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Black Music City Spotlight: emospacebird.’s Erin Dillard on discovering and interpreting Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Black Music City is a collaboration between WXPN, WRTI, and REC Philly celebrating Philadelphia’s Black music history and looking to its future with a…
Black Music City is a collaboration between WXPN, WRTI, and REC Philly celebrating Philadelphia’s Black music history and looking to its future with a…
Black Music City Spotlight: emospacebird.’s Erin Dillard on discovering and interpreting Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Black Music City is a collaboration between WXPN, WRTI, and REC Philly celebrating Philadelphia’s Black music history and looking to its future with a…
WXPN Local
Meditation and Liberation: Sudan Green on the return of his Spirits Up! yoga series and its Juneteenth weekend event Spirit Wake
Sudan Green is a Philadelphia musician, activist, and community organizer whose Spirits Up! series returns this weekend with Spirit Wake, a Juneteenth special with…
Sudan Green is a Philadelphia musician, activist, and community organizer whose Spirits Up! series returns this weekend with Spirit Wake, a Juneteenth special with…
Meditation and Liberation: Sudan Green on the return of his Spirits Up! yoga series and its Juneteenth weekend event Spirit Wake
Sudan Green is a Philadelphia musician, activist, and community organizer whose Spirits Up! series returns this weekend with Spirit Wake, a Juneteenth special with…
News
Listen to Diana Ross’ modern soul single “Thank You” from her first album in 15 years
Pop icon Diana Ross returns this year with her 25th studio album, Thank You, a collection of songs about joy, unity, and love. The…
Pop icon Diana Ross returns this year with her 25th studio album, Thank You, a collection of songs about joy, unity, and love. The…
Listen to Diana Ross’ modern soul single “Thank You” from her first album in 15 years
Pop icon Diana Ross returns this year with her 25th studio album, Thank You, a collection of songs about joy, unity, and love. The…
WXPN Local
The Skeleton Key: Start summer with more gigs, more films, new releases from Night Raids and Secular Fusionists, a psych rock roundup, and a Porchfest photo gallery
I’m going to be honest with you: it definitely feels weird watching things slowly return to whatever passes for normalcy during the second half…
I’m going to be honest with you: it definitely feels weird watching things slowly return to whatever passes for normalcy during the second half…
The Skeleton Key: Start summer with more gigs, more films, new releases from Night Raids and Secular Fusionists, a psych rock roundup, and a Porchfest photo gallery
I’m going to be honest with you: it definitely feels weird watching things slowly return to whatever passes for normalcy during the second half…
News
Celebrate Juneteenth on WXPN with <em>The Sounds of Blackness</em> hosted by Rahman Wortman, plus a <em>Black Music City</em> livestream
As Juneteenth approaches, along with its new status as a federal holiday, here at XPN we’ll broadcast two specials in observation of the occasion,…
As Juneteenth approaches, along with its new status as a federal holiday, here at XPN we’ll broadcast two specials in observation of the occasion,…
Celebrate Juneteenth on WXPN with <em>The Sounds of Blackness</em> hosted by Rahman Wortman, plus a <em>Black Music City</em> livestream
As Juneteenth approaches, along with its new status as a federal holiday, here at XPN we’ll broadcast two specials in observation of the occasion,…
News
Bob Dylan to perform for the first time since the pandemic in a Veeps livestream next month
Singer-songwriter icon Bob Dylan released his 39th studio album, Rough and Rowdy Ways, during the global pandemic lockdown of 2020, and he’s finally getting…
Singer-songwriter icon Bob Dylan released his 39th studio album, Rough and Rowdy Ways, during the global pandemic lockdown of 2020, and he’s finally getting…
Bob Dylan to perform for the first time since the pandemic in a Veeps livestream next month
Singer-songwriter icon Bob Dylan released his 39th studio album, Rough and Rowdy Ways, during the global pandemic lockdown of 2020, and he’s finally getting…
Artists
Erica Corbo on demystifying free improv with Space Whale Orchestra
“I do love really avant garde music, but I also love pop music,” says Erica Corbo. “I’m always on a mission to meld the…
“I do love really avant garde music, but I also love pop music,” says Erica Corbo. “I’m always on a mission to meld the…
Erica Corbo on demystifying free improv with Space Whale Orchestra
“I do love really avant garde music, but I also love pop music,” says Erica Corbo. “I’m always on a mission to meld the…
News
DJ Na$h Prepares to celebrate Juneteenth with an Interna$hional Bounce party at Sunflower Philly
The first time I met DJ Na$h was at a program called the Institute of Hip Hop Entrepreneurship in 2016. She had just got…
The first time I met DJ Na$h was at a program called the Institute of Hip Hop Entrepreneurship in 2016. She had just got…
DJ Na$h Prepares to celebrate Juneteenth with an Interna$hional Bounce party at Sunflower Philly
The first time I met DJ Na$h was at a program called the Institute of Hip Hop Entrepreneurship in 2016. She had just got…
Recordings
Sheer Mag will headline PhilaMOCA for two nights this summer
Sheer Mag has announced back-to-back headlining shows at PhilaMOCA with support from a few fellow Philly punks. On August 27, they will share the…
Sheer Mag has announced back-to-back headlining shows at PhilaMOCA with support from a few fellow Philly punks. On August 27, they will share the…
Sheer Mag will headline PhilaMOCA for two nights this summer
Sheer Mag has announced back-to-back headlining shows at PhilaMOCA with support from a few fellow Philly punks. On August 27, they will share the…