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Four Days, 3 Stages, Over 40 Arts XPoNential Music Festival July 10-13, 2008!
Four Days... 3 Stages... Over 40 Artists! You don't need to go far to enjoy a great long weekend along the river listening to your favorite XPN music. Get 4 days jam-packed with music for less than you would spend on a single concert ticket! Thursday July 10 through Sunday July 13 on the Camden Waterfront. Check out the lineup and get your tickets online now! More >>
 
Ryan Bingham's debut album, Mescalito, is making waves in the country music scene, and he stops by the Cafe this Thursday! Coming Up
Ryan Bingham, Hayes Carll, The B-52s, The Watson Twins, and more >>

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New! The Lillywhite Sessions
Producer Steve Lillywhite (U2, Dave Matthews Band, Peter Gabriel) is producing music sessions for the World Cafe at the world-renowned Avatar Studios in New York City. The first of sessions, featuring She & Him, aired Wednesday, June 11. The next Lillywhite Session with Brit electronic duo Goldfrapp will air Wednesday, July 9.
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Pick up the Featured Album of the Week when you become a member of XPNAlejandro Escovedo
Real Animal

On Real Animal – his ninth solo album – Alejandro Escovedo rediscovers his punk rock roots in a big way without sacrificing any of the songwriting craft he's worked so long to perfect. As a member of the first wave San Francisco punk group The Nuns, the roots-punk, proto-Americana Rank & File (with the enigmatic brothers Tony & Chip Kinman), and the "new sincerity" torch bearers True Believers, Escovedo learned all about passion and substance over flash and gloss. He's come full circle with this new release.
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Just out, the XPN
Local CD, pick it up now for a $75 pledge/contribution to WXPN Pick up the new XPN Local CD and enjoy live performances from artists appearing on the CD. You can check out the tracklist and pick up a copy now when you join WXPN! More >>
 
There are no Free at Noon concerts scheduled July 4 and 11 - due to the holiday and the XPoNential Music Festival.

Robyn Hitchcock, Free at Noon 7/18 Friday, July 18, Free at Noon will return with prolific and eccentric songwriter Robyn Hitchcock at the World Cafe Live. More >>

Miss the Angel Band? Listen to the show in the Live Friday Free At Noon Archives at NPR.org/Music.
 
XPN July 4th Shuffle!!
To celebrate the 4th of July, we're putting the station on shuffle - more music all day long. Plus, don't forget to Funk from 4 to 7pm.
 
Join WXPN General Manager Roger LaMay as we document Jonny Meister's 30th anniversary of the Blues Show. We celebrated this milestone at the State Street Blues Stroll in Media, PA featuring music all over town and capped off by a presentation from the mayor of Media, declaring Saturday, June 14th "Jonny Meister" day.
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My Morning Download introduces you to some of the newest music on the webEach weekday the XPN Morning Show introduces you to the newest music on the web. The Los Angeles band Earlimart just released a new album, Hymn and Her. Their pop psychedelia is sweet and melancholic, wistful yet rocking. Here's a song from their new album
 
XPN Artist To Watch for July, Black Kids
HD Radio Discover It . If you missed them the first time, you can hear Radio Takeovers from Nada Surf and Mike Doughty streaming on demand. Check them out anytime you want at YRockOnXpn.org. Listen to YRockOnXPN.org, on 88.5FM and 88.5FM HD-2!
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