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24/7 Musical discovery. A unique mix of emerging and heritage blues, rock, world, folk, and alt-country artists.

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Featuring classics from heritage troubadours to new musicians and bands in the singer-songwriter tradition.

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Folk music radio streaming on the web; Americana, Roots Music, recordings, and stories from folk's best.
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The National on World Cafe

The National on World Cafe

Talking about "Trouble Will Find Me" out today!

Kurt Vile

Kurt Vile

A conversation on "A Pretty Daze"

WXPN Welcomes: Guster

WXPN Welcomes: Guster

For more details visit our concert calendar

Gotta Hear Song

Gotta Hear Song

Burning Instinct by Red Baraat

The Homemade Jamz Blues Band

The Homemade Jamz Blues Band

Mississippi Blues Project concert

WXPN Welcomes:

WXPN Welcomes:

The Districts, Cheers Elephant, and Juston Stens and the Get Real Gang

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NonCOMM Audio Archive

Listen to Wild Feathers - Recap of the 2013 NonCOMMvention Live Performances. Nashville rock barn-burners Wild Feathers played a raucous set of Americana-infused rock, something between the Allmans and Led Zeppelin. Listen to their full performance!

AUDIO ARCHIVES from the
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XPoNential Music Festival 2013

The XPoNential Music Festival presented by Subaru Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros join the line-up for The XPoNential Music Festival presented by Subaru. PLEDGE $24/Month and get two 3-Day Go Everywhere Festival Pass!!

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Listen to World Cafe Archives

Glasgow's Frightened Rabbit on World Cafe Glasgow's Frightened Rabbit on World Cafe
Their fourth album is called Pedestrian Verse and you can hear some live versions and talk with the charming gents from last Friday's show.

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Sense Of Place: Nashville

Country Music Hall of Fame A must visit to Nashville is the Hall of Fame and the infamous RCA Studio B. Listen to some outlaw country from Waylon Jennings, and Jimmy Rogers, Hank Williams, and Dolly Parton. Sense of Place: Nashville

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Artist To Watch

First Listen Laura Marling

First Listen Laura Marling's songs dig well beyond the everyday, with each sung in a wise, dusky, brooding voice that always seems in control of its surroundings. LISTEN to the U.K. folksinger's fourth album, Once I Was an Eagle, in its entirety, before its official release date! On
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  • Bobby McFerrin Bobby McFerrin
    A ten time Grammer winner, Bobby McFerrin has a new album out now. Titled, "Spirit You All," it's a well-crafted mix of new originals and classic Americana. He'll be…
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The Swollen Fox is celebrating its 3-year anniversary at PhilaMOCA on 7/11

The Swollen Fox has announced a special 3-year anniversary concert at PhilaMOCA on July 11th with TJ Kong & the Atomic Bomb, Swift...Read More

Watch Tin Bird Choir perform WXPN’s lunchtime buskers’ series at The Porch at 30th Street...

The Chester County-based folk group Tin Bird Choir performed in a stripped down two-piece configuration for this weeks’...Read More

Contest: Win a pair of tickets to see Patty Griffin at The Kimmel Center on June 6th

Grammy-winning and critically revered American folk performer Patty Griffin makes a Philadelphia appearance next month, headlining...Read More

Listen to Grande Marshall’s Daytrotter session

This tasty new set tripped down the Daytrotter wire today; backed by a DJ and a handy cache of moody, evocative beats, up-and-coming...Read More

Listen to a new Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros song, “Better Days” (playing XPoNential Music Festival in...

Photo by Joseph Schell Photography https://www.facebook.com/pages/Joseph-Schell-Photography/106691849363906 Edward Sharpe and the...Read More