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Watch Orion Sun and Omar’s Hat play a breathtaking livestream for the one-year anniversary of <em>Hold Space For Me</em>
Orion Sun‘s stellar 2020 album Hold Space For Me marks its one-year anniversary this weekend, and though its release right at the top of…
Orion Sun‘s stellar 2020 album Hold Space For Me marks its one-year anniversary this weekend, and though its release right at the top of…
Watch Orion Sun and Omar’s Hat play a breathtaking livestream for the one-year anniversary of <em>Hold Space For Me</em>
Orion Sun‘s stellar 2020 album Hold Space For Me marks its one-year anniversary this weekend, and though its release right at the top of…
Events
Philly’s The Dawn Drapes and Wilmington’s Hoochi Coochi will team up for Episode 5 of Unprecedented Sessions
We traveled to the banks of the Chester Creek in Aston, Pennsylvania for Episode Five of Unprecedented Sessions, the livestream concert collaboration between WXPN,…
We traveled to the banks of the Chester Creek in Aston, Pennsylvania for Episode Five of Unprecedented Sessions, the livestream concert collaboration between WXPN,…
Philly’s The Dawn Drapes and Wilmington’s Hoochi Coochi will team up for Episode 5 of Unprecedented Sessions
We traveled to the banks of the Chester Creek in Aston, Pennsylvania for Episode Five of Unprecedented Sessions, the livestream concert collaboration between WXPN,…
Events
WHYY presents Vulnerable Venues: The Effort to Preserve Philly’s Stages
Independent music venues across the country have been among the businesses hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the last year, we’ve witnessed the…
Independent music venues across the country have been among the businesses hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the last year, we’ve witnessed the…
WHYY presents Vulnerable Venues: The Effort to Preserve Philly’s Stages
Independent music venues across the country have been among the businesses hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the last year, we’ve witnessed the…
Events
West Philly Porchfest sets 2021 date
West Philly Porchfest will return this year on Saturday, June 5. The beloved community event was canceled last year because of the pandemic, but with…
West Philly Porchfest will return this year on Saturday, June 5. The beloved community event was canceled last year because of the pandemic, but with…
West Philly Porchfest sets 2021 date
West Philly Porchfest will return this year on Saturday, June 5. The beloved community event was canceled last year because of the pandemic, but with…
WXPN Local
BL Shirelle speaks on Die Jim Crow records, post-pandemic plans, and the Philly scene
A little less than a year ago Philly-based rapper BL Shirelle released Asata Troi, marking not only her debut, but the debut of the…
A little less than a year ago Philly-based rapper BL Shirelle released Asata Troi, marking not only her debut, but the debut of the…
BL Shirelle speaks on Die Jim Crow records, post-pandemic plans, and the Philly scene
A little less than a year ago Philly-based rapper BL Shirelle released Asata Troi, marking not only her debut, but the debut of the…
WXPN Local
The Skeleton Key: Finish off March with Moor Mother on Minecraft, Ghösh live from UA, Queen Elephantine in Mount Moriah, Eulogy archives, and so much more
It’s honestly amazing that we’re still going. We’re still putting out new music, still holding events, still creating art, still hoping that tomorrow is…
It’s honestly amazing that we’re still going. We’re still putting out new music, still holding events, still creating art, still hoping that tomorrow is…
The Skeleton Key: Finish off March with Moor Mother on Minecraft, Ghösh live from UA, Queen Elephantine in Mount Moriah, Eulogy archives, and so much more
It’s honestly amazing that we’re still going. We’re still putting out new music, still holding events, still creating art, still hoping that tomorrow is…
WXPN Local
Remembering WKDU DJ Duprex Snape: A musical mentor, a community leader, and a friend
Ask anyone in the Philadelphia reggae community about the late Duprex Snape and they will tell you that he was an icon, a singular…
Ask anyone in the Philadelphia reggae community about the late Duprex Snape and they will tell you that he was an icon, a singular…
Remembering WKDU DJ Duprex Snape: A musical mentor, a community leader, and a friend
Ask anyone in the Philadelphia reggae community about the late Duprex Snape and they will tell you that he was an icon, a singular…
WXPN Local
Music+Art: Carol Cleveland Sings on Eadweard Muybridge’s Motion Studies
Philadelphia is a music-rich city and a trove of visual art, from graffiti pier to the Clothespin to our massive collection of Impressionists in…
Philadelphia is a music-rich city and a trove of visual art, from graffiti pier to the Clothespin to our massive collection of Impressionists in…
Music+Art: Carol Cleveland Sings on Eadweard Muybridge’s Motion Studies
Philadelphia is a music-rich city and a trove of visual art, from graffiti pier to the Clothespin to our massive collection of Impressionists in…
WXPN Local
Revisiting <em>Crate Raiderz</em>: An important documentation of Philly’s deep vinyl culture
From the culture’s very beginning, hip-hop has had a deep connection with vinyl records. Through sampling and DJing, records are literally a part of…
From the culture’s very beginning, hip-hop has had a deep connection with vinyl records. Through sampling and DJing, records are literally a part of…
Revisiting <em>Crate Raiderz</em>: An important documentation of Philly’s deep vinyl culture
From the culture’s very beginning, hip-hop has had a deep connection with vinyl records. Through sampling and DJing, records are literally a part of…