by Debra D’Alessandro, Host/Producer, Amazon Country, XPN
I was about 16 years old when the Talking Heads toured with the “Stop Making Sense” album. When my brother Jim offered to take me to the concert (because a friend who planned to go with him bagged at the last minute), I was thrilled. […]

by Helen Leicht, XPN Midday Host/Assistant Program Director, Host/Producer of Philly Local
My Most Memorable Musical Moments — many of them took place at WIOQ - Q 102 FM in Philadelphia Pa.
I began working at WIOQ in 1976 (recently celebrated my 30th Anniversary in Philadelphia radio with the Philly Local celebration at the World Cafe live. 
This jingle brings […]

by Matt Reilly, Assistant Music Director, Jamnation/Weekend Host, XPN
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the human tornado known as Mojo Nixon, he was famous in the early days of MTV for his ridiculous songs (Don Henley Must Die, Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant With My Two Headed Love Child, etc.) and public service announcements. […]

by Kathy O’Connell, Host, Kids Corner on XPN
Sometimes fate makes a musical moment historically significant. That’s what happened in 1956, when jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown appeared on Detroit’s nighttime TV show, “Soupy’s On.” In the 1950’s, comedian Soupy Sales was the brightest star on Detroit television, with a daily kids’ show (“Lunch with […]

By Dan Reed, Music Director for WXPN
Reposted from XPN’s All About the Music Blog
Last Saturday was the 26th anniversary of The Who concert tragedy at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Coliseum. I was a ticket holder and witness. We got our tickets about a month before, and I drove two hours from college (I was a freshman) to […]

by Michaela Majoun, Host, XPN Morning Show
Johnny Cash at Emo’s in Austin during SXSW 1994. It was an industry showcase the year he made the first American album with Rick Rubin. The Man in Black played songs from the new CD for the first half, then brought out his combo and they did […]

by Kathy O’Connell, Host of Kids Corner, XPN
In 1982, “Weird” Al Yankovic’s major claim to fame lay in his appearances on Dr. Demento’s nationally-syndicated radio program, where “My Bologna” (based on The Knack’s “My Sharona”) and “Another Ones Rides the Bus” (Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust”) were huge hits. My friends from New […]

by Kathy O’Connell, Host of Kids Corner on XPN
By the mid-1960’s, Long Island’s Westbury Music Fair was transitioning from a home for summer stock touring plays to a home for great music shows. Between 1966 and 1968, my friends and I trekked to Westbury to see Herman’s Hermits, Sonny and Cher, the Young Rascals, the […]

by Kathy O’Connell, Host of Kids Corner for WXPN
There are saints who walk among us. It has nothing to do with religion. These are people who have a glow about them, and they lift up everyone they encounter. I’ve been lucky to meet a couple of these special souls. Fred Rogers was one. Pete Seeger […]

by Robert Drake, Producer/Host, WXPN

One of my earliest musical memories was the voice of Aretha Franklin. The soundtrack to my third birthday was Franklin’s LP “Soul Sister” which was out that year. Even at that young age, I remember that record as my parents played it constantly – and, as with each new release from […]