hands-on Broadcast Writing Experience
      • WXPN Names Brandi Carlile Artist To Watch for November
      • To Mark First Anniversary in New Studios, WXPN 88.5 Begins Playback of the “885 All Time Greatest Albums” Countdown
      • Hurricane Katrina Relief Concert "Higher Ground" Simulacast Live on Philadelphia Public Radio
      • 88.5 WXPN Receives Top Honors From Respected Music Industry Trade Publication
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    • 2004
      • Van Hunt - Van Hunt - Capitol Records
      • Toots & The Maytals - True Love - V2
      • Ray Lamontagne - Trouble - RCA
      • Jonatha Brooke - Back In The Circus - Bad Dog/Verve
      • Jamie Cullum - Twentysomething - Verve
      • Five For Fighting - The Battle for Everything - Sony
      • Citizen Cope - The Clarence Greenwood Recordings - RCA
      • Charlotte Martin - On Your Shore - RCA Records
      • Adrienne Young & Little Sadie - Plow To The End of The Row - Addie Belle Records
      • Josh Ritter - Hello Starling - Signature Sound
    • 2005
      • Madeleine Payroux - Careless Love - Rounder / PGD
      • Thievery Corporation - The Cosmic Game - ESL Music
      • Sufjan Stevens - Come On Feel The Illinoise - Asthmatic Kitty
      • Soulive - Breakout - Concord Records
      • Rodney Crowell - The Outsider - Columbia
      • Lizz Wright - Dreaming Wide Awake - Verve
      • John Scofield - That’s What I Say: The Music of Ray Charles - Verve
      • Death Cab For Cutie - Plans - Atlantic/WEA
      • Blue Merle - Burning In The Sun - Island
      • Amos Lee - Amos Lee - Blue Note
      • Marc Broussard - Carencro - Island Records
    • 2006
      • Zero 7 - The Garden - Atlantic
      • The Flaming Lips - At War With The Mystics - Warner Bros
      • Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac - Capitol
      • Rodrigo y Gabriela - Rodrigo y Gabriela - ATO
      • Ray LaMontagne - Till The Sun Turns Black - RCA
      • KT Tunstall - Eye To The Telescope - Virgin
      • James Hunter - People Gonna Talk - Go/Rounder
      • Gnarls Barkley - St Elsewhere - Downtown
      • Corinne Bailey Rae - Corinne Bailey Rae - Capitol
      • Amos Lee - Supply & Demand - Blue Note
      • Alexi Murdoch - Time Without Consequence - Zero Summer
      • The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers - Capitol
    • 2007
      • Buena Vista Social Club - Rhythms Del Mundo - Hip-O Records
      • Wilco - Sky Blue Sky - Nonesuch
      • The Shins - Wincing The Night Away - Sub Pop
      • Scott Matthews - Passing Stranger - Universal Republic
      • Ryan Shaw - This Is Ryan Shaw - Columbia/Red Ink
      • Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger - Lost Highway
      • Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand - Rounder
      • Patty Griffin - Children Running Through - ATO
      • Mark Ronson - Version - RCA
      • KT Tunstall - Drastic Fantastic - Virgin
      • Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter - Victor
      • Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha - Fat Possum
    • 2008
      • Back Door Slam - Roll Away - Blix Street
      • Ingrid Michaelson - Girls and Boys - XL Recordings
      • Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns - Geffen
      • Ray LaMontagne - Gossip in the Grain - RCA Records
      • Rachael Yamagata - Elephants - Teeth Sinking into Heart - Warner Bros Records
      • Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes - Sub Pop
      • Amos Lee - Last Days at the Lodge - Blue Note
      • My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges - A.T.O.
      • Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs - Atlantic
      • Kathleen Edwards - Asking for Flowers - Zoe/Rounder
      • Joe Jackson - Rain - Rykodisc
      • Ryan Bingham - Mescalito - Lost Highway
    • 2009
      • Melody Gardot - My One And Only Thrill - Verve
      • Wilco - Wilco (The Album) - Nonesuch
      • Various Artists - The Twilight Saga: New Moon Soundtrack - Chop Shop Records
      • The Derek Trucks Band - Already Free - Victor/Sony BMG
      • Peter, Bjorn & John - Living Thing - Almost Gold/Startime
      • Pete Yorn - Back and Fourth - Columbia
      • Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk - Shangri-La Music
      • Moby - Wait for Me - Mute
      • M. Ward - Hold Time - Merge
      • Ingrid Michaelson - Everybody - Cabin 24 Records
      • Andrew Bird - Noble Beast - Fat Possum
      • TV on the Radio - Dear Science - DGC/Interscope
    • 2010
      • Dawes - North Hills - ATO Records
      • Ray Lamontagne - God Willin' and The Creek Don't Rise - RCA
      • Various Artists - Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs Of John Prine - Oh Boy Records
      • Vampire Weekend - Contra - XL Recordings
      • The Hold Steady - Heaven Is Whenever - Vagrant
      • Sade - Soldier Of Love - Epic
      • Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More - Glass Note
      • Lissie - Catching A Tiger - Fat Possum
      • John Legend & The Roots - Wake Up! - Columbia
      • Beach House - Teen Dream - Sub Pop
      • Arcade Fire - The Suburbs - Merge
      • Fanfarlo - Reservoir - Atlantic
    • 2011
      • The Head & The Heart - The Head & The Heart - Sup Pop
      • The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow - Sensibility Music
      • The Black Keys - El Camino - Nonesuch
      • Tedeschi Trucks Band - Revelator - Sony Masterworks
      • Peter Bjorn and John - Gimme Some - Almost Gold/Startime
      • Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know - Ribbon Music
      • Givers - In Light - Glassnote
      • Fitz and the Tantrums - Pickin’ Up The Pieces - Dangerbird
      • Diego Garcia - Laura - Nacional
      • Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver - Jagjaguwar
      • Amos Lee - Mission Bell - Blue Note
      • Bryan Ferry - Olympia - Astralwerks
    • 2012
      • Lord Huron - Lonesome Dreams - Iamsound
      • Gary Clark Jr. - Blak and Blu - Warner Bros
      • Delta Rae - Carry the Fire - Sire / Warner Brothers
      • JD McPherson - Signs & Signifiers - Rounder
      • Lianne La Havas - Is Your Love Big Enough? - Nonesuch
      • Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again - Interscope
      • JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound - Want More - Bloodshot
      • Kathleen Edwards - Voyageur - Rounder
      • Grace Potter & The Nocturnals - The Lion The Beast The Beat - Hollywood Records
      • Good Old War - Come Back as Rain - Sargent House
      • Dr. John - Locked Down - Nonesuch
      • Dr. Dog - Be The Void - Anti-Records
    • 2013
      • CD of the Month Iron & Wine - Ghost On Ghost
      • The Lone Bellow by The Lone Bellow
      • Local Natives-Hummingbird
      • Birdie Busch And The Greatest Night - Birdie Busch And The Greatest Night
      • Kopecky Family Band - Kids Raising Kids - Red Light
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    • 2003
      • Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress - Sanctuary Records
      • Matt Nathanson - Beneath These Fireworks - Universal Records
      • The Blind Boys of Alabama - Go Tell It On The Mountain - Realworld Records
      • Al Green - I Can't Stop - Blue Note
      • Various Artists - Live at the World Cafe Three Flights Up - World Cafe
      • Josh Ritter - Hello Starling - Signature Sound
      • Ryan Adams - Rock N' Roll - Columbia
    • 2004
      • Madeleine Payroux - Careless Love - Rounder / PGD
      • Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South - New West Records
      • Marc Broussard - Carencro - Island Records
      • Pink Martini - Hang On Little Tomato - Heinz Records
      • Alison Krauss and Union Station - Lonely Runs Both Ways - Rounder
      • U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - Interscope Records
      • Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous - Brute/Beaute
      • Brian Wilson - Smile - Nonesuch
      • Various Artists - Enjoy Every Sandwich: Songs of Warren Zevon - Artemis
      • Joseph Arthur - Our Shadows Will Remain - Vector
      • REM - Around The Sun - Warner Brothers
      • Mark Knopfler - Shangri-La - Warner Brothers
      • Elvis Costello & The Imposters - The Delivery Man - Lost Highway
      • Citizen Cope - The Clarence Greenwood Recordings - RCA
      • Ray Lamontagne - Trouble - RCA
      • West Indian Girl - West Indian Girl - Astralwerks
      • The Finn Brothers - Everyone is Here - Nettwerk
      • Charlotte Martin - On Your Shore - RCA Records
      • Bruce Hornsby - Halcyon Days - Columbia Records
      • k.d. lang - Hymns of the 49th Parallel - Nonesuch
      • Old 97's - Drag It Up - New West
      • Ben Arnold - Calico - Sci-Fidelity Records
      • Adrienne Young & Little Sadie - Plow To The End of The Row - Addie Belle Records
      • Michael McDermott - Ashes - Pauper Sky
      • Wilco - A Ghost Is Born - Nonesuch
      • Keane - Hopes And Fears - Interscope Records
      • Rachael Yamagata - Happenstance - RCA
      • Various Artists - Live At The World Cafe Volume 18: I'll Take You There - World Cafe
      • David Mead - Indiana - Netwerk
      • Jamie Cullum - Twentysomething - Verve
      • Morrissey - You Are The Quarry - Attack/Sanctuary
      • Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose - Interscope Records
      • Los Lobos - The Ride - Hollywood
      • Bob Schneider - I'm Good Now - Shockarama/Vanguard
      • Jem - Finally Woken - ATO
      • Eric Clapton - Me and Mr Johnson - Warner Brothers
      • Toots & The Maytals - True Love - V2
      • Ollabelle - Ollabelle - DMZ/Columbia
      • Sarah Harmer - All Of Our Names - Rounder/Zoe Records
      • Nellie McKay - Get Away From Me - Sony
      • Randall Bramblett - Thin Places - New West Records
      • Van Hunt - Van Hunt - Capitol Records
      • Jonatha Brooke - Back In The Circus - Bad Dog/Verve
      • Mindy Smith - One Moment More - Vanguard Records
      • Norah Jones - Feels Like Home - Blue Note Records
      • Five For Fighting - The Battle for Everything - Sony
      • The Holmes Brothers - Simple Truths - Alligator Records
      • Wheat - Per Second, Per Second, Per Second - Sony/Aware Records
      • Original Soundtrack - Cold Mountain - Sony
      • Various Artists - Sweetheart - Hear Music
    • 2005
      • Various Artists - Our New Orleans - Nonesuch
      • Matt Pond PA - Several Arrows Later - Altitude Records
      • ALO - Fly Between Falls - Brushfire Records
      • Marah - If You Didn't Laugh You'd Cry - Yep Roc Records
      • Jamie Cullum - Catching Tales - Verve
      • Wilco - Kicking Television: Live In Chicago - Nonesuch
      • Trey Anastasio - Shine - Sony
      • Soulive - Breakout - Concord Records
      • The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers - Capitol
      • My Morning Jacket - Z - ATO
      • Susan Tedeschi - Hope and Desire - Verve
      • Various Artists - Live at the World Cafe Volume 20 - World Cafe Records
      • Neil Young - Prairie Wind - Reprise
      • David Gray - Life In Slow Motion - ATO Records
      • Nada Surf - The Weight Is A Gift - Barsuk Records
      • Shemekia Copeland - The Soul Truth - Alligator Records
      • Death Cab For Cutie - Plans - Atlantic/WEA
      • Rodney Crowell - The Outsider - Columbia
      • Nickel Creek - Why Should The Fire Die? - Sugarhill
      • Sufjan Stevens - Come On Feel The Illinoise - Asthmatic Kitty
      • Jason Mraz - Mr A-Z - Atlantic / WEA
      • Son Volt - Okemah and The Melody Of Riot - Sony
      • Erin McKeown - We Will Become Like Birds - Nettwerk Records
      • John Hiatt- Master of Disaster - New West
      • Mike Doughty - Haughty Melodic - ATO
      • Feist - Let It Die - Interscope
      • Lizz Wright - Dreaming Wide Awake - Verve
      • Coldplay - X & Y - Capitol
      • John Scofield - That’s What I Say: The Music of Ray Charles - Verve
      • Spoon - Gimme Fiction - Merge Records
      • Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation - Mighty Rearranger - Sanctuary
      • Ryan Adams - Cold Roses - Lost Highway
      • Aimee Mann - The Forgotten Arm - Superego Records
      • Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust - Sony
      • John Prine - Fair & Square - Oh Boy Records
      • Thievery Corporation - The Cosmic Game - ESL Music
      • Billy Miles - Billy Miles - Aezra Records
      • Beck - Guero - Geffen Records
      • The Decemberists - Picaresque - Kill Rock Stars
      • The John Butler Trio - Sunrise Over Sea - Lava
      • Kathleen Edwards - Back To Me - Zoe Records
      • Amos Lee - Amos Lee - Blue Note
      • Ben Lee - Awake Is The New Sleep - New West Records
      • Blue Merle - Burning In The Sun - Island
      • Various Artists - Live at the World Cafe Volume 19 & Philly Local: Right On Track - World Cafe / XPN
      • Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning - Saddle Creek
      • Ani Difranco - Knuckle Down - Righteous Babe
      • Elliott Smith - From A Basement On The Hill - Anti- Records
      • The Arcade Fire - Funeral - Merge Records
    • 2006
      • Buena Vista Social Club - Rhythms Del Mundo - Hip-O Records
      • Joan Osborne - Pretty Little Stanger - Vanguard
      • Buena Vista Social Club - Rhythms Del Mundo - Hip-O Records
      • The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls In America - Vagrant
      • The Slip - Eisenhower - Bar/None
      • The Who - Endless Wire - Universal Republic
      • Rodrigo y Gabriela - Rodrigo y Gabriela - ATO
      • Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Live At The Fillmore East - Reprise
      • J J Cale and Eric Clapton - The Road to Escondido - Reprise
      • Willie Nelson - Songbird - Lost Highway
      • The Killers - Sam's Town - Island
      • Beck - The Information - Interscope
      • Amos Lee - Supply & Demand - Blue Note
      • The Decemberists - The Crane Wife - Capitol
      • John Mayer - Continuum - Aware / Columbia
      • Los Lobos - The Town And The City - Hollywood
      • Citizen Cope - Every Waking Moment - RCA
      • Bob Dylan - Modern Times - Columbia
      • Ray LaMontagne - Till The Sun Turns Black - RCA
      • Old Crow Medicine Show - Big Iron World - Nettwerk
      • TV On The Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain - Beggars/XL
      • Los Lonely Boys - Sacred - Epic
      • Corinne Bailey Rae - Corinne Bailey Rae - Capitol
      • Tom Petty - Highway Companion - American/Warner Bros.
      • Thom Yorke - The Eraser - XL
      • Widespread Panic - Earth To America - Widespread / Sanctuary
      • Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways - American / Lost Highway
      • Zero 7 - The Garden - Atlantic
      • Keb'Mo' - Suitcase - Red Ink / Epic
      • Dixie Chicks - Taking The Long Way - Columbia
      • Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - The River In Reverse - Verve Forecast
      • Alexi Murdoch - Time Without Consequence - Zero Summer
      • Paul Simon - Surprise - Warner Bros.
      • The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers - V2
      • Gnarls Barkley - St Elsewhere - Downtown
      • Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - All the Roadrunning - Warner Bros.
      • Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions - Columbia
      • David Gilmour - On An Island - Columbia
      • Josh Ritter - The Animal Years - V2
      • The Flaming Lips - At War With The Mystics - Warner Bros
      • James Hunter - People Gonna Talk - Go/Rounder
      • Donald Fagen - Morph The Cat - Reprise
      • Matisyahu - Youth - Or / Epic
      • KT Tunstall - Eye To The Telescope - Virgin
      • Rhett Miller - The Believer - Verve Forecast
      • Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood - Anti- / Epitaph
      • Various Artists - Live at the World Cafe Volume 21 In The Cards - WXPN
      • Beth Orton - The Comfort of Strangers - Astralwerks
      • Robert Pollard - From A Compound Eye - Merge
      • Duncan Sheik - White Limousine - Rounder
      • Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac - Capitol
      • Slo-Mo with Mic Wrecka - My Buzz Comes Back - PHIdelity
      • Ryan Adams - 29 - Lost Highway
    • 2007
      • Soulsavers - It’s Not How You Fall, It’s The Way You Land - Red Ink
      • Gov't Mule - Mighty High - ATO
      • The Killers - Sawdust - Island
      • Dan Wilson - Free Life
      • Carbon/Silicon - The Last Post - Caroline
      • The Thrills - Teenager - Virgin
      • Various Artists - I'm Not There - Original Soundtrack
      • Chuck Prophet - Soap and Water - Yep Roc
      • Ingrid Michaelson - Girls and Boys - XL Recordings
      • Bruce Springsteen - Magic - Columbia
      • Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II - Reprise
      • Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand - Rounder
      • Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade - New West
      • Joni Mitchell - Shine - Hear Music
      • Sea Wolf - Leaves in the River - Dangerbird
      • KT Tunstall - Drastic Fantastic - Virgin
      • Scott Matthews - Passing Stranger - Universal Republic
      • Lyle Lovett & His Large Band - It's Not Big It's Large - Lost Highway
      • Ben Harper - Lifeline - Virgin
      • Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter - Victor
      • Matt Nathanson - Some Mad Hope - Vanguard
      • Grace Potter And The Nocturnals - This Is Somewhere - Hollywood
      • Interpol - Our Love To Admire - Capitol
      • Mark Ronson - Version - RCA
      • Suzanne Vega - Beauty and Crime - Blue Note
      • Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga - Merge
      • Marc Broussard - S.O.S.: Save Our Soul - Vanguard
      • Back Door Slam - Roll Away - Blix Street
      • Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger - Lost Highway
      • The White Stripes - Icky Thump - Warner Brothers
      • Joan as Police Woman - Real Life - Cheap Lullaby
      • Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full - Hear Music
      • Bjork - Volta - Atlantic
      • Rufus Wainwright - Release the Stars - Geffen
      • Wilco - Sky Blue Sky - Nonesuch
      • Feist - The Reminder - Interscope
      • Angelique Kidjo - Djin Djin - Razor & Tie
      • Bright Eyes - Cassadaga - Saddle Creek
      • Ryan Shaw - This Is Ryan Shaw - Columbia/Red Ink
      • LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver - Capitol
      • Brandi Carlile - The Story - Columbia
      • John Butler Trio - Grand National - Atlantic
      • Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha - Fat Possum
      • Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank - Epic
      • Dr. Dog - We All Belong - Park the Van
      • Lucinda Williams - West - Lost Highway
      • Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder - Independent
      • Patty Griffin - Children Running Through - ATO
      • The Shins - Wincing The Night Away - Sub Pop
      • Lily Allen - Alright, Still - Capitol
      • Various Artists - Endless Highway - The Music Of The Band - Savoy Jazz
      • Erin McKeown - Sing, You Sinners - Nettwerk
      • Ron Sexsmith - Time Being - Iron Works
      • Loreena McKennitt - An Ancient Muse - Verve
    • 2008
      • Rodrigo Y Gabriela - Live in Japan - Ato Records / Red
      • Various Artists - Verve//Remixed – Christmas - Verve
      • The Killers - Day & Age - Island
      • The Fireman - Electric Arguments - MPL
      • Neil Young - Sugar Mountain – Live At Canterbury House, 1968 - Reprise
      • Tracy Chapman - Our Bright Future - Elektra Records
      • Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue - Warner Bros.
      • Ryan Adams & the Cardinals - Cardinology
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      • Duffy - Rockferry - Mercury
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      • XPN Local Artists - XPN Local, Volume 2 - WXPN
      • Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple - Atlantic
      • The Black Keys - Attack & Release - Nonesuch
      • R.E.M. - Accelerate - Warner Brothers
      • Counting Crows - Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings - Geffen
      • The B-52's - Funplex - Astralwerks
      • Devotchka - A Mad And Faithful Telling - Anti- / Epitaph
      • The Black Crowes - Warpaint - Silver Arrow
      • Drive-By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation’s Dark - New West
      • Cat Power - Jukebox - Matador
      • Various Artists - Juno Soundtrack from the Motion Picture - Rhino
      • Sheryl Crow - Detours - A&M
      • Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend - XL Recordings
      • Various Artists - Live at the World Cafe, Volume 25, Quarter Notes - World Cafe
      • Radiohead - In Rainbows - A.T.O.
    • 2009
      • Freelance Whales - Weathervanes - Freelance Whales
      • Various Artists - Daptone Gold - Daptone Records
      • Bob Dylan - Christmas in the Heart - Columbia
      • The XX - XX - Young Turks / XL
      • Tegan & Sara - Sainthood - Reprise
      • Fanfarlo - Reservoir - Atlantic
      • Various Artists - The Twilight Saga: New Moon Soundtrack - Chop Shop Records
      • Norah Jones - The Fall - Blue Note
      • The Swell Season - Strict Joy - Anti
      • Rosanne Cash - The List - Manhattan
      • Joshua James - Build Me This - Northplatte/Intelligent Noise
      • Brandi Carlile - Give Up The Ghost - Columbia
      • Cory Chisel And The Wandering Sons - Death Won't Send A Letter - Black Seal
      • Dawes - North Hills - ATO Records
      • The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You - Columbia
      • David Gray - Draw The Line - Downtown
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      • Mayer Hawthorne - A Strange Arrangement - Stones Throw
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      • Melody Gardot - My One And Only Thrill - Verve
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      • The Felice Brothers - Yonder Is The Clock - Team Love
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    • 2010
      • The Puppini Sisters - Christmas With The Puppini Sisters - Verve
      • Bryan Ferry - Olympia - Astralwerks
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      • Cee Lo - The Lady Killer - Elektra/Asylum
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      • Old 97's - The Grand Theatre, Volume 1 - New West
      • Belle & Sebastian - Write About Love - Rough Trade
      • Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz - Asthmatic Kitty
      • Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown - RCA
      • Various Artists - Live At The World Cafe Volume 30 - World Cafe
      • John Legend & The Roots - Wake Up! - Columbia
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      • Ray Lamontagne - God Willin' and The Creek Don't Rise - RCA
      • Los Lobos - Tin Can Trust - Shout! Factory
      • Minus The Bear - Omni - Dangerbird
      • Arcade Fire - The Suburbs - Merge
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      • Gaslight Anthem - American Slang - Side One Dummy
      • Robert Randolph - We Walk This Road - Warner Bros.
      • Alejandro Escovedo - Street Songs of Love - Fantasy / Concord Music Group
      • Various Artists - Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs Of John Prine - Oh Boy Records
      • Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Mojo - Reprise / Wea
      • Delta Spirit - History From Below - Rounder Records
      • Jack Johnson - To The Sea - Brushfire Records
      • The Black Keys - Brothers - Nonesuch
      • LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening - DFA/Virgin
      • Band of Horses - Infinite Arms - Brown Records/Fat Possum/Columbian
      • The National - High Violet - 4AD
      • Josh Ritter - So Runs The World Away - Pytheas Recordings
      • The Hold Steady - Heaven Is Whenever - Vagrant
      • MGMT - Congratulations - Columbia
      • Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - I Learned The Hard Way - Daptone
      • Dr. Dog - Shame Shame - Anti
      • She & Him - Volume 2 - Merge
      • Gorillaz - Plastic Beach - Virgin
      • Broken Bells - Broken Bells - Columbia
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      • Work Drugs - Aurora Lies - Bobby Cahn Records
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      • JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound - Want More - Bloodshot
      • Mayer Hawthorne - How Do You Do - Universal Republic
      • Florence & The Machine - Ceremonials - Universal Republic
      • Tom Waits - Bad As Me - Anti-
      • Rachael Yamagata - Chesapeake - Frankenfish Records
      • Laura Marling - A Creature I Don't Know - Ribbon Music
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      • Washed Out - Within And Without - Sub Pop
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      • Booker T. Jones - The Road From Memphis - Anti
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      • Various Artists - Live at the World Cafe, Volume 34 - World Cafe
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