Events
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WXPN's Free At Noon
Presented by WXPN at World Cafe Live - Philadelphia April 27, 2009 - Ongoing Every Friday at noon, WXPN brings live music to the air with the Free At Noon Concert series at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia. From NPR Music and WXPN, hear a live mix of roots rock, folk, country and more every week! Shows are free and open to the public, though registration is required at XPN.org. Registration begins one week in advance of each show (Friday at 1), while XPN members can signup the Thursday before. If you can't make it, the show is broadcast live on-air and on the...
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WXPN |
04/27/09 -
Ongoing |
World Cafe Live - Philadelphia, Philadelphia |
2012 XPoNential Music Festival
Presented by WXPN at Wiggins Waterfront Park and Marina July 20-July 22, 2012 2012 XPoNential Music Festival presented by Subaru. July 20 -22, 2012 at Wiggins Park on the waterfront, Camden, NJ.
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WXPN |
07/20/12 -
07/22/12 |
Wiggins Waterfront Park and Marina, Camden |
XPN Free At Noon - KOPECKY FAMILY BAND
Presented by WXPN at World Cafe Live - Philadelphia June 1, 2012 THE SIX-PIECE, NASHVILLE BASED KOPECKY FAMILY BAND PLAY MILK BOY IN PHILADELPHIA ON FRIDAY NIGHT JUNE 1, AND THEY’LL BE AT WXPN on FRIDAY FOR FREE AT NOON!
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WXPN |
06/01/12 |
World Cafe Live - Philadelphia, Philadelphia |
XPN Welcomes Alejandro Escovedo
Presented by World Cafe Live at the Queen at World Cafe Live at the Queen June 13, 2012 Alejandro Escovedo is one with his muse and his music. Over a lifetime spent traversing the bridge between words and melody, he has ranged over an emotional depth that embraces all forms of genre and presentation, a resolute voice that weathers the emotional terrain of our lives, its celebrations and despairs, landmines and blindsides and upheavals and beckoning distractions, in search for ultimate release and the healing truth of honesty. Sometimes it takes the form of barely...
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World Cafe Live at the Queen |
06/13/12 |
World Cafe Live at the Queen, Wilmington |
XPN Welcomes An Intimate Evening with Lindsey Buckingham
Presented by World Cafe Live at the Queen at World Cafe Live at the Queen June 11, 2012 Lindsey Buckingham has accomplished almost everything that can be done in rock ‘n’ roll, earning a spot in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame with Fleetwood Mac, winning countless awards, selling out venues around the world, and helping define the sound of rock for the last 3 decades. He’s the predominant musical force behind such Mac albums as Rumours and the innovative Tusk, and has created a critically acclaimed body of solo work that yielded the hits...
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World Cafe Live at the Queen |
06/11/12 |
World Cafe Live at the Queen, Wilmington |
XPN Welcomes Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
Presented by World Cafe Live at the Queen at World Cafe Live at the Queen June 17, 2012 Grace Potter and the Nocturnals are like a modern-day version of Tina Turner stroking the microphone in a spangled mini-dress while fronting the Rolling Stones circa Sticky Fingers. The proof is there for all to hear on the band’s third album for Hollywood Records, and marks an artistic breakthrough for a vital young band caught in the act of fulfilling its immense promise. Little wonder that Grace and her cohorts have chosen to title it, directly and emphatically, Grace Potter and...
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World Cafe Live at the Queen |
06/17/12 |
World Cafe Live at the Queen, Wilmington |
XPN Welcomes US Rails
Presented by World Cafe Live at the Queen at World Cafe Live at the Queen June 30, 2012 Echoing some of the great folk, pop and rock unions of the '60s and '70s as well as the newest super-groups and dream bands spanning the globe these days, US Rails emerges as the underdog collective of songwriters, singers and musicians who deliver not just a night of cool songs and great harmony. US Rails leaves you with the kind of lingering memory that you may have experienced hearing some of these bands live for the very first time.
It's in the sum of the parts, not the star...
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World Cafe Live at the Queen |
06/30/12 |
World Cafe Live at the Queen, Wilmington |
David Berkeley
Presented by World Cafe Live at the Queen at World Cafe Live at the Queen July 5, 2012 David Berkeley is a romantic realist, known for his ability to look at the human condition in all its complexity and give us luminous songs full of sunshine and anguish, melancholy and delight. He brings the people and situations he sings about to vibrant life with a warm, rich tenor that often slips into an aching falsetto to underline the overwhelming emotions that can move us to tears or laughter. On Some Kind of Cure, his fourth studio album, Berkeley delivers some of his most...
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World Cafe Live at the Queen |
07/05/12 |
World Cafe Live at the Queen, Wilmington |
Glenn Bryan
Presented by World Cafe Live at the Queen at World Cafe Live at the Queen July 7, 2012 Glenn Bryan's music features a blend of rich textures and influences from various genres and experiences, aiming to reach the hearts and souls of their growing base of enthusiastic listeners. Glenn Bryan is classically trained in piano, organ and keyboards and has performed for over 30 years in jazz, classical, R&B and Latin venues. He has shared the stage with numerous musical legends.
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World Cafe Live at the Queen |
07/07/12 |
World Cafe Live at the Queen, Wilmington |
XPN Welcomes John Mayall
Presented by World Cafe Live at the Queen at World Cafe Live at the Queen July 10, 2012 Formed in early '60s London, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers are well known for cultivating new talent. Starting with Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce (formed Cream), followed by Peter Green, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood (started Fleetwood Mac), the perpetual succession of great musicians also featured Andy Fraser (co-founded Free), Mick Taylor (who joined The Stones) and Coco Montoya and Walter Trout.
As for the man himself, the father of six and grandfather of six, John Mayall was...
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World Cafe Live at the Queen |
07/10/12 |
World Cafe Live at the Queen, Wilmington |
Third World
Presented by World Cafe Live at the Queen at World Cafe Live at the Queen June 1, 2012 Third World is one of the longest-lived reggae bands of all time and one of Jamaica's most consistently popular crossover acts among international audiences. While the band was long capable of authentic roots reggae, they usually preferred to mix in elements of R&B, funk, pop, and rock (and, later on, dancehall and rap).
Third World was originally formed in 1973 by keyboardist Michael "Ibo" Cooper and guitarist/cellist Steven "Cat" Coore. Both had...
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World Cafe Live at the Queen |
06/01/12 |
World Cafe Live at the Queen, Wilmington |
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Tusk (Fleetwood Mac Tribute) at World Cafe Live
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World Cafe Live |
08/06/12 |
World Cafe Live - Philadelphia, Philadelphia |
Los Straitjackets / Eilen Jewell
Presented by World Cafe Live at World Cafe Live - Philadelphia June 7, 2012 Los Straitjackets are the leading practitioners of the lost art of the guitar instrumental. Using the music of The Ventures, The Shadows, Link Wray and Dick Dale as a jumping off point, the band has taken their unique, high-energy brand of original rock & roll around the world. Clad in their trademark Lucha Libre Mexican wrestling masks, the 'Jackets' have delivered their trademark guitar licks to 10 albums, thousands of concerts and dozens of films and TV shows. Viva Los...
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World Cafe Live |
06/07/12 |
World Cafe Live - Philadelphia, Philadelphia |
XPN Welcomes Rhett Miller & The Serial Lady Killers
Presented by World Cafe Live at World Cafe Live - Philadelphia June 5, 2012 Rhett Miller is the front man and main songwriter of the hard-charging rock ‘n’ roll quartet the Old 97’s, as well as an accomplished solo artist. In addition to his nine studio albums with the 97’s (most recently The Grand Theatre Volume One and The Grand Theatre Vol. 2 in 2011), he has released four solo albums; 1989’s Mythologies, 2002’s The Instigator, 2006’s The Believer, 2009’s Rhett Miller, and 2011’s live covers album, The...
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World Cafe Live |
06/05/12 |
World Cafe Live - Philadelphia, Philadelphia |
XPN Welcomes Michael Kiwanuka
Presented by World Cafe Live at World Cafe Live - Philadelphia June 15, 2012 Born in Muswell Hill, London to Ugandan émigré parents, Michael Kiwanuka was brought up in a home from which music was largely absent, with his first introduction to rock (Nirvana, Radiohead) arriving at the same time as he began to hang with the skater kids in the north London suburb during his early teenage years. Later coming across a soul compilation album given away with a music monthly, he was enthralled by the sound of Otis Redding’s studio talkback...
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World Cafe Live |
06/15/12 |
World Cafe Live - Philadelphia, Philadelphia |
XPN Welcomes Greg Laswell
Presented by World Cafe Live at World Cafe Live - Philadelphia June 22, 2012 Greg Laswell returns with LANDLINE, a stunning and sonically dense collection of new songs. The album also features collaborations with a number of Greg’s female indie-pop contemporaries including Sia, Ingrid Michaelson, Elizabeth Ziman (of Elizabeth and the Catapult), and Sara Bareilles (on the album’s lead single, “Come Back Down”). More info coming soon.
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World Cafe Live |
06/22/12 |
World Cafe Live - Philadelphia, Philadelphia |
Marcia Ball
Presented by World Cafe Live at World Cafe Live - Philadelphia May 30, 2012 Marcia Ball is a woman with a reputation. The Texas-born, Louisiana-raised pianist/vocalist/songwriter is famed worldwide for igniting a full-scale roadhouse rhythm and blues party every time she strolls on stage. Ball's groove-laden New Orleans boogie and rollicking Gulf Coast blues have made her a one-of-a-kind favorite with music fans all over the world. But she's also a master at transfixing her audience with an emotionally rich, passionately sung ballad. The Boston Herald says,...
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World Cafe Live |
05/30/12 |
World Cafe Live - Philadelphia, Philadelphia |
Philly Rising Open Stage
Presented by World Cafe Live at World Cafe Live - Philadelphia April 23-September 3, 2012 Monday April 23rd kicks off World Cafe Live's weekly Open Stage and progressive Talent Competition! If you are an artist you don't want to miss out this opportunity to win discounted studio prices, editorial coverage and even a business plan consultation!
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World Cafe Live |
04/23/12 -
09/03/12 |
World Cafe Live - Philadelphia, Philadelphia |
Rhett Miller
Presented by World Cafe Live at World Cafe Live - Philadelphia June 5, 2012 Rhett Miller is the front man and main songwriter of the hard-charging rock and roll quartet the Old 97’s, as well as an accomplished solo artist. In addition to his nine studio albums with the 97’s (most recently The Grand Theatre Volume One and The Grand Theatre Vol. 2 in 2011), he has released four solo albums; 1989’s Mythologies, 2002’s The Instigator, 2006’s The Believer, 2009’s Rhett Miller, and 2011’s...
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World Cafe Live |
06/05/12 |
World Cafe Live - Philadelphia, Philadelphia |
The McLovins with Anthony Krizan, former Spin Doctor's Guitarist and Four The Day
Presented by World Cafe Live at World Cafe Live - Philadelphia May 29, 2012 The genesis of The McLovins was forged from a series of chance encounters between the three founders at various music camps during 2008. Bassist Jason Ott, drummer Jake Huffman and guitarist Jeff Howard realized from their first practices that they all shared a similar musical integrity and a desire to perform; the band was born.
The McLovins soon started playing shows locally in and around southern New England, and they quickly defined their sound which is an amalgam of funk,...
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World Cafe Live |
05/29/12 |
World Cafe Live - Philadelphia, Philadelphia |
Marcia Ball
Presented by World Cafe Live at World Cafe Live - Philadelphia May 30, 2012 Marcia Ball is a woman with a reputation. The Texas-born, Louisiana-raised pianist/vocalist/songwriter is famed worldwide for igniting a full-scale roadhouse rhythm and blues party every time she strolls on stage. Ball's groove-laden New Orleans boogie and rollicking Gulf Coast blues have made her a one-of-a-kind favorite with music fans all over the world. But she's also a master at transfixing her audience with an emotionally rich, passionately sung ballad. The Boston Herald says,...
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World Cafe Live |
05/30/12 |
World Cafe Live - Philadelphia, Philadelphia |
Kalob Griffin Band Release Party
Presented by World Cafe Live at World Cafe Live - Philadelphia June 1, 2012 The Kalob Griffin Band, better known to its devoted fans as the KGB, is a Philadelphia-based group of Americana rockers who strive to provide listeners on and off stage with an energetic, personalized experience. Kalob Griffin (vocals/guitar), Rob Dwyer (guitar/mandolin/banjo), Eric Lawry (drums/vocals), John Hildenbrand (keyboards/vocals), and Nick Salcido (electric/upright bass) create a sound and live show that some would say is immediately original, familiar and contagious.
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World Cafe Live |
06/01/12 |
World Cafe Live - Philadelphia, Philadelphia |
Neil Diamond
Presented by Wells Fargo Center at Wells Fargo Center June 18, 2012 Rock and Pop Icon Neil Diamond, a 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee and 2011 Kennedy Center Honoree, will take his greatest hits on the road on a much-anticipated North American tour kicking off in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on June 1st and closing in Las Vegas on September 1st. The 2012 tour, which includes a stop at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Monday, June 18, will feature all of Neil Diamond’s classic favorites.
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Wells Fargo Center |
06/18/12 |
Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia |
Coldplay with Robyn and Wolf Gang
Presented by Wells Fargo Center at Wells Fargo Center July 5-July 6, 2012 Coldplay will launch its first North American tour in nearly three years on April 17. The run, which kicks off at Rexall Place in Edmonton, AB, will include a stop in Philadelphia on Thursday, July 5 at Wells Fargo Center. The band is touring in support of its new RIAA-certified Platinum record, Mylo Xyloto, which has scored the most No. 1 rankings of any album this year worldwide, topping the charts in 34 countries to date. Mylo Xyloto’s first two singles have received GRAMMY...
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Wells Fargo Center |
07/05/12 -
07/06/12 |
Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia |
Madonna
Presented by Wells Fargo Center at Wells Fargo Center August 28, 2012 “Madonna’s track record as a world class entertainer and touring artist speaks for itself. Her artistry, talent and creative productions get bigger and better with each tour and Madonna 2012 will be no exception. We are thrilled to have her back on the road and know her fans feel the same,” commented Arthur Fogel, CEO Live Nation Entertainment Global Touring and Madonna tour promoter.
In the course of her phenomenal career, Madonna has a record breaking 37...
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Wells Fargo Center |
08/28/12 |
Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia |
Aerosmith with Cheap Trick
Presented by Wells Fargo Center at Wells Fargo Center July 21, 2012 Rock and roll legend Aerosmith will infuse “sweet emotion” into the Wells Fargo Center with a Saturday, July 21 performance of their “Global Warming Tour” featuring Cheap Trick as the opening act. Tickets will go on sale exclusively through ComcastTIX on Friday, March 30 at 10 a.m. online at ComcastTIX.com, by phone at 1-800-298-4200 or in person at the Wells Fargo Center Box Office.
After blowing away audiences in South America and Japan, the bad boys...
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Wells Fargo Center |
07/21/12 |
Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia |
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Summer Wonder Program - Phil-A-Rhythm: Sounds 'Round the World
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University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum) |
06/20/12 |
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum), Philadelphia |
Summer Wonder Program - Tom Lee: Tales from the Popol Vuh
Presented by University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum) at University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum) July 11, 2012 The Summer Wonder Program, designed for children and their families, celebrates cultural diversity through music, dance, performance art, and interactive demonstrations.
"Popol Vuh," the Quiche Maya book, is an amazing Maya document that contains a trove of amazing stories and myths. Tom Lee brings the world of the Maya to life in these stories referencing beliefs, cultural traditions, and daily life.
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University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum) |
07/11/12 |
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum), Philadelphia |
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XPN Welcomes Sharon Van Etten
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Union Transfer |
06/21/12 |
Union Transfer, Philadelphia |
One Direction
Presented by Tower Theater at Tower Theater May 28, 2012 One Direction made history today as their debut album UP ALL NIGHT entered the U.S. Billboard 200 chart at No. 1 with over 176,000 copies sold. This makes chart history as the first British group ever to debut at No. 1 in the US with their debut album release. UP ALL NIGHT went straight to No.1 on the digital chart within minutes of its official release last Tuesday, March13th.
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Tower Theater |
05/28/12 |
Tower Theater, Upper Darby |