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Hotbed is just warming up
Hotbed has come a long way since their dorm room days. An exciting new psychedelic rock outfit from Philly, the band cut its teeth…
Hotbed has come a long way since their dorm room days. An exciting new psychedelic rock outfit from Philly, the band cut its teeth…
Hotbed is just warming up
Hotbed has come a long way since their dorm room days. An exciting new psychedelic rock outfit from Philly, the band cut its teeth…
World Cafe
Christian McBride is shepherding the next generation of jazz musicians
The composer and bandleader talks about his latest album and founding a new group called Ursa Major.
The composer and bandleader talks about his latest album and founding a new group called Ursa Major.
Christian McBride is shepherding the next generation of jazz musicians
The composer and bandleader talks about his latest album and founding a new group called Ursa Major.
Music News
Pause & Play: Exploring Philly’s Intentional Listening Spaces
In a city known for lively nightlife and concert halls, a small but dedicated group of spaces is taking a different approach: creating rooms…
In a city known for lively nightlife and concert halls, a small but dedicated group of spaces is taking a different approach: creating rooms…
Pause & Play: Exploring Philly’s Intentional Listening Spaces
In a city known for lively nightlife and concert halls, a small but dedicated group of spaces is taking a different approach: creating rooms…
WXPN Local
WXPN Local Picks – Week of October 6, 2025
Every weekday afternoon in the 1:00 hour, WXPN celebrates the Philly-regional music scene with the WXPN Local Picks. That’s when midday host Mike Vasilikos…
Every weekday afternoon in the 1:00 hour, WXPN celebrates the Philly-regional music scene with the WXPN Local Picks. That’s when midday host Mike Vasilikos…
WXPN Local Picks – Week of October 6, 2025
Every weekday afternoon in the 1:00 hour, WXPN celebrates the Philly-regional music scene with the WXPN Local Picks. That’s when midday host Mike Vasilikos…
885 Greatest Cover Songs
WXPN Staff Share Their Top 10 Cover Songs for the 885 Countdown
WXPN is curating the 885 Greatest Cover Songs for our annual countdown, and we need your help to make it happen. Our staff, from…
WXPN is curating the 885 Greatest Cover Songs for our annual countdown, and we need your help to make it happen. Our staff, from…
WXPN Staff Share Their Top 10 Cover Songs for the 885 Countdown
WXPN is curating the 885 Greatest Cover Songs for our annual countdown, and we need your help to make it happen. Our staff, from…
Concert Reviews
Choose Transcendence: An inside look at Making Time ∞, Philly’s most daring music festival
At Making Time ∞, transcendence is both a guiding principle and a lived experience. You see it plastered on signs across the historic grounds…
At Making Time ∞, transcendence is both a guiding principle and a lived experience. You see it plastered on signs across the historic grounds…
Choose Transcendence: An inside look at Making Time ∞, Philly’s most daring music festival
At Making Time ∞, transcendence is both a guiding principle and a lived experience. You see it plastered on signs across the historic grounds…
World Cafe
‘Have I gone too far?’: Sarah McLachlan faces her toughest critic on new album
The Grammy Award-winning musician is used to playing for big crowds, but there was one person whose opinion mattered more than anyone else's: her…
The Grammy Award-winning musician is used to playing for big crowds, but there was one person whose opinion mattered more than anyone else's: her…
‘Have I gone too far?’: Sarah McLachlan faces her toughest critic on new album
The Grammy Award-winning musician is used to playing for big crowds, but there was one person whose opinion mattered more than anyone else's: her…
Press Play
PRESS PLAY: New Albums out October 3rd
It may appear that the month’s first release day is a modest one, but that’s showbiz baby! Splicing up sounds from Studio 54, Say…
It may appear that the month’s first release day is a modest one, but that’s showbiz baby! Splicing up sounds from Studio 54, Say…
PRESS PLAY: New Albums out October 3rd
It may appear that the month’s first release day is a modest one, but that’s showbiz baby! Splicing up sounds from Studio 54, Say…
World Cafe
Expect a lot of Puerto Rican pride at Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show
Days before Bad Bunny's Super Bowl announcement, World Cafe spoke to Alt.Latino hosts Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras about his 31-date residency in Puerto Rico.
Days before Bad Bunny's Super Bowl announcement, World Cafe spoke to Alt.Latino hosts Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras about his 31-date residency in Puerto Rico.
Expect a lot of Puerto Rican pride at Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show
Days before Bad Bunny's Super Bowl announcement, World Cafe spoke to Alt.Latino hosts Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras about his 31-date residency in Puerto Rico.