Max Bennett

The man who's brought protest songs back into pop culture (and was our April 2025 Artist to Watch ) is coming through Philadelphia again for a Friday night gig at The Met. He's being joined by Hudson Freeman, who skyrocketed to fame with his viral song “ If You Know Me ” last year. Both Welles and Freeman are no strangers to WXPN.

Wednesday, Oct. 28 is Public Radio Music Day, when stations around the country—XPN included, of course—celebrate the year-round effort to connect artists to audiences.

This year, we launched our Philly Anthems project, which tasked established and emerging local artists with composing original songs about freedom, identity, belonging, and hope.

We here at WXPN are all in on Sam and Louise Sullivan, the breakout brother-sister duo who we named our October Artist To Watch , and the extended members of the Historic New Jersey Recordings family.

Screenwriters over the years have created numerous artists and bands to serve their scripts. Some may only get a passing mention, while others are fully fleshed out with albums, singles, and tours under their belts.

Local Grammy Award-winning producer Will Yip in June said Philly is the center of indie rock music on World Cafe And with the local scene's increasing prominence in the modern music atmosphere, we're happy to tell you that a handful of local acts have just been shouted out in a new, extensive list from Rolling Stone

You may know them as the Osees that is, if you only read the name on your ticket stub at Sunday night's Union Transfer show. But hardcore fans know them as Thee Oh Sees, The Oh Sees or sometimes just OCS—a character-bending method developed by frontman John Dwyer to fool journalists and separate themselves from their past work.

With our 885 Countdown of the Greatest Songs from Movies and TV looming ( submit your songs here ), we wanted to branch out for Ears We Trust and ask someone in the cinema world to chime in. Scott Fisher, Executive Director of the Bryn Mawr Film Institute is up for this installment.

Local Grammy Award-winning producer Will Yip in June said Philly is the center of indie rock music on World Cafe. And with the local scene’s increasing pro

We're in the thick of spooky season. Well, at least for about 48 more hours as of this publication. But while the autumn air is rife with specters and the streets filled with ghouls and goblins, we're getting in on the Halloween fun.