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Carbon/Silicon Monday April 7, 2008 at 9pm from World Cafe Live in Philly - Download the Live Concert Broadcast at Download
Before Radiohead subverted the record industry with a name-your-price downloadable album, the punk rock legends in Carbon/Silicon — Mick Jones from The Clash and Tony James from Generation X — were already offering their music for free online. Of course, musicians have put up their music for free download before, but very few with such history as The Clash and the band that launched Billy Idol's career. In 2002, the garage-rock-inspired duo began by using extensive sampling and studio work to create their music. Their debut, A.T.O.M., appeared on their Web site in 2006. Their latest is The Crackup Suite, a six-song EP available — like the rest of their music — for download.
You can also listen to Carbon/Silicon on World Cafe with David Dye. The session is archived at WorldCafe.NPR.org |
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Sea Wolf, Nostalgia, Yet Experimental - November 4, 2007
Listen to a full concert from York Pennsylvania, on WXPN's Get To Know Us Tour of Central PA. MP3 | WMA.
As the bassist and co-singer-songwriter in the L.A. indie-rock band Irving, Church cut his teeth helping create the group's signature alt-pop, neo-psychedelic sound. On his debut EP, Church puts his skills to good use crafting delicate, timeless pop gems. You can also listen to Seawolf on World Cafe with David Dye. The session is archived at WorldCafe.NPR.org |
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Matt Pond PA - November 3, 2007
Matt Pond PA is an indie band originally formed in Philadelphia, PA in 1998 by singer-songwriter Matt Pond. New York City is now their home and the band includes: Matt Pond on vocals and guitar, Dan Crowell on drums, Steve Jewett on guitar, Chris Hansen on guitar and keyboards, and the newest member, Matthew Daniel Siskin, the king of bass. Listen to a full concert from Lancaster PA on WXPN's Get To Know Us Tour of Central PA. MP3 | WMA. |
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2007 XPoNential Music Festival Archives
We've put together an audio archive of some of the best sets (those who gave us the rights to stream their shows) from this summer's music festival. Listen to them again and relive the concert.
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Morning Show Interviews
This is the last week to see Stuart Netsky's current exhibition of pigmented prints called Smoke & Mirrors at the Locks Gallery in Philadelphia. For details on the show visit Locks Gallery website.
To find out more about Stuart Netsky, one of Philadelphia's most noted artists, and hear him discuss his exhibition with Michaela listen to the interview here.
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Mickey Hart is best-known as a former member of the Grateful Dead, but he
has always done side projects with percussion ensembles. His latest work is
"Global Drum Project", with his long-time collaborators Zakir Hussain,
Giovanni Hidalgo, and Sikiru Adepoju, who worked with him on the ground
breaking "Planet Drum" album in 1991. On "Global Drum Project" ancient
rhythms meet modern digital technology. Jonny Meister visited Mickey Hart
backstage at a recent Global Drum Project Show, listen to his review.
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Jonny Meister reviews the new James Taylor CD-DVD combo package "One Man Band." On this album, the great singer-songwriter tells more of his life story than he ever has before.
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Melt Banana, the Japanese band that Jonny Meister calls "post musical" performs Monday night, November 12th, 2007, in Philadelphia. You are warned to bring ear protection, encouraged to dye your hair pink if you want to be inconspicuous, and promised a trip to the frontier of music. listen to his preview. |
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Joss Stone has sold more than 7.5 million albums worldwide; been nominated for four Grammy Awards and came to the Electric Factory Monday April 30th. She visited Michaela on her Morning show for a chat, listen to their conversation. |
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Comedian, satirist and author JON STEWART, host of the popular Daily Show on Comedy Central,came to Philadelphia for two shows at The Tower Theater. He was Michaela Majoun's guest on the XPN Morning Show, one of only two radio interviews he's doing here and the only live chat! Here's their conversation.
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Jonny Meister reports on the album "Africa" by Leni Stern and talks with her about her music, her experiences in Africa, and her battle with cancer. Guitarist-composer-vocalist Stern is a musical free-spirit who spent about two years in Africa on this project, which includes some of the last recorded performances of the great tenor sax player Michael Brecker, for whom she wrote a poignant song for this album. Here's the review. |
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Jonny Meister reviews the new book "The John Coltrane Reference" and talks with editor and lead author Lewis Porter. This 800+ page book is an exhaustive resource on the music and career of John Coltrane, one of the 20th century's most important musicians.This book includes over 300 pages of discography, and a detailed chronology of Coltrane's work drawn from contemporaneous sources. Here's the review. |
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Philly Music Makers
Local personalities, such as Val Shively, Jazzyfatnastees, Brian McTear, Evan
Solot and Ira Tucker talk to Tracey Tanenbaum about the local music scene. more... |
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A Musician's Life
In the series A Musician's Life listeners learn
about musicians' lives first-hand. We'll hear from
performers at various stages of their career; those on the rise,
those who have 'made it'; and those who may be struggling
for some recognition. They'll describe both the
creative and mundane sides of what they do, including , including
how they work with the music industry, how they feel about critics
and fans, the realities of touring, the stories behind specific songs
and much more.
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Black History Month Featuring a
Special Series on Black Artists
In celebration of Black History Month, WXPN-FM's Tracey Tanenbaum spotlights
four performing artists with ties to Philadelphia. more... |
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Happy Anniversary XPN Free At Noon
Celebrating Two Years of XPN Free At Noon Concerts - All Month Long!
We kicked off Free at Noon on February 11, 2005 with Donovan
Frankenreiter and in two years we've hosted more than 100 Free At Noon
performers including Hall & Oates, David Gray, Buddy Guy, Rosanne
Cash, Arlo Guthrie, Citizen Cope. You can listen to a continuous loop
of 20 plus artists here!
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Featured Performances
and Live Concert Archives
If you missed your favorite artist's local performance, you can catch it here.
Browse through the growing list of archived live performances, including full
concerts by Citizen Cope, My Morning Jacket, Paul Simon, The Decemberists, Old
Crow Medicine Show, Bare Naked Ladies and more!
Concert Archives
Listen to live performances of My Morning Jacket, Citizen Cope, Paul Simon and
more...
Concert Archives
XPN
Free At Noon Shows
XPN
Free At Noon Archives
Missed the live broadcast? Find XPN Live Friday Concerts by Cracker, Animal Liberation
Orchestra, Alexi Murdoch, They Might Be Giants, Keb Mo and Mason Jennings, and more....
World Cafe Archives
Live
Performances on World Cafe
Interviews and performances by Soul Asylum, The Essex Green, Katharine Whalen,
Jackie Greene, Ben Harper and more....
Curated Concerts from
NPR.org/Music
See All Live Music on NPR.org Check out full concerts by artists such as James
Brown, Drive By Truckers, Jose Gonzales, Psapp, Juana Molina, Sonic Youth and more.... |
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