WXPN, the non-commercial, member-supported radio station of the University of Pennsylvania, today announced that it has partnered with promoter Live Nation to present TEDESCHI TRUCKS: FIRESIDE LIVE with special guest PIGEONS PLAYING PING PONG at BB&T Pavilion in Camden, New Jersey, on Saturday, evening, September 18, as part of WXPN’s 2021 XPoNential Music Festival presented by Subaru.

The annual three-day XPoNential Music Festival features the expertly curated mix of established and new artists enjoyed by WXPN members and listeners. This year’s festival will take place Friday, September 17, Saturday, September 18, and Sunday, September 19 at Wiggins Park, and at the adjacent BB&T Pavilion on the Camden, NJ riverfront.

Presale tickets for the September 18 show featuring TEDESCHI TRUCKS: FIRESIDE LIVE and PIGEONS PLAYING PING PONG at BB&T Pavilion will be available to WXPN members starting this Thursday, July 8 at 10 AM ET. Ticket links for the general public will be available at the festival’s website, xpnfest.org, starting this Friday, July 9 at 10 AM ET. WXPN’s 3-Day Pass and Saturday ticket include lawn access to this Saturday, Sept. 18 show at BB&T Pavilion.

TEDESCHI TRUCKS: FIRESIDE LIVE is a modified lineup of the Tedeschi Trucks Band, featuring between four and seven musicians and inspired by their  successful at-home, online performance series from earlier this year, the Fireside Sessions. FIRESIDE LIVE brings to the stage the same intimate window into the band's creative chemistry that was on display during the Fireside Sessions. Fantasy Records will release Tedeschi Trucks Band’s Layla Revisited (Live At LOCKN') on Friday, July 16, a one-off live recording of the seminal Derek & The Dominos album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, performed in its entirety with special guest Trey Anastasio, that was recorded on August 24, 2019, at the LOCKN' Festival in Arlington, Virginia.

In addition, these artists have been added to the festival’s Wiggins Park lineup: TOMMY CONWELL AND THE YOUNG RUMBLERS, GREAT TIME, ANNA SHOEMAKER, ARTHUR THOMAS AND THE FUNKITORIUM, STELLA RUZE and HOOCHI COOCHI.

They join previously-announced artists DAWES, LOS LOBOS, THE RECORD COMPANY, SHOVELS & ROPE, ANI DIFRANCO, STRAND OF OAKS, DEVON GILFILLIAN, NICOLE ATKINS, CORY HENRY, ADIA VICTORIA, CHRISTONE "KINGFISH" INGRAM, JADE BIRD, SIERRA FERRELL, SOFÍA VALDÉS, MICHAELA ANNE, PAUL BEAUBRUN and LAKOU MIZIK. Additional performers will be announced.

The XPoNential Music Festival presented by Subaru is WXPN’s signature annual concert event that draws audiences from throughout the Greater Philadelphia area, Mid-Atlantic region, and Northeastern US. Produced in partnership with the Camden County Board of Commissioners, the family-friendly XPoNential Music Festival is known for convenient access via public transportation, natural amphitheaters that produce great sound, extensive food, drink, and vendor selections, and festival seating and riverfront promenades that offer spectacular views of the Delaware River and Philadelphia skyline.

Details about the XPoNential Music Festival are located at the festival website xpnfest.org and the festival hashtag is #xpnfest. Follow and share on Twitter at @xpnfest, on Facebook at facebook.com/xpnfest and Instagram at @wxpnfm.

Philadelphia's first Kanaval Ball will serve up all the grandeur, pageantry and fun of Haitian Carnival and New Orleans Mardi Gras when it takes place at The Fillmore Philadelphia on Sunday, March 20, 2022 (rescheduled from January 9).

The festive Kanaval Ball will cap Philadelphia public radio station WXPN’s year-long exploration of Haiti's influence on the music and culture of New Orleans, Kanaval: Haitian Rhythms and the Music of New Orleans, with a recreation of the New Orleans celebrations that take place prior to Mardi Gras. New Orleans-based, world renowned Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and the prominent Haitian bands RAM and Boukman Eksperyans, will perform, as will the energetic Haitian folkloric dance company Nadia Dieudonné & Feet of Rhythm.

Haitian food, drink and decor will complete the Kanaval Ball festival ambiance and party vibe. Authentic Haitian cuisine from some of Philadelphia's most acclaimed chefs will be available, including Sylvan Senat, Executive Chef of The Pyramid Club. The Margi Gras-meets-Carnival atmosphere will be enhanced with decor and more from Philly’s own Flygirrl. Costumes are encouraged, but not required.

“We can't wait to bring the joy and celebratory spirit of Haitian Carnival and Mardi Gras to Philadelphia, with performances from amazing musicians from both Haiti and New Orleans,” said WXPN General Manager Roger LaMay. “Attendees will experience the mission of our Kanaval project: to illuminate Haiti’s continuing impact on New Orleans music and culture.”

Doors will open at 4 PM ET on Sunday, March 20 for the all-ages Kanaval Ball, which is free with advance registration here. The Fillmore Philadelphia is at 29 East Allen Street in Philadelphia, PA, 19123. Its safety guidelines can be found here.

Major support for WXPN’s Kanaval: Haitian Rhythms and the Music of New Orleans has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, with additional funding from the Wyncote Foundation. The Kanaval audio documentary was also supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

More info about WXPN’s Kanaval: Haitian Rhythms and the Music of New Orleans project is at xpnkanaval.org. Follow WXPN on social media, including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. For ways to stream WXPN, visit https://xpn.org/about-xpn/ways-to-stream-wxpn.

In collaboration with JazzDanmark, the national Danish organization for jazz, WRTI FM, the member-supported, public radio station of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will launch the Dangerous Sounds 8-episode podcast series in the U.S. starting Friday, March 25.

Telling the story of how American music impacted the world and has helped shape society and the music we listen to today, Dangerous Sounds is built on the hugely popular Danish podcast reporting on 100 years of jazz in Denmark, and on how the “dangerous” sounds of jazz went hand in hand with sex, racism, indignation and drugs, and brought us to today, where this music — especially in Europe and the Nordic countries — is more alive than ever.

WRTI’S U.S. launch of the Dangerous Sounds podcast will be celebrated with a touring project that presents some of the content from the series live: Jazz luminaries and saxophonists Odean Pope and Immanuel Wilkins with Danish-American drummer Kresten Osgood will perform at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville on Sunday, March 27, and in association with Ars Nova Workshop at The Ruba Club in Philadelphia on Thursday, March 31.

Drummer Kresten Osgood also hosts the Dangerous Sounds podcast series, which features Joan As Police Woman as narrator and takes listeners on a historical journey of jazz in Denmark, including Louis Armstrong’s game-changing visits to Copenhagen in the ‘30s; famous violinist Svend Asmussen being taken away by Gestapo during WW2; how John Tchicai and Marilyn Mazur paved the way for a new jazz era; Miles Davis and Palle Mikkelborg making magic together in the ‘80s; and how the influential Monday Club 5e in Copenhagen became the hot spot for the sounds of tomorrow.

WRTI General Manager Bill Johnson said, "As a leader in jazz programming since 1969, WRTI wanted to provide American music lovers with this incredibly revealing series that showcases a powerful history and relationship between the U.S. and Denmark through jazz. Enhanced by the two live music events in Knoxville and Philadelphia, we believe Dangerous Sounds will significantly add to the overall history and appreciation of jazz music in America, as it has already done in Denmark."

Dangerous Sounds is based on the original Danish podcast series entitled "Farlige Toner – historien om dansk jazz" produced by Filt Cph for the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR). It is supported by JazzDanmark, The Danish Ministry of Culture, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Danish Arts Foundation, The Augustinus Foundation and the members of WRTI. It won the Prix Audio Danish radio award for “Music Program of the Year” in 2020 and 2021, and received a special commendation and nomination for “Music Program of the Year” in the Prix Europa 2020, one of the most recognized radio awards in the world.

Dangerous Sounds will be available at dangeroussounds.org starting with the first two episodes on Friday, March 25, followed by single episodes on April 1, 8, 15, 22, and culminating on April 29, just before International Jazz Day.

More about Dangerous Sounds is at dangeroussounds.org and https://www.danishjazz.com/dangeroussounds. For more about WRTI-FM, visit https://www.wrti.org.

WXPN, the non-commercial, member-supported radio station of the University of Pennsylvania, today announced that it will present its annual three-day XPoNential Music Festival presented by Subaru from Friday, September 16 through Sunday, September 18, 2022 at two adjacent outdoor venues on the Camden, New Jersey waterfront.

With promoter Live Nation, the Festival will present THE WAR ON DRUGS with special guests PATTI SMITH AND HER BAND and GEESE at the Waterfront Music Pavilion on Friday, September 16, and NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS with special guests THE REVIVALISTS and SNACKTIME there on Saturday, September 17.

Performing on the two stages at Wiggins Park Sept. 16, 17 and 18 will be JENNY LEWIS, TAJ MAHAL, KATHLEEN EDWARDS, VALERIE JUNE, FELICE BROTHERS, HOUNDMOUTH, THE SUFFERS, LO MOON, SAMANTHA FISH, SARAH SHOOK & THE DISARMERS, THE DIP, BARTEES STRANGE, BUFFALO NICHOLS, BLACK OPRY REVUE, DOS SANTOS, TAMINO, COSMIC GUILT, CATBITE, THE TISBURYS, OMAR’S HAT, HIGHNOON and CHESTNUT GROVE.

Festival tickets will be available for the general public at the festival’s website, xpnfest.org, starting this Friday, April 22 at 10 am ET.

For nearly 30 years, the XPoNential Music Festival has been drawing audiences from the Greater Philadelphia area, Mid-Atlantic region, and Northeastern US to the Delaware Riverfront. Featuring WXPN’s expertly curated mix of established and new artists, the family-friendly festival offers convenient access via public transportation, natural amphitheaters that produce great sound, extensive food, drink, and vendor selections, and festival seating and riverfront promenades that offer spectacular views of the Delaware River and Philadelphia skyline. WXPN produces the Festival in partnership with the Camden County Board of Commissioners.

Tickets and all information about the XPoNential Music Festival are at the festival website xpnfest.org. Follow and share #xpnfest on social media: Twitter @xpnfest, Facebook facebook.com/xpnfest, Instagram @wxpnfm.  

The initial lineup of artists performing in its 2023 XPoNential Music Festival presented by Subaru has been announced by Philadelphia public radio station WXPN. The 30th annual outdoor music festival produced by WXPN will take place from Friday, September 22 through Sunday, September 24 at Wiggins Park on the Camden, New Jersey waterfront, directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia.

Reflecting WXPN’s commitment to musical diversity, the artists who will perform at the two stages in Wiggins Park include Old Crow Medicine Show, Tegan and Sara, Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers, The Hold Steady, Margo Price, Allison Russell, Low Cut Connie, Sammy Rae & The Friends, Bailen, Celisse, Leyla McCalla, Say She She, Sunny War, Don McCloskey, Julia Pratt, Nik Greeley & The Operators, Moustapha Noumbissi, Mobbluz and Velvet Rouge. More artists will be announced.

Festival tickets will be available for the general public at the festival’s website, xpnfest.org, starting this Friday, April 21 at 10 am ET. WXPN members can purchase tickets starting Thursday, April 20.

This is the 30th year that WXPN, the non-commercial, member-supported radio station of the University of Pennsylvania, has presented its outdoor music festival. To help mark the occasion, Philadelphia artist Hannah Westerman has created a vibrant poster design that illustrates celebrated scenes from the festival over the years.

For the first time in the last eleven years, the festival will not include evening concerts at the nearby Freedom Mortgage Pavilion. WXPN General Manager Roger LaMay said, “For our 30th year, we’re gathering with the WXPN community entirely in Wiggins Park, our festival home since 2005, for an intimate concert experience that recalls and honors the festival’s roots.”

Produced in partnership with the Camden County Board of Commissioners and featuring WXPN’s expertly curated mix of established, new and local artists, the XPoNential Music Festival is WXPN’s signature annual concert event that draws audiences from throughout the Greater Philadelphia area, Mid-Atlantic region, and Northeastern US to the Delaware Riverfront in Camden. The festival’s Wiggins Park location offers convenient access via public transportation, two stages and natural amphitheaters that produce great sound, and festival seating and riverfront promenades that offer spectacular views of the Delaware River and Philadelphia skyline. Festival amenities include an artist meet-and-greet area for WXPN members, a children’s activities area, and extensive food, drink, and vendor selections.

Tickets and all information about the XPoNential Music Festival can be found at the festival website xpnfest.org. Follow and share #xpnfest on Twitter @xpnfest, Facebook facebook.com/xpnfest, Instagram @wxpnfm.

Philadelphia public radio station WXPN announced today that these five artists have been added to the lineup of its 2023 XPoNential Music Festival presented by Subaru: Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band, Wednesday, Wilder Woods, Bobby Rush and Christine Havrilla & Gypsy Fuzz. They join the 19 previously announced artists performing September 22-24 at Wiggins Park on the Camden, New Jersey waterfront, directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia.

The full 2023 festival lineup features Old Crow Medicine Show, Tegan and Sara, Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers, The Hold Steady, Margo Price, Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band, Allison Russell, Low Cut Connie, Sammy Rae & The Friends, Bailen, Wednesday, Wilder Woods, Celisse, Leyla McCalla, Bobby Rush, Say She She, Sunny War, Don McCloskey, Julia Pratt, Nik Greeley and the Operators, Christine Havrilla & Gypsy Fuzz, Moustapha Noumbissi, Mobbluz and Velvet Rouge.

The 2023 XPoNential Music Festival marks the 30th consecutive year that WXPN, the non-commercial, member-supported radio station of the University of Pennsylvania, has produced a multi-day, outdoor music festival. It began in 1994 as the two-day WXPN Singer-Songwriter Weekend, located at Penn’s Landing on the Philadelphia side of the Delaware Riverfront. In 2005, the festival relocated to Wiggins Park in Camden, NJ, and Subaru became the presenting sponsor. The festival was renamed the XPoNential Music Festival in 2007.

Produced in partnership with the Camden County Board of Commissioners and featuring WXPN’s expertly curated mix of established, new and local artists, the festival draws audiences from throughout the Greater Philadelphia area, Mid-Atlantic region, and Northeastern US. Its Wiggins Park location offers convenient access via public transportation, two waterfront stages in natural amphitheaters that produce great sound, lawn seating, and riverfront promenades that offer spectacular views of the Delaware River and Philadelphia skyline. Festival amenities include an artist meet-and-greet area for WXPN members, a children’s activities area, and extensive food, beverage and other vendor selections.

Tickets and all information about the XPoNential Music Festival can be found at the festival website xpnfest.org

Philadelphia public radio station WXPN today announced the first eight artists who will perform in its 2024 XPoNential Music Festival presented by Subaru. The annual outdoor music festival produced by WXPN will take place from Friday, September 20 through Sunday, September 22, 2024 at Wiggins Park on the Camden, New Jersey waterfront.

Rosanne Cash, Phosphorescent, Blondshell, Bully, The Heavy Heavy, Lizzie No, Cedric Burnside, and Grace Bowers will perform on the two stages in Wiggins Park, located directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia. More artists will be announced.

Three-day and one-day passes will be available to purchase at xpnfest.org starting Thursday, February 29 at 10 a.m. Starting today, during WXPN’s Winter Member Drive, new and renewing members can donate at select levels to be eligible for a pair of complimentary 3-day passes and up to half-off discounts on their festival passes.  

The XPoNential Music Festival is WXPN’s signature annual concert event that features WXPN’s expertly curated mix of established, new and local artists, drawing audiences from throughout the Greater Philadelphia area, Mid-Atlantic region, and Northeastern US to the Delaware Riverfront in Camden. Produced in partnership with the Camden County Board of Commissioners and, the festival’s Wiggins Park location offers convenient access via public transportation, two stages and natural amphitheaters that produce great sound, and festival seating and riverfront promenades that offer spectacular views of the Delaware River and Philadelphia skyline. Festival amenities include an artist meet-and-greet area for WXPN members, a children’s activities area, and extensive food, drink, and vendor selections.

Tickets and all information about the XPoNential Music Festival can be found at the festival website xpnfest.org. Follow and share #xpnfest on Twitter @xpnfest, Facebook facebook.com/xpnfest, Instagram @wxpnfm.

Philadelphia public radio station WXPN announced today that these nine artists have been added to the lineup of its 2024 XPoNential Music Festival presented by Subaru: The Walkmen, Pete Yorn, Jade Bird, George Porter Jr. & Runnin’ Pardners, Brigitte Calls Me Baby, Florry, Velvet Rouge, Mostapha Noumbissi and Carla Gamble. They join the eight previously announced artists performing September 20-22 at Wiggins Park on the Camden, New Jersey waterfront, directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia. More artists and the daily lineup will be announced soon.

The 2024 XPoNential Music Festival marks the 31st consecutive year that WXPN, the non-commercial, member-supported radio station of the University of Pennsylvania, has produced a multi-day, outdoor music festival. Produced in partnership with the Camden County Board of Commissioners and featuring WXPN’s expertly curated mix of established, new, and local artists, the festival draws audiences from Greater Philadelphia, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeastern US. Its Wiggins Park location offers convenient access via public transportation, two waterfront stages in natural amphitheaters that produce great sound, lawn seating, and riverfront promenades that offer spectacular views of the Delaware River and Philadelphia skyline. Festival amenities include an artist meet-and-greet area for WXPN members, a children’s activities area, and extensive food, beverage, and other vendor selections.

Tickets and all information about the XPoNential Music Festival can be found at the festival website xpnfest.org. Follow and share #xpnfest on Twitter @xpnfest, Facebook facebook.com/xpnfest and Instagram @wxpnfm.

For the second consecutive year, Philadelphia public radio station WXPN-FM 88.5 will support local musicians and local record stores by offering a new 12-inch vinyl LP it has curated and produced just for Record Store Day. Featuring XPN-exclusive performances of original songs by ten Philly-area artists, the limited-edition WXPN Homegrown Originals Volume 2 album will be available exclusively as a gift with purchase at 11 area independent record stores only on Record Store Day, Saturday, April 20.

Every April, Record Store Day celebrates record stores and the special role they play in their communities with special promotions and releases made exclusively for the day. WXPN produced its first vinyl Homegrown Originals LP for Record Store Day 2023, which featured six local artists and was available in five area independent record stores. This year, the station has amped up the offering.

WXPN Local program host John Vettese, who wrote the new collection’s liner notes, said, “Homegrown Originals was so well-received by the music community last year that we’re able to do even more this year: More artists featured, more copies pressed, and more stores carrying the album. With a variety of genres from R&B to folk to rock to pop, Homegrown Originals Volume 2 is a unique snapshot of the Southeastern PA music community from the past year.”

All ten songs on WXPN Homegrown Originals Volume 2 were recorded and produced during 2023 by WXPN staff, either at WXPN studios for the station’s Key Studio Sessions and XPN Free At Noon concert series, or at WXPN’s XPoNential Music Festival:

SIDE A

1.    Low Cut Connie - Are You Gonna Run?

2.    Gladie - Born Yesterday

3.    Greg Mendez - Maria  

4.    Julia Pratt - Odyssey

5.    Hurry - Something More

SIDE B

1.    Slaughter Beach, Dog - Float Away

2.    Karlia - I Feel It

3.    Speedy Ortiz - Ghostwriter

4.    Caring Less - I Think He Knows

5.    Moustapha Noumbissi - Gold

These record stores will have the limited-edition WXPN Homegrown Originals Volume 2 available as a free-with-purchase item (while supplies last) on Record Store Day, Saturday, April 20th:

Philadelphia

Main Street Music, 4444 Main St., Philadelphia, PA 19127

Repo Records, 506 South St., Philadelphia, PA 19147

Hideaway Music, 8232 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19118

Pennsylvania

Siren Records, 25 E. State St., Doylestown, PA 18901

Newtown Book & Record Exchange, 102 S. State St., Newtown, PA 18940

Forever Changes, 28 S. Main St., Phoenixville, PA 19460

Iko’s Music Trade, 2300 E. Market St., York, PA 17402

A Day in the Life, 24-A Walnut St., Lancaster, PA 17603

Compact Disc Center, 1365 Easton Ave., Bethlehem, PA 18018

New Jersey

Tunes, 910 Haddonfield-Berlin Rd., Voorhees Twp., NJ 08043

Sound Effects, 229 Main St. #6, Hackettstown, NJ 07840

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery is the promotional partner for WXPN Homegrown Originals Volume 2. For more information about WXPN, visit xpn.org

Public radio programmers and music industry representatives from across the U.S. will gather in Philadelphia from May 7-10 for the annual NON-COMMvention conference. “NON-COMM” will be hosted by Philadelphia public radio station WXPN, with events taking place there and at World Cafe Live, the live music venue with which WXPN shares a building.

Attendees representing non-commercial music radio stations, many of which are college or community-licensed, will meet during daytime sessions to share insights, trends, opportunities and challenges. Exciting noontime and evening musical showcases will expose industry attendees to the very best in new music from emerging and established artists (see list).

Because public music radio stations are widely recognized as influential and important guides to what’s new and notable in music, record labels and management companies vie each year for the opportunity to showcase their talent at NON-COMM in front of attending music programmers. NON-COMM has showcased a plethora of emerging talent over its 20+ years, giving many artists their first major exposure.

A limited number of passes to the NON-COMM music showcases are made available to WXPN members. The conference’s three evening music showcases and three XPN Free At Noon concerts will be broadcast by WXPN 88.5 and livestreamed at xpn.org and NPR Live Sessions.

Artists scheduled to perform during the 2024 NON-COMMvention are:

AARON LEE TASJAN

ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO

BEABADOOBEE

BEEN STELLAR

BILLY ALLEN & THE POLLIES

BRIGITTE CALLS ME BABY

BRITTANY DAVIS

CEDRIC BURNSIDE

DEEPER

DEHD

ELMIENE

FONTAINES D.C.

IRON & WINE

JADE BIRD

LAURA JANE GRACE

LIZZIE NO

LO MOON

MOUSTAPHA NOUMBISSI

MRCY

OLD 97’S

RATBOYS

REYNA TROPICAL

RIDE

SNACKTIME

THE BLACK CROWES

THE DECEMBERISTS

THE RED CLAY STRAYS

*Artists are subject to change.

All NON-COMM events take place at WXPN and World Cafe Live, both located at 3025 Walnut Street in Philadelphia, PA 19104.

For more information about the NON-COMMvention, visit noncomm.org.