WXPN’s Free At Noon concert series, a cornerstone of music discovery and community for two decades, will celebrate its 1000th show on September 26 with Philadelphia legends, The Hooters, in their first appearance on the Free At Noon stage. The Hooters will perform an “unplugged” set to a sold out audience at World Cafe Live. The concert will be broadcast live on 88.5 WXPN and will be streaming live on xpn.org giving listeners the ability to see and hear the show from anywhere.

Pleasant Valley Productions presents the 18th Annual OSPAC West Orange Jazz Festival on Saturday, September 20, 2025, from 1–8pm (rain date: September 27). Hosted by Monifa Brown of WBGO, the outdoor festival takes place at the scenic Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center (OSPAC), 4 Boland Drive, West Orange, NJ, just off I-280.

Singer, songwriter, and mainstay of the Bay Area music scene Jeff Larson and longtime collaborator Gerry Beckley—known mostly as half of the Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum-selling rock group America with co-founder Dewey Bunnell—have joined forces to create the album JEFF LARSON WITH GERRY BECKLEY.

Renowned singer, songwriter, musician, artist, and best-selling author Josh Ritter’s new album, I Believe in You, My Honeydew, is out today via Thirty Tigers. [Stream/purchase the album HERE.]

Jake Owen is thrilled to announce his new studio album Dreams to Dream, produced by Shooter Jennings and Jake Owen, recorded at Snake Mountain (Sunset Sound Studio 3) in Los Angeles, CA. The record was mixed by Trina Shoemake, mastered by Pete Lyman at Infrasonic Sound in Nashville, TN, with additional production by Kendell Marvel.

Today, Omaha, NE rock band Space To Play share their immersive debut self-titled album out now via Omaha Music Group. Alongside the full album, the group find peace in acceptance and alone time with "Lovely Lonely Days" and its scenic music video out now.

Bassist Mauricio Morales remembers meeting pianist Adam Hersh at a show at the Continental Club in downtown Los Angeles. Afterward, Morales needed to get home somehow. "That's one of the benefits of not having a car," he jokes, for Hersh gave him a ride that night, asking Morales as they drove away, "Have you heard this record by Wayne Shorter called High Life?"

In celebration of the 30th anniversary of Tom Petty’s masterpiece Wildflowers, fans now have special access to the album that Chris Stapleton has called his “all-time favorite record,” and that artists including Eddie Vedder, Bon Iver and Father John Misty have honored through covers.

Legendary songwriter, musician, producer, innovator and co-founder of the globally celebrated duo Eurythmics, Dave Stewart and songwriter, producer, guitarist, keyboardist, and vocalist Daryl Hall are proud to announce that this year’s annual Peace One Day Celebration digital broadcast will be marked by the world premiere performance of the anthem, “Peace One Day” — in support of non-profit organization Peace One Day.

Today, Texas-born singer-songwriter Jack Blocker released his highly anticipated debut album, The Land On Most High, available now on his own label, Elbow Grease Records. Recorded at Nashville’s Sound Emporium Studio B by Mitch Furr and produced by Patrick Lyons (Colter Wall, Josh Meloy, Noeline Hofmann), this album establishes Blocker among the most compelling emerging voices in country music.