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WXPN Local

WXPN Local Picks – Week of September 2, 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…

By John Vettese

World Cafe

What exactly is butt rock? It depends on who you ask

The once-pejorative label for a subgenre of rock has divided World Cafe along generational lines.

By Miguel Perez

Programming

Radio News Writer Internship

Position Duration: Hours 10 – 20 hours/week Duties: Research and write news stories for XPN Morning Show. May be asked to attend city and/or…

By WXPN

Past Giveaway

Ticket Giveaway: MT. JOY

Mt. JoyThe Mann CenterSeptember 27, 2025 Only one entry per person. Entry Deadline: 9/4/2025 at 11:59 PM ET. Contest Rules By entering this contest,…

By WXPN

Free At Noon

Legendary songwriter Rodney Crowell tells stories from ‘Airline Highway’ for Free At Noon

For more than four decades, Crowell has shaped American roots music, blending country, rock, folk, and Americana. A multiple Grammy winner and member of…

By WXPN

Press Play

PRESS PLAY: New Albums out August 29th

As the curtain closes on Summer 2025, let this week’s abundance of new album usher in pumpkin spice season. Honed to a point at…

By Eric Schuman

World Cafe

Acadiana Music Showcase: Babineaux Sisters

Gracie and Julie Babineaux have been making Cajun music for over a decade, writing and performing in Louisiana French. Their new album, Sans Soulier,…

By Miguel Perez

WXPN Local

Philly film composers The Blair Brothers score ‘The Toxic Avenger’, reunite with an old bandmate

The Blair Brothers on WXPN Local Ten years ago, brothers Will and Brooke Blair were Philly rock scene people just starting to explore the…

By John Vettese

Concert Reviews

Lady Gaga’s Mayhem Ball is packed with theatrical majesty

“Welcome to the opera house, New York City.” Coming from just about any other performer at Madison Square Garden, this phrase would not feel…

By John Vettese