Pledge Online Now!
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To end this top ten countdown in chronological order, I remember the birth of my son. I remember playing a little mix of calm music the day after he was born.
Remember lying next to The Duchess on the hospital bed, Duke Jr. swaddled in his blanket. I […]
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New York’s Lower East Side in the last decade has developed a music scene that is as varied and vital as any in the country. The activity on the sidewalks even late at night is as busy as it is inside the many music venues, bars and […]
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A few weeks after The Last Bah, I packed everything I deemed important in my life in a brown Mitsubishi Mighty Max truck and drove to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. I was relocating to my girlfriend’s hometown.
In PA, I had one friend, my now-wife. I had no job. Little […]
In this 10th installment of the Radio Video series, join Roger LaMay, General Manager of WXPN, and Bruce Warren, Program Director, as they discuss the launch of the voting element of XPN’s annual 885 countdown. Watch the video. Then go vote on what you believe to be the top Most Memorable Musical Moments at http://www.xponentialmusic.org/885/885_registration_20070917.php
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I got to thinking after my last “Guest Blogger” post 2 weeks ago that I hadn’t seen anything in the MMMM discussion about Christmas or holiday songs. How could that be - these are some of the best-loved songs of our culture! It’s not […]
Live & Swingin’ on Stage, 1964
Vintage onstage banter between the key players of The Rat Pack - Sammy, Frank, Dino
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Begining in 1964, The Main Point in Bryn Mawr provided the Philadelphia area with one of its most enjoyable venues for live music. Although it started as a folk based coffeehouse, all styles of music were presented over the years. Financial problems continually plagued the Main Point, and […]
Concluding The Band’s 16 years on the road, The Last Waltz was held Thanksgiving Day 1976 at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. Billed as a farewell concert, Martin Scorsese was on hand to record the event and his effort is hailed as a masterwork among rock documentaries, a landmark in rock history. The long […]
How many of these dances do you remember? Or better yet - did you do?
The Pony
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Imagine if you will, a college band from Northern Wisconsin. A band comprised of music majors, music geeks. Six folks that enjoy their company and make crowd-pleasing music for their fellow students.
Imagine this band performing a new kind of music: quasi-bluegrass-comedic-folk-funk. To stretch that out a bit: […]