WXPN

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  • Call Letters: WXPN
  • Frequency: 88.5
  • Formats: AAA Music

Description

WXPN-FM is the non-commercial public radio service of the University of Pennsylvania and the premier radio showcase for contemporary music that spans the progressive edges of rock, folk, rhythm and blues, and American roots. WXPN also produces programming for national syndication. Our signature program,World Café with David Dye is distributed by Public Radio International and broadcasts daily on more than 160 public radio stations nationwide. WXPN also produces the Peabody-Award winning Kids Corner, hosted by Kathy O'Connell. WXPN also produces the annual Singer Songwriter Weekend two-day music festival.

Pieces

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Esperanza Spalding redefines chamber music; new blues from Robert Cray in concert in Mobile.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, WNPR, WMHT, KXOT Public Radio, and South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio


  • Added: Sep 08, 2010
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Licenses: 5
Caption: Barbara Dennerlein and her dog Cleo, Credit: Barbara Dennerlein
An interview with uber-organist Barbara Dennerlein and music from her new release "Bebabaloo" which is her 25th album.

Bought by WMHT, KXOT Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC, WNPR, and South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2010
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Licenses: 5
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Songs from jazz singer Abbey Lincoln, who died August 14th, and new jazz from saxophonist Azar Lawrence

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, WNPR, WMHT, KXOT Public Radio, and South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio


  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Licenses: 5
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New music from the longstanding blues revue Mississippi Heat, and from The Hot Club Of Detroit.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, WNPR, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, WMHT, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 18, 2010
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Licenses: 5

  • Added: Aug 11, 2010
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Licenses: 6
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New music from artists from Benin, Angelique Kidjo and Lionel Loueke, and from some of their guests.

Bought by KTRL, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMHT, 90.5 WSNC, WNPR and more


  • Added: Aug 04, 2010
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Licenses: 7
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Feature on Mose Allison's first album in a decade, "The Way Of The World," including the original version of one of the songs from 1952 by Ella Joh...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMHT, WNPR, KTRL and more


  • Added: Jul 28, 2010
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Licenses: 6
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Edith Wilson, the third African-American woman to record commercially, from a 1974 concert with Terry waldo's Gutbucket Syncopators-- and from 1921...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WNPR, KXOT Public Radio, WMHT, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Jul 21, 2010
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Licenses: 6
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Whistling and clicking the blues with Meade "Lux" Lewis, "Whistin' Britches" Thompson, and more. And - songs for Grandma.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KTRL, WNPR, WMHT, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Jul 14, 2010
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Licenses: 7
Caption: Samuel James from "Songs Famed For Sorrow & Joy", Credit: NorthernBlues Music
Interview with country bluesman Samuel James, an artist who is both totally traditional and thoroughly modern.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, WNPR, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, WMHT, KTRL and more


  • Added: Jul 07, 2010
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Licenses: 7
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Austin based musician Marcia Ball is best known for her infectious brand of Louisiana Swamp rock and two-fisted piano playing. And even though she...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2010
  • Length: 00:05:00
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Veteran songwriter Graham Parker joins Tracey Tanenbaum on this edition of "A Musician's Life". Early in his career, critics in his native Britain...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2010
  • Length: 00:05:00
Caption: album cover "Rishte", Credit: World Village Records
Indian Blues and pop, with Najma Akhtar, Donna De Lory, Alice Coltrane, and more

Bought by WNPR, KXOT Public Radio, and WMHT


  • Added: Jun 30, 2010
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Licenses: 3
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Playing For Change Band live, Jason Moran's "Ten"

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KTRL, 90.5 WSNC, KUOW, WMHT and more


  • Added: Jun 23, 2010
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Licenses: 7
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Music from the album "Joined At The Hip" from longtime blues collaborators Pinetop Perkins and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith (alumni of The Muddy Waters ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KXOT Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC, WNPR, WMHT and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Licenses: 7
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Interview with three members of Monkadelphia, a jazz group from Philadelphia that specializes in the music of Thelonious Monk; tracks from their ne...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, 90.5 WSNC, WNPR, KXOT Public Radio, KTRL and more


  • Added: Jun 09, 2010
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Licenses: 7
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New blues from the Queen of southern soul blues, Denise LaSalle, and "The Melody Of Rhythm" from Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain, and Edgar Meyer.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KTRL, 90.5 WSNC, WNPR, WMHT and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2010
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Licenses: 7
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As one of the leaders of the seminal LA band X, Exene Cervenka is punk rock royalty. On this edition of "A Musician's Life" Exene takes us through ...

  • Added: May 28, 2010
  • Length: 00:05:00
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The Holmes Brothers have been entertaining audiences with their uplifting blend of gospel, blues and R&B for three decades. Their latest album "Fe...

  • Added: May 27, 2010
  • Length: 00:05:00
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New music from super-guitarist Charlie Hunter and Garaj Mahal, as well as Omar Sosa and Mark Weinstein separately and together. Also: Chris Joss an...

Bought by WUAL, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMHT, 90.5 WSNC, WNPR and more


  • Added: May 26, 2010
  • Length: 00:59:00
  • Licenses: 8

Staff of WXPN

User image Tracey Tanenbaum (Admin) Senior Producer 30th Street Train Station, Pennsylvania
User image Robert Drake (Admin) Producer / Host Philadelphia, PA
Caption: PRX default User image Bruce Warren (Admin) Program Director Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Caption: PRX default User image Chris Williams (Admin) , PA
Caption: PRX default User image Kimberly Junod (Admin) Producer, World Cafe and Conversations from the World Cafe Cambridge, MA
User image Jonny Meister (Admin) Blues and Jazz host WXPN Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Caption: PRX default User image Quyen Shanahan VP for Development Cambridge, MA
Caption: PRX default User image Deb Ashmore Dir., Ind. Giving Philadelphia, PA
Caption: PRX default User image John Bartol (Admin) Director Non Broadcast Distribution Philadelphia, PA
Caption: PRX default User image Beth Warshaw (Admin) line producer Philadelphia, PA