WXPN

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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.

Series

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19 Pieces

Musicians on the Record features first-person accounts from artists who muse about meaningful albums in their lives

  • From: WXPN
  • Updated: Sep 28, 2005
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12 Pieces

Women Making Music is a series of 2-3 minute modules in which contemporary singer-songwriters offer first person accounts of their craft.

  • From: WXPN
  • Updated: Mar 03, 2005
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2 Pieces

Fall 2008 testimonials

  • From: WXPN
  • Updated: Feb 24, 2009

Latest Pieces

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Music of the late Gil Scott-Heron; new jazz from Hiromi Uehara and Nicole Mitchell

Bought by WRGY, WOUB, KKRN, KEOS, KTRL and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
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Songs from the "Deluxe Edition" collection of Shemekia Copeland; Joseph Daley puts the seven deadly sins to music.

Bought by KRPS, WOUB, KEOS, WMHT, KTRL and more


  • Added: May 25, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
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New music from pianist Benito Gonzalez; live recording of the late bassist Charles Fambrough

Bought by WRGY, WOUB, WSLR, KEOS, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: May 18, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
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Mix & Dorp (Jan Mittendorp) remixes blues songs from Black & Tan Records

Bought by KPVL, WOUB, Panhandle Community Radio, KSRQ, KEOS and more


  • Added: May 04, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
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Eric Reed's "Dancing Monk," tributes to Queen Koko.

Bought by WRGY, WOUB, KEOS, KTRL, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
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New Jazz from John Vanore, Wayne Goins, & Eliane Amherd; soundscape from Bruno Sanfilippo

Bought by WRGY, KPVL, WOUB, KEOS, WMHT and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
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Music from Mississippi bluesman Big Jack Johnson, who died March 14, 2011

Bought by WRGY, KFOK-LPFM, WOUB, KEOS, WMHT and more


  • Added: Mar 30, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
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Featuring blues pianist Pinetop Perkins, who died March 21, 2011 after an illustrious career, at age 97.

Bought by KMUW, WRGY, KPVL, KFOK-LPFM, WOUB and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
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Remembrance of the late great blues pianist Pinetop Perkins, a special report

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Mar 22, 2011
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
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New Latin jazz from from Mark Weinstein and Bobby Matos, and blues from Linsey Alexander and Donald Ray Johnson

Bought by WRGY, WOUB, KMXT, KEOS, KTRL and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10