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The National on World Cafe

The National on World Cafe

Talking about "Trouble Will Find Me" out today!

Kurt Vile

Kurt Vile

A conversation on "A Pretty Daze"

WXPN Welcomes: Guster

WXPN Welcomes: Guster

For more details visit our concert calendar

Gotta Hear Song

Gotta Hear Song

Burning Instinct by Red Baraat

The Homemade Jamz Blues Band

The Homemade Jamz Blues Band

Mississippi Blues Project concert

WXPN Welcomes:

WXPN Welcomes:

The Districts, Cheers Elephant, and Juston Stens and the Get Real Gang

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NonCOMM Recap

Listen to Della Mae - Recap of the 2013 NonCOMMvention Live Performances. Boston bluegrass five-piece Della Mae got Non-COMM attendees warmed up for three days of music with a lively set.

AUDIO ARCHIVES from the
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XPoNential Music Festival 2013

The XPoNential Music Festival presented by Subaru Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros join the line-up for The XPoNential Music Festival presented by Subaru. PLEDGE $24/Month and get two 3-Day Go Everywhere Festival Pass!!

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Listen to World Cafe Archives

Glasgow's Frightened Rabbit on World Cafe Glasgow's Frightened Rabbit on World Cafe
Their fourth album is called Pedestrian Verse and you can hear some live versions and talk with the charming gents from last Friday's show.

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Sense Of Place: Nashville

Country Music Hall of Fame A must visit to Nashville is the Hall of Fame and the infamous RCA Studio B. Listen to some outlaw country from Waylon Jennings, and Jimmy Rogers, Hank Williams, and Dolly Parton. Sense of Place: Nashville

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Artist To Watch

First Listen Laura Marling

First Listen Laura Marling's songs dig well beyond the everyday, with each sung in a wise, dusky, brooding voice that always seems in control of its surroundings. LISTEN to the U.K. folksinger's fourth album, Once I Was an Eagle, in its entirety, before its official release date! On
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  • Bobby McFerrin Bobby McFerrin
    A ten time Grammer winner, Bobby McFerrin has a new album out now. Titled, "Spirit You All," it's a well-crafted mix of new originals and classic Americana. He'll be…
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Listen to a new Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros song, “Better Days” (playing XPoNential Music Festival in...

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The Key Studio Sessions: Market East

The guys of Market East clearly have a thing for the warmer months of the year. There was “Marielle,” the rhapsody over...Read More

Watch Philly rapper Taylor Dunn flow in various center city locales in “Water”

Late last year, Philly rapper Taylor Dunn released his latest mixtape, On the Contrary; this week, we got a music video for the single...Read More

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