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KIRBY’s Mississippi roots echo through ‘Miss Black America’
Kirby Lauryen Dockery has written for stars like Rihanna and Beyoncé, but her latest album centers her own creative legacy.
Kirby Lauryen Dockery has written for stars like Rihanna and Beyoncé, but her latest album centers her own creative legacy.
KIRBY’s Mississippi roots echo through ‘Miss Black America’
Kirby Lauryen Dockery has written for stars like Rihanna and Beyoncé, but her latest album centers her own creative legacy.
Artist To Watch
Kashus Culpepper | Artist to Watch – January 2026
Hometown: Alexander City, Alabama Why They’re WXPN Artist To Watch: Kashus Culpepper is making music straight out of the American taproom. Blending a top-notch…
Hometown: Alexander City, Alabama Why They’re WXPN Artist To Watch: Kashus Culpepper is making music straight out of the American taproom. Blending a top-notch…
Kashus Culpepper | Artist to Watch – January 2026
Hometown: Alexander City, Alabama Why They’re WXPN Artist To Watch: Kashus Culpepper is making music straight out of the American taproom. Blending a top-notch…
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Ticket Giveaway: NEKO CASE
Neko CaseThe QueenJanuary 16, 2026 Only one entry per person. Entry Deadline: 1/8/2025 at 11:59 PM ET. Contest Rules By entering this contest, you’re…
Neko CaseThe QueenJanuary 16, 2026 Only one entry per person. Entry Deadline: 1/8/2025 at 11:59 PM ET. Contest Rules By entering this contest, you’re…
Ticket Giveaway: NEKO CASE
Neko CaseThe QueenJanuary 16, 2026 Only one entry per person. Entry Deadline: 1/8/2025 at 11:59 PM ET. Contest Rules By entering this contest, you’re…
World Cafe
Deftones bet against Y2K nostalgia. The move paid off on ‘private music’
Frontman Chino Moreno says the alternative rock band has defied expectations at every turn. Their Grammy-nominated 10th studio album is no different.
Frontman Chino Moreno says the alternative rock band has defied expectations at every turn. Their Grammy-nominated 10th studio album is no different.
Deftones bet against Y2K nostalgia. The move paid off on ‘private music’
Frontman Chino Moreno says the alternative rock band has defied expectations at every turn. Their Grammy-nominated 10th studio album is no different.
Music News
Celebrate Philly Loves Bowie Week 2026 with WXPN
Candy Volcano kicked off the 10th annual Philly Loves Bowie Week with a sold-out Free at Noon at Ardmore Music Hall earlier today. If…
Candy Volcano kicked off the 10th annual Philly Loves Bowie Week with a sold-out Free at Noon at Ardmore Music Hall earlier today. If…
Celebrate Philly Loves Bowie Week 2026 with WXPN
Candy Volcano kicked off the 10th annual Philly Loves Bowie Week with a sold-out Free at Noon at Ardmore Music Hall earlier today. If…
Best of 2025
XPN’s Top 100 songs of 2025
Happy New Year! We’ve spent the last few weeks counting down albums, collecting staff picks, and debating the songs that made 2025 special. Before…
Happy New Year! We’ve spent the last few weeks counting down albums, collecting staff picks, and debating the songs that made 2025 special. Before…
XPN’s Top 100 songs of 2025
Happy New Year! We’ve spent the last few weeks counting down albums, collecting staff picks, and debating the songs that made 2025 special. Before…
Best of 2025
WXPN Staff Song Picks of 2025
Staff Picks One of the nice things about working in a place where music discovery is basically everybody’s job is that, well, everybody’s discovering…
Staff Picks One of the nice things about working in a place where music discovery is basically everybody’s job is that, well, everybody’s discovering…
WXPN Staff Song Picks of 2025
Staff Picks One of the nice things about working in a place where music discovery is basically everybody’s job is that, well, everybody’s discovering…
Programs
Cut Copy on their latest album, ‘Moments’
The Australian synth-pop band decamped to scenic Byron Bay to record their latest album.
The Australian synth-pop band decamped to scenic Byron Bay to record their latest album.
Cut Copy on their latest album, ‘Moments’
The Australian synth-pop band decamped to scenic Byron Bay to record their latest album.
World Cafe
Jake Shimabukuro rings in the holidays with ‘Tis The Season’
The Hawaiian ukulele marvel is joined by Yo-Yo Ma and Michael McDonald on his new holiday album, Tis The Season.
The Hawaiian ukulele marvel is joined by Yo-Yo Ma and Michael McDonald on his new holiday album, Tis The Season.
Jake Shimabukuro rings in the holidays with ‘Tis The Season’
The Hawaiian ukulele marvel is joined by Yo-Yo Ma and Michael McDonald on his new holiday album, Tis The Season.