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Events
Patty Griffin’s 2022 tour brings her to World Cafe Live this month
Legendary folk songwriter Patty Griffin is set to play The Music Hall at World Cafe Live on January 31st. The two-time Grammy Award winning…
Legendary folk songwriter Patty Griffin is set to play The Music Hall at World Cafe Live on January 31st. The two-time Grammy Award winning…
Patty Griffin’s 2022 tour brings her to World Cafe Live this month
Legendary folk songwriter Patty Griffin is set to play The Music Hall at World Cafe Live on January 31st. The two-time Grammy Award winning…
Recordings
V. Shayne Frederick’s new “Return To Paradise” is his most expansive song to date
Pianist and singer-songwriter V. Shayne Frederick has a sound rooted in jazz, soul, and classic balladry, and his latest song finds him stretching his…
Pianist and singer-songwriter V. Shayne Frederick has a sound rooted in jazz, soul, and classic balladry, and his latest song finds him stretching his…
V. Shayne Frederick’s new “Return To Paradise” is his most expansive song to date
Pianist and singer-songwriter V. Shayne Frederick has a sound rooted in jazz, soul, and classic balladry, and his latest song finds him stretching his…
Recordings
Sug Daniels brings her folk solo project and positive energy to CART Music’s session series
Sug Daniels at CART Music Sessions | still from video Sug Daniels, the songwriter behind R&B powerhouse band Hoochi Coochi, performed a live video…
Sug Daniels at CART Music Sessions | still from video Sug Daniels, the songwriter behind R&B powerhouse band Hoochi Coochi, performed a live video…
Sug Daniels brings her folk solo project and positive energy to CART Music’s session series
Sug Daniels at CART Music Sessions | still from video Sug Daniels, the songwriter behind R&B powerhouse band Hoochi Coochi, performed a live video…
Local
The Districts embrace personal growth and change on “Outlaw Love”
This winter, Philly indie rockers The Districts will release their fifth album, The Great American Painting, and gave us the latest taste of it…
This winter, Philly indie rockers The Districts will release their fifth album, The Great American Painting, and gave us the latest taste of it…
The Districts embrace personal growth and change on “Outlaw Love”
This winter, Philly indie rockers The Districts will release their fifth album, The Great American Painting, and gave us the latest taste of it…
Recordings
Watch The War on Drugs play “I Don’t Live Here Anymore” on ‘Ellen’
With their fifth LP I Don’t Live Here Anymore topping year-end lists last month, the Philly-rooted rockers The War on Drugs brought the title…
With their fifth LP I Don’t Live Here Anymore topping year-end lists last month, the Philly-rooted rockers The War on Drugs brought the title…
Watch The War on Drugs play “I Don’t Live Here Anymore” on ‘Ellen’
With their fifth LP I Don’t Live Here Anymore topping year-end lists last month, the Philly-rooted rockers The War on Drugs brought the title…
News
Kanaval Ball featuring Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ram, Boukman Eksperyans and more is postponed to March 20
This weekend’s Philly Kanaval Ball, the capstone event to WXPN’s year-long project Kanaval: Haitian Rhythms & the Music of New Orleans, has been postponed.…
This weekend’s Philly Kanaval Ball, the capstone event to WXPN’s year-long project Kanaval: Haitian Rhythms & the Music of New Orleans, has been postponed.…
Kanaval Ball featuring Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ram, Boukman Eksperyans and more is postponed to March 20
This weekend’s Philly Kanaval Ball, the capstone event to WXPN’s year-long project Kanaval: Haitian Rhythms & the Music of New Orleans, has been postponed.…
Artist To Watch
Wet Leg | WXPN Artist to Watch – Jan 2022
Their debut single, “Chaise Longue”, and three others they have out are from the band’s self-titled debut, out in April. The band start an…
Their debut single, “Chaise Longue”, and three others they have out are from the band’s self-titled debut, out in April. The band start an…
Wet Leg | WXPN Artist to Watch – Jan 2022
Their debut single, “Chaise Longue”, and three others they have out are from the band’s self-titled debut, out in April. The band start an…
Best of 2021
XPN’s Top 100 Most-Played Songs of 2021
Happy New Year! We spent the first day of 2021 counting down the top 100 most played songs of 2020 all day on XPN.…
Happy New Year! We spent the first day of 2021 counting down the top 100 most played songs of 2020 all day on XPN.…
XPN’s Top 100 Most-Played Songs of 2021
Happy New Year! We spent the first day of 2021 counting down the top 100 most played songs of 2020 all day on XPN.…
Best of 2021
WXPN Best of 2021: Stories
Show reviews, stats, stories from Philly music history and more — these are the most-read articles on The Key in 2021.
Show reviews, stats, stories from Philly music history and more — these are the most-read articles on The Key in 2021.
WXPN Best of 2021: Stories
Show reviews, stats, stories from Philly music history and more — these are the most-read articles on The Key in 2021.