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Recordings
Hiss Golden Messenger shares new song “Glory Strums,” announces World Cafe Live show
Hiss Golden Messenger will release his latest record, Quietly Blowing It, on June 25. Ahead of the release, the recent Free at Noon guest…
Hiss Golden Messenger will release his latest record, Quietly Blowing It, on June 25. Ahead of the release, the recent Free at Noon guest…
Hiss Golden Messenger shares new song “Glory Strums,” announces World Cafe Live show
Hiss Golden Messenger will release his latest record, Quietly Blowing It, on June 25. Ahead of the release, the recent Free at Noon guest…
Recordings
Hurry shares the self-aware “Where You Go, I Go” from <em>Fake Ideas</em>
Philly’s Hurry are gearing up to release their fourth full-length, Fake Ideas, later this month, and have shared a third single, “Where You Go,…
Philly’s Hurry are gearing up to release their fourth full-length, Fake Ideas, later this month, and have shared a third single, “Where You Go,…
Hurry shares the self-aware “Where You Go, I Go” from <em>Fake Ideas</em>
Philly’s Hurry are gearing up to release their fourth full-length, Fake Ideas, later this month, and have shared a third single, “Where You Go,…
Events
The Skeleton Key: Get outside and get positive this June with Irreversible Entanglements and Porchfest, new releases from World Gone Mad Records, film screenings, podcasts, and a whole lot more
You know what rules? Getting to the gig. It can be outdoors, socially distanced, whatever, but live music is still live music and at…
You know what rules? Getting to the gig. It can be outdoors, socially distanced, whatever, but live music is still live music and at…
The Skeleton Key: Get outside and get positive this June with Irreversible Entanglements and Porchfest, new releases from World Gone Mad Records, film screenings, podcasts, and a whole lot more
You know what rules? Getting to the gig. It can be outdoors, socially distanced, whatever, but live music is still live music and at…
Recordings
PRESS PLAY: 9 New Albums out June 4th
The new month brings a new crop of albums to your waiting ears. A longtime Philadelphia favorite (and recent XPN Artist to Watch), Michelle…
The new month brings a new crop of albums to your waiting ears. A longtime Philadelphia favorite (and recent XPN Artist to Watch), Michelle…
PRESS PLAY: 9 New Albums out June 4th
The new month brings a new crop of albums to your waiting ears. A longtime Philadelphia favorite (and recent XPN Artist to Watch), Michelle…
Recordings
Listen to Philly Music Fest’s Greg Seltzer talk about showcasing artists and building community on XPN Local
While the whole world was on lockdown in 2020, Philly Music Fest managed to be a beacon of hope. At the beginning of the…
While the whole world was on lockdown in 2020, Philly Music Fest managed to be a beacon of hope. At the beginning of the…
Listen to Philly Music Fest’s Greg Seltzer talk about showcasing artists and building community on XPN Local
While the whole world was on lockdown in 2020, Philly Music Fest managed to be a beacon of hope. At the beginning of the…
WXPN Local
Black Music City Spotlight: Stanley Collins on exploring the culture of Black Lily in a new podcast documentary
Black Music City is a collaboration between WXPN, WRTI, and REC Philly celebrating Philadelphia’s Black music history and looking to its future with a…
Black Music City is a collaboration between WXPN, WRTI, and REC Philly celebrating Philadelphia’s Black music history and looking to its future with a…
Black Music City Spotlight: Stanley Collins on exploring the culture of Black Lily in a new podcast documentary
Black Music City is a collaboration between WXPN, WRTI, and REC Philly celebrating Philadelphia’s Black music history and looking to its future with a…
Events
Sun Ra Arkestra will play World Cafe Live’s anniversary show this fall
Sun Ra Arkestra | photo by Christopher Andrew McDonald for Ars Nova Workshop The legendary Sun Ra Arkestra will return to World Cafe Live…
Sun Ra Arkestra | photo by Christopher Andrew McDonald for Ars Nova Workshop The legendary Sun Ra Arkestra will return to World Cafe Live…
Sun Ra Arkestra will play World Cafe Live’s anniversary show this fall
Sun Ra Arkestra | photo by Christopher Andrew McDonald for Ars Nova Workshop The legendary Sun Ra Arkestra will return to World Cafe Live…
Recordings
Ensemble Novo celebrates the sounds of Brazil on two new EPs
Philadelphia samba-jazz band Ensemble Novo has spent the last decade exploring the music of Brazil, and their new pair of EPs, This Is Ensemble…
Philadelphia samba-jazz band Ensemble Novo has spent the last decade exploring the music of Brazil, and their new pair of EPs, This Is Ensemble…
Ensemble Novo celebrates the sounds of Brazil on two new EPs
Philadelphia samba-jazz band Ensemble Novo has spent the last decade exploring the music of Brazil, and their new pair of EPs, This Is Ensemble…
News
Moor Mother joins the roster at ANTI-Records, releases gripping new song “Zami”
Multidisciplinary Philadelphia artist Moor Mother has found a new home for her music. The project of poet / producer / sound artist / activist…
Multidisciplinary Philadelphia artist Moor Mother has found a new home for her music. The project of poet / producer / sound artist / activist…
Moor Mother joins the roster at ANTI-Records, releases gripping new song “Zami”
Multidisciplinary Philadelphia artist Moor Mother has found a new home for her music. The project of poet / producer / sound artist / activist…