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Rieko Safiyya Shares New Music on WXPN’s Sofa Sessions
Rieko Safiyya joins us for Episode 3 of WXPN’s Sofa Sessions with performances and a conversation about where her music comes from and what…
Rieko Safiyya joins us for Episode 3 of WXPN’s Sofa Sessions with performances and a conversation about where her music comes from and what…
Rieko Safiyya Shares New Music on WXPN’s Sofa Sessions
Rieko Safiyya joins us for Episode 3 of WXPN’s Sofa Sessions with performances and a conversation about where her music comes from and what…
Artist To Watch
Tyler Ballgame | Artist to Watch – February 2026
Hometown: Los Angeles by way of Rhode Island Why They’re WXPN Artist To Watch: Tyler Ballgame has a big, round, theatrical tenor voice that’s…
Hometown: Los Angeles by way of Rhode Island Why They’re WXPN Artist To Watch: Tyler Ballgame has a big, round, theatrical tenor voice that’s…
Tyler Ballgame | Artist to Watch – February 2026
Hometown: Los Angeles by way of Rhode Island Why They’re WXPN Artist To Watch: Tyler Ballgame has a big, round, theatrical tenor voice that’s…
Black History Month
Black History Month on WXPN: A Different Essential Album Every Day
Happy Black History Month! Every day in February, WXPN is highlighting one essential album from the vast landscape of Black music. Soul, funk, jazz,…
Happy Black History Month! Every day in February, WXPN is highlighting one essential album from the vast landscape of Black music. Soul, funk, jazz,…
Black History Month on WXPN: A Different Essential Album Every Day
Happy Black History Month! Every day in February, WXPN is highlighting one essential album from the vast landscape of Black music. Soul, funk, jazz,…
World Cafe
Why Dan Deacon never wants to leave Baltimore
The electronic musician talks about building a life and a career in the city that gave him room to experiment.
The electronic musician talks about building a life and a career in the city that gave him room to experiment.
Why Dan Deacon never wants to leave Baltimore
The electronic musician talks about building a life and a career in the city that gave him room to experiment.
Music News
Ali “Amaculent” McGuire Is Back Home And “On One”
Rapper/Mix Engineer Ali “Amaculent” McGuire’s debut album On One (and its accompanying book, The Inner Compass) is a deeply personal reflection on life, healing,…
Rapper/Mix Engineer Ali “Amaculent” McGuire’s debut album On One (and its accompanying book, The Inner Compass) is a deeply personal reflection on life, healing,…
Ali “Amaculent” McGuire Is Back Home And “On One”
Rapper/Mix Engineer Ali “Amaculent” McGuire’s debut album On One (and its accompanying book, The Inner Compass) is a deeply personal reflection on life, healing,…
Music News
Bruce Springsteen Releases ‘Streets Of Minneapolis’ And He’s Naming Names
On Wednesday, Bruce Springsteen released “Streets of Minneapolis,” a protest song condemning ICE violence and memorializing Renee Macklin Good and Alex Pretti, who were…
On Wednesday, Bruce Springsteen released “Streets of Minneapolis,” a protest song condemning ICE violence and memorializing Renee Macklin Good and Alex Pretti, who were…
Bruce Springsteen Releases ‘Streets Of Minneapolis’ And He’s Naming Names
On Wednesday, Bruce Springsteen released “Streets of Minneapolis,” a protest song condemning ICE violence and memorializing Renee Macklin Good and Alex Pretti, who were…
World Cafe
In Baltimore, a volunteer-run theater company embraces rock, gore and excess
The Baltimore Rock Opera Society creates original productions powered by DIY spectacle and a love of the unconventional.
The Baltimore Rock Opera Society creates original productions powered by DIY spectacle and a love of the unconventional.
In Baltimore, a volunteer-run theater company embraces rock, gore and excess
The Baltimore Rock Opera Society creates original productions powered by DIY spectacle and a love of the unconventional.
World Cafe
What does Baltimore sound like?
The World Cafe team heads to Charm City for our latest Sense of Place series.
The World Cafe team heads to Charm City for our latest Sense of Place series.
What does Baltimore sound like?
The World Cafe team heads to Charm City for our latest Sense of Place series.
Free At Noon
Free At Noon: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Piano & Voice
Alec Ounsworth says he’s only about 20 shows into his current piano-and-voice iteration of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, but make no mistake: His…
Alec Ounsworth says he’s only about 20 shows into his current piano-and-voice iteration of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, but make no mistake: His…
Free At Noon: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Piano & Voice
Alec Ounsworth says he’s only about 20 shows into his current piano-and-voice iteration of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, but make no mistake: His…