The 50 Essential Sleepy Hollow Artists
Norah Jones. Miles Davis. Leonard Cohen. Sufjan Stevens. k.d.lang. These are some of the essential artists featured throughout 50 years on WXPN’s Sleepy Hollow, one of WXPN’s longest-running weekend radio shows since 1973.
As we continue to celebrate 50 years of Sleepy Hollow on XPN’s weekend mornings, we wanted to take the opportunity to honor some of the artists who have played a major role in its sound since 1973. Of course, trying to represent so much music in a finite amount of time is a tall task. But if you’ve listened to the show, you know that some artists just have that tone, that feel, that makes Sleepy Hollow such an enduring part of our weekend routines.
So the Sleepy Hollow hosts and XPN programming staff have come up with 50 artists who represent the considerable breadth of the show’s programming. They range from ’70s singer-songwriter staples like Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen, to jazz greats Miles Davis and Billie Holiday, to more contemporary artists who have made their name in the last twenty years–including Norah Jones and Rhiannon Giddens. Essential and eclectic, we hope this list will bring listeners fond memories of where the show has been, and keep listeners excited about how it continues to evolve.
Watch the video playlist of our 50 Essential Sleepy Hollow musicians below, and tune-in to Sleepy Hollow at the top of each hour from Oct 14th through Nov 19th to celebrate 50 years of waking up on weekend mornings with XPN.
Broadcast schedule for Sleepy Hollow essential artists in our video playlist.
10/14
Dave Brubeck
Nanci Griffith
10/15
Willie Nelson
Tracy Chapman
Ray Charles
10/21
Anotonio Carlos Jobim
Tom Rush
Rhiannon Giddens
Chet Baker
10/22
Kings of Convenience
Sarah Vaughan
Tom Waits
Yo La Tengo
John Prine
10/28
Suzanne Vega
John Martyn
k.d. lang
Bob Dylan
10/29
George Winston
Chick Corea
Sufjan Stevens
Cocteau Twins
Nina Simone
11/4
John Gorka
Beth Orton
Mark Knopfler
Emmylou Harris
11/5
John Coltrane
Patty Griffin
Richard & Linda Thompson
Beck
Air
11/11
Townes Van Zandt
Alison Krauss
Billie Holiday
Leonard Cohen
11/12
Cowboy Junkies
Jeff Buckley
Joan Armatrading
Fleet Foxes
Joan Shelley
11/18
Bonnie Raitt
Frank Sinatra
Jane Siberry
Neil Young
11/19
Iron & Wine
Joni Mitchell
Nick Drake
Miles Davis
Norah Jones
