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Best of 2021
WXPN Best of 2021: Video Sessions
Even before concerts came back, video sessions were a way artists and their fans remained connected in 2021. Whether it was a Facebook livestream…
Even before concerts came back, video sessions were a way artists and their fans remained connected in 2021. Whether it was a Facebook livestream…
WXPN Best of 2021: Video Sessions
Even before concerts came back, video sessions were a way artists and their fans remained connected in 2021. Whether it was a Facebook livestream…
Best of 2021
WXPN Best of 2021: Music Photography
If a tree falls in the forest, and there’s no one around to hear it…does it really make a sound? And similarly, if there’s…
If a tree falls in the forest, and there’s no one around to hear it…does it really make a sound? And similarly, if there’s…
WXPN Best of 2021: Music Photography
If a tree falls in the forest, and there’s no one around to hear it…does it really make a sound? And similarly, if there’s…
Local
The Districts have cancelled their year-end shows, including NYE at Johnny Brenda’s
Philly rockers The Districts have called off their year-end shows. The band was set to cap 2021 with concerts at Johnny Brenda’s on December…
Philly rockers The Districts have called off their year-end shows. The band was set to cap 2021 with concerts at Johnny Brenda’s on December…
The Districts have cancelled their year-end shows, including NYE at Johnny Brenda’s
Philly rockers The Districts have called off their year-end shows. The band was set to cap 2021 with concerts at Johnny Brenda’s on December…
News
Dr. Dog’s final run of Philly concerts (including NYE) will go on as scheduled
As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 surges across the United States and year-end concerts are cancelled or postponed, the future of Dr. Dog‘s final…
As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 surges across the United States and year-end concerts are cancelled or postponed, the future of Dr. Dog‘s final…
Dr. Dog’s final run of Philly concerts (including NYE) will go on as scheduled
As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 surges across the United States and year-end concerts are cancelled or postponed, the future of Dr. Dog‘s final…
News
Culture Cypher Radio December Chart: Revisiting the radical and revolutionary music of 2021
It’s a bit strange for me to look back and make an assessment of the past year because it feels like 2020 never really…
It’s a bit strange for me to look back and make an assessment of the past year because it feels like 2020 never really…
Culture Cypher Radio December Chart: Revisiting the radical and revolutionary music of 2021
It’s a bit strange for me to look back and make an assessment of the past year because it feels like 2020 never really…
WXPN Local
The Skeleton Key: End the year right with Cakes Da Killa, two 24-hour Christmas radio marathons, new releases from Rid of Me and Chuck van Zyl, and so many NYE shows
It’s my last Skeleton Key of the year and the one thing I can say is that 2021 was a weird time to be…
It’s my last Skeleton Key of the year and the one thing I can say is that 2021 was a weird time to be…
The Skeleton Key: End the year right with Cakes Da Killa, two 24-hour Christmas radio marathons, new releases from Rid of Me and Chuck van Zyl, and so many NYE shows
It’s my last Skeleton Key of the year and the one thing I can say is that 2021 was a weird time to be…
News
DJs Michael Brun and Win Butler will join Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ram, and Boukman Eksperyans at Kanaval Ball
WXPN’s year-long project Kanaval: Haitian Rhthms and the Music of New Orleans concludes on January 9th with Philly’s first Kanaval Ball, a free event…
WXPN’s year-long project Kanaval: Haitian Rhthms and the Music of New Orleans concludes on January 9th with Philly’s first Kanaval Ball, a free event…
DJs Michael Brun and Win Butler will join Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ram, and Boukman Eksperyans at Kanaval Ball
WXPN’s year-long project Kanaval: Haitian Rhthms and the Music of New Orleans concludes on January 9th with Philly’s first Kanaval Ball, a free event…
News
Bonnie Raitt will play The Mann in June with Lucinda Williams
Singer-songwriter icon Bonnie Raitt is touring in 2022, her first time on the road in five years. The spring run of dates in support…
Singer-songwriter icon Bonnie Raitt is touring in 2022, her first time on the road in five years. The spring run of dates in support…
Bonnie Raitt will play The Mann in June with Lucinda Williams
Singer-songwriter icon Bonnie Raitt is touring in 2022, her first time on the road in five years. The spring run of dates in support…
WXPN Local
Rahsaan Lucas talks about the journey of AFROTAINO on 25 O’Clock
We met Philly promoter, DJ and tastemaker Rahsaan Lucas through his company AFROTAINO Productions, and their stellar series of events like Nuevofest, the Latin…
We met Philly promoter, DJ and tastemaker Rahsaan Lucas through his company AFROTAINO Productions, and their stellar series of events like Nuevofest, the Latin…
Rahsaan Lucas talks about the journey of AFROTAINO on 25 O’Clock
We met Philly promoter, DJ and tastemaker Rahsaan Lucas through his company AFROTAINO Productions, and their stellar series of events like Nuevofest, the Latin…