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The Skeleton Key: Finish off March with Moor Mother on Minecraft, Ghösh live from UA, Queen Elephantine in Mount Moriah, Eulogy archives, and so much more
It’s honestly amazing that we’re still going. We’re still putting out new music, still holding events, still creating art, still hoping that tomorrow is…
It’s honestly amazing that we’re still going. We’re still putting out new music, still holding events, still creating art, still hoping that tomorrow is…
The Skeleton Key: Finish off March with Moor Mother on Minecraft, Ghösh live from UA, Queen Elephantine in Mount Moriah, Eulogy archives, and so much more
It’s honestly amazing that we’re still going. We’re still putting out new music, still holding events, still creating art, still hoping that tomorrow is…
News
Listen to songs from Philly that got us through the year on the #XPNGotUsThrough edition of the Local Show
When we realized that the WXPN special Songs That Got Us Through The Year fell on a Tuesday, my XPN Local co-host Helen Leicht…
When we realized that the WXPN special Songs That Got Us Through The Year fell on a Tuesday, my XPN Local co-host Helen Leicht…
Listen to songs from Philly that got us through the year on the #XPNGotUsThrough edition of the Local Show
When we realized that the WXPN special Songs That Got Us Through The Year fell on a Tuesday, my XPN Local co-host Helen Leicht…
WXPN Local
Remembering WKDU DJ Duprex Snape: A musical mentor, a community leader, and a friend
Ask anyone in the Philadelphia reggae community about the late Duprex Snape and they will tell you that he was an icon, a singular…
Ask anyone in the Philadelphia reggae community about the late Duprex Snape and they will tell you that he was an icon, a singular…
Remembering WKDU DJ Duprex Snape: A musical mentor, a community leader, and a friend
Ask anyone in the Philadelphia reggae community about the late Duprex Snape and they will tell you that he was an icon, a singular…
WXPN Local
Music+Art: Carol Cleveland Sings on Eadweard Muybridge’s Motion Studies
Philadelphia is a music-rich city and a trove of visual art, from graffiti pier to the Clothespin to our massive collection of Impressionists in…
Philadelphia is a music-rich city and a trove of visual art, from graffiti pier to the Clothespin to our massive collection of Impressionists in…
Music+Art: Carol Cleveland Sings on Eadweard Muybridge’s Motion Studies
Philadelphia is a music-rich city and a trove of visual art, from graffiti pier to the Clothespin to our massive collection of Impressionists in…
Recordings
From self-improvement to resistance, The Bul Bey and Corey Bernhard’s pandemic collab <em>SWTS</em> tackles big themes to a beautiful score
If you take a glancing look at rapper Amir Richardson (aka The Bul Bey) and musician/producer Corey Bernhard’s Instagram pages, you get glimpses of…
If you take a glancing look at rapper Amir Richardson (aka The Bul Bey) and musician/producer Corey Bernhard’s Instagram pages, you get glimpses of…
From self-improvement to resistance, The Bul Bey and Corey Bernhard’s pandemic collab <em>SWTS</em> tackles big themes to a beautiful score
If you take a glancing look at rapper Amir Richardson (aka The Bul Bey) and musician/producer Corey Bernhard’s Instagram pages, you get glimpses of…
WXPN Local
Revisiting <em>Crate Raiderz</em>: An important documentation of Philly’s deep vinyl culture
From the culture’s very beginning, hip-hop has had a deep connection with vinyl records. Through sampling and DJing, records are literally a part of…
From the culture’s very beginning, hip-hop has had a deep connection with vinyl records. Through sampling and DJing, records are literally a part of…
Revisiting <em>Crate Raiderz</em>: An important documentation of Philly’s deep vinyl culture
From the culture’s very beginning, hip-hop has had a deep connection with vinyl records. Through sampling and DJing, records are literally a part of…
Recordings
Fellowship and togetherness shine on <em>Trans Musicians & Allies for Change</em>, a stellar new benefit comp featuring Highnoon, 2nd Grade, Harmony Woods, Buddie and more
On March 5th, Z Tapes released Trans Musicians & Allies for Change, a benefit for Trans Lifeline compiled by Philadelphia’s Portia Maidment. The tape…
On March 5th, Z Tapes released Trans Musicians & Allies for Change, a benefit for Trans Lifeline compiled by Philadelphia’s Portia Maidment. The tape…
Fellowship and togetherness shine on <em>Trans Musicians & Allies for Change</em>, a stellar new benefit comp featuring Highnoon, 2nd Grade, Harmony Woods, Buddie and more
On March 5th, Z Tapes released Trans Musicians & Allies for Change, a benefit for Trans Lifeline compiled by Philadelphia’s Portia Maidment. The tape…
Recordings
Collaborative benefit project <em>Sunday, Someday</em> teams up with Harrisburg’s Little Amps Coffee
Sunday, Someday is a community-centered compilation album from Get Better Records featuring a handful of artists from the DIY community — notably Koji, Nervus,…
Sunday, Someday is a community-centered compilation album from Get Better Records featuring a handful of artists from the DIY community — notably Koji, Nervus,…
Collaborative benefit project <em>Sunday, Someday</em> teams up with Harrisburg’s Little Amps Coffee
Sunday, Someday is a community-centered compilation album from Get Better Records featuring a handful of artists from the DIY community — notably Koji, Nervus,…
Recordings
<em>Slatland</em> marks a new era for Bits of Alan
Back in 2017 the Philly band Bits of Alan released Paper Boats, a project which utilized an electronic spoken word kind of style. Their…
Back in 2017 the Philly band Bits of Alan released Paper Boats, a project which utilized an electronic spoken word kind of style. Their…
<em>Slatland</em> marks a new era for Bits of Alan
Back in 2017 the Philly band Bits of Alan released Paper Boats, a project which utilized an electronic spoken word kind of style. Their…