XPN’s newest voice, Kristen Kurtis is a Downingtown native that came to us from Austin’s KGSR where she was the Midday Host, Assistant Program Director, and Music Director for the past four years. She’s a huge music fan and is beyond excited to be sharing her musical passion with the listeners and members of XPN.
Hosted by Tarik Moody from 88Nine Radio Milwaukee, Rhythm Lab Radio redefines the urban sound with a mix of jazz, electronic, hip-hop and soul music. Each week, Rhythm Lab introduces listeners to new artists that are testing boundaries and making music that does not fit neatly into a single box.
Tarik Moody, a graduate of Howard University in Washington D.C., got his first taste of the music industry back in the mid-90s as an intern for cable access music video show, “Sonic Ignition” in Washington D.C. He met and talked to artists such as Chuck D from Public Enemy, Republica and Cypress Hill.
Tarik moved to Minneapolis in 1998 and started volunteering at the local non-commercial radio station KFAI-FM in 1999. Eventually, he connected with DJ Jennifer and became co-host of the station’s long-running show, “Groove Garden.” In 2003, he became one of four hosts for KFAI’s “Local Sound Department.” Two years later, he started hosting his own radio show called Rhythm Lab Radio on Minnesota Public Radio. Since 2006, Tarik has been with 88Nine Radio Milwaukee serving as their Director of Digital Strategy and Innovation, and evening music host.
Each weekday at 5am, Robert kicks off another day of programming with the WXPN Wake Up Song! The songs are suggested by XPN listeners and don’t have to be a literal ‘wake-up’ song … it could simply be a song you think would be perfect to hear at 5am one weekday to start off the new day!
Submit your Wake Up Song suggestion below – who knows, you just might hear it one morning at 5am on WXPN!
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John Morrison is a Philadelphia based DJ, Producer, and writer. Born and raised in Philly, John began writing for local Hip Hop publications and Punk zines as a teenager.
John currently works as a freelance journalist. His work has appeared in WXPN/The Key, The Grammys/Recording Academy, The City Paper, Red Bull Music Academy, Jazz Right Now, Jazz Tokyo, Bandcamp Daily, and more.
As a musician, John primarily creates dusty, sample-based Hip Hop beats, recently crafting remixes for Record Breakin' Ensemble, Career Crooks and King Britt's Fhloston Paradigm. In 2016, John released his debut Instrumental Hip Hop album Southwest Psychedelphia, a cosmic, trip through a day in the life in Southwest Philadelphia. John's music has appeared in films such as Resistance: The Battle of Philadelphia, Marie Alarcon's 2018 experimental documentary Witness and radio play from WPRB, WKDU, WFMU, and BBC Radio.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Woodstock this week, WXPN will present the ancestor of all music festivals as it all went down — a radio exclusive that includes all of the festival’s archived audio, from the music to the stage announcements to the rain delays.
Beginning on Thursday, August 15th at 5:07 p.m., #XPNStock will showcase newly reconstructed audio archives of each of Woodstock’s 32 performances over four days, from Richie Havens’ opening set to Jimi Hendrix’s closing one and everything in between, in as close to real time as possible. Tune in to hear the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and so many more — just as they sounded in 1969 during the weekend that would shape a generation.
During this time, portions of our specialty programming will be preempted including Funky Friday, the Blues Show, and Sleepy Hollow. Additionally, The Geator’s Rock & Roll Rhythm and Blues Express, Star’s End, and the Indie Rock Hit Parade will be preempted for Woodstock sets. Thursday evening’s Echoes will be aired at 2 a.m. on Friday. On Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. David Dye will host a special 1969 edition of the #XPN5050. Full schedule details can be found below.
Woodstock — As It Happened — 50 Years On is possible thanks to Rhino Entertainment’s Back to the Garden, a new Woodstock 50th anniversary collection that attempts to take the event that defined a generation back to its roots.
Thursday, August 15
5:07 p.m. — Richie Havens
7:10 p.m. — Swami Satchidanadna
7:30 p.m. — Sweetwater
8:30 p.m. — Bert Sommer
9:20 p.m. — Tim Hardin
10:20 p.m. — Ravi Shankar
(Echoes is airing at 2AM on Friday)
11:20 p.m. — Melanie
11:55 p.m. — Arlo Guthrie
Friday, August 16
12:55 a.m. — Joan Baez
12:30 p.m. — Quill
1:20 p.m. — Country Joe McDonald
2 p.m. — Santana
3:30 p.m. — John B. Sebastian
(portions of Funky Friday will be preempted
4:45 p.m. — The Keef Hartley Band
6 p.m. — The Incredible String Band
7:30 p.m. — Canned Heat
9 p.m. — Mountain
10:30 p.m. — Grateful Dead
(The Indie Rock Hit Parade is preempted)
Saturday, August 17
12:30 a.m. — Creedence Clearwater Revival
2 a.m. — Janis Joplin
3:30 a.m. — Sly & The Family Stone
5 a.m. — The Who
(Portions of Sleepy Hollow with Chuck Elliot will be preempted)
8 a.m. — Jefferson Airplane
(Please note: David Dye will host a special 1969 XPN 5050 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m)
2 p.m. — Joe Cocker
(The Geator’s Rock and Roll Rhythm & Blues Express is preempted)
6:30 p.m. — Country Joe & The Fish
(Portions of The Blues Show with Jonny Meister will be preempted)
8:15 p.m. — Ten Years After
10 p.m. — The Band
Sunday, August 18
12 a.m. — Johnny Winter
(Star’s End with Chuck Van Zyl is preempted)
1:30 a.m. — Blood, Sweat & Tears
3 a.m. — Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
(Portions of Sleepy Hollow with Keith Kelleher and Julian Booker will be preempted)
6 a.m. — The Butterfield Blues Band
7:30 a.m. — Sha Na Na
9 a.m. — Jimi Hendrix
Starting Saturday, January 5th, XPN introduced a new weekly program: The XPN 50/50, showcasing 50 musical years in 50 weeks. For five hours each Saturday afternoon, noon to 5 p.m., we’ll take a walk into the musical time machine, digging into one year’s record releases.
We kicked things off with the year 1979, hosted by XPN Music Director, afternoon DJ, Highs In The 70s, and the Americana Music Hour host Dan Reed. Each week we’ll pick the years randomly with a different XPN host curating the day’s music.
The All-Request Saturday Afternoon with Eric Schuman will be on hiatus, and Bruce Warren’s Post Sleepy Hollow experience will be on from 10am to Noon.
Visit The Key for Spotify Playlists from previous weeks.
Hosted and produced by XPN Music Director and Afternoon host Dan Reed, the Amerciana music hour features the best of Americana music, past and present, with weekly countdowns and features. From alt-country to country classics, from folk to bluegrass and singer-songwriters, the Americana Music Hour will include music that helped create the genre of Americana and the new artists that continue to stretch its broad scope.
Each week for an hour we invite you take a musical excursion into the mind and record collection of David Dye for “Dave’s World” – Sundays at 11AM.
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Host Nick Spitzer | Photo by Paula Burch-Celetano
