Did you miss us?! We missed you, so we're BACK with Concert Picks, a curated selection of upcoming concerts this week that we think you'll love. John Vettese is here at South Street Art Mart to give you the download on this week's picks. Head over to the Concert Calendar on XPN.org for these and more!
Here's what's coming up:
Saturday 4/12: Rex Manning Day Block Party feat Maafa, The Aunties, Petrol and more
Wednesday 4/9: Marshall Allen and the New Dawn at World Cafe Live
Thursday 4/10: The Record Company at XL LIVE
Thursday 4/10: Owen Stewart and Slomo Sapiens at Underground Arts
Friday 4/11: Dawes and Michigander at The Fillmore Philadelphia (they'll also be at NJ's McCarter Theatre Center on Sunday, 4/13)
Friday 4/11: The Magnetic Fields at The Keswick Theatre
Saturday 4/12: Sammy Rae and The Friends at The Fillmore
Saturday 4/12: Pissed Jeans at Archer Music Hall
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Tune in TODAY at 12 PM ET for the last installment of the Free At Noon Flashback with World Cafe host Raina Douris! We're looking back on some of our favorite performances to celebrate 20 years of Free At Noon! Tune in: https://bit.ly/FANFlashback4
Tune in TODAY at 12 PM ET for the second Free At Noon Flashback with WXPN Morning Show host Mike Vasilikos! We're looking back on some of our favorite performances to celebrate 20 years of Free At Noon! Tune in: https://bit.ly/FAN-Flashback2
Tune in TODAY at 12 PM ET for the first Free At Noon Flashback with WXPN Morning Show host Kristen Kurtis! We're looking back on some of our favorite performances to celebrate 20 years of Free At Noon! Tune in: https://bit.ly/FAN-Flashback1
Mackenzie Johnson - Fever Dream (at WXPN Homegrown Live)
Presenting our first Key Studio Session of 2025: Philly’s Mackenzie Johnson ! https://xpn.org/2025/01/07/mackenzie-johnson-kss-hgl/
Back in November, the 24 Hour Song Challenge finalist joined us at World Cafe Live for our first Homegrown Live concert, playing the song that got our attention and showing there’s lots more equally compelling material in this rising local songwriter’s catalog.
This is her latest single “Fever Dream,” which opened the set on a breathtaking high, calling to mind Taylor Swift as much as Brandi Carlile. Head to XPN.org to watch her performance in full and get details on her next live show, 1/14 at Berlin - Under A !
Don McCloskey & The Band rock the WXPN Home for the Holidays concert!
Don McCloskey and The Band rocking the WXPN Home For the Holidays concert at World Cafe Live! The show is a festive finale to the holiday season, and to 2024.
Tune in to The Night Before on Tuesday, 12/24, as Robert Drake spins some of show, and watch the full performance at XPN.org!
Eric Schuman plays A LOT of 21st Century music, which made picking just 10 songs a near impossible task. But the WXPN Indie Rock Hit Parade host persevered, and he's here to talk about his no. 1 pick, "How It Ends" by Denver band, DeVotchKa.
The track was featured in numerous soundtracks in the 2000s, including "Little Miss Sunshine," and "Everything Is Illuminated." Despite its minimal lyrics, those that are sung are hopeful, foreboding, and reassuring all at once. It was a no-brainer for Schuman, this song, with its beautifully staggering composition, will always be no. 1 in his heart. The WXPN listener-voted 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century countdown ends Thursday, 12/12. Who will win the coveted no. 1 spot?! Tune in at XPN.org to find out!
If you know anything about Amber Miller, then you KNOW she is a superfan of The National. So it's no surprise their song "Fake Empire" made her top 10 list for the #XPNCountdown!
As WXPN counts down our listener-voted 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century, our hosts are getting in on the action too, talking about songs they love from their own lists. In Miller's eyes, the lyricism and storytelling are so vivid and where the song really shines. The song is best heard live, where it explodes with horns, and guitar into a beautiful cacophony of music!
Abdur Rahman here to give you the low down on why "Bartender" by THE Pastor Theador Pain, Teddy Pain, or T-Pain for those who know him closely, is his favorite off his top 10 #XPNCountdown list.
As WXPN counts down our listener-voted 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century, our hosts are getting in on the action too, talking about songs they love from their own lists. Listening to the song in 2024, Rahman reflects on how clear T-Pain's influence on R&B and rap music is. Rahman believes "Bartender" is the best song of the 21st century (and he stands on business), and how it's his go-to karaoke song - you even get a little taste at the end of this video.
After seeing Radiohead on their first American tour in 1993, Wendy Rollins was hooked. Here she talks about why their song "Everything in Its Right Place" made her top 10 list!
As WXPN counts down our listener-voted 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century, our hosts are getting in on the action too, talking about songs they love from their own lists. To Rollins, no band paints a mood better than Radiohead. "Everything in Its Right Place" spoke to the time period it was released, where everything is technically okay but the lingering feeling that something is about to go wrong was ever present.
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