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Wednesday, 05 September 2018 14:05

Americana Music Hour

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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.
Tuesday, 14 June 2016 08:48

American Routes

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American Routes is a weekly two-hour public radio program produced in New Orleans, presenting a broad range of American music — blues and jazz, gospel and soul, old-time country and rockabilly, Cajun and zydeco, Tejano and Latin, roots rock and pop, avant-garde and classical. The show explores the shared musical and cultural threads in these American styles and genres of music and how they are distinguished.

For more visit American Routes
Monday, 13 June 2016 12:46

Blue Dimensions

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Blue Dimensions is a weekly exploration of blues, jazz, international music, folk, and new/experimental music. The program includes interviews with musicians, producers, and writers, and a lot of music that would slip through the cracks otherwise. For more, visit Blue Dimensions
Monday, 06 June 2016 11:04

Making Time Radio

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Since 2000 Dave P has presented Philly's Making Time events which have hosted performances from some of the raddest bands from around the world. In addition to presenting, Dave P along with partner Sammy Slice is the main floor DJ at all Making Time events. His Making Time RADio show on XPN has won thousands of fans worldwide and has become a breaking ground for some of the biggest indie and dance music tracks of our time. For more visit Making Time RADio
Monday, 06 June 2016 10:29

Folkadelphia

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Folkadelphia, hosted by Fred Knittel, is heard Wednesday from 10-11 PM. The show explores the world of folk, Americana, country, and more, old and new, ranging from the fringe to the familiar to the freaky and everything in between. For more visit Folkadelphia
Monday, 06 June 2016 09:11

The Grateful Dead Hour

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All Grateful Dead, all hour. Hosted by David Gans the program features live concerts straight from the Grateful Dead's vault, in addition to music influenced by the Dead, live studio performances, in-depth interviews
Friday, 03 June 2016 11:57

The Many Moods of Ben Vaughn

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The Many Moods of Ben Vaughn, a weekly, hour-long eclectic mix of music featuring rock, blues, jazz, folk, soul, R&B, country, bossanova, movie soundtracks, easy listening and more, all peppered with his twisted musicological slant. For more visit The Many Moods of Ben Vaughn
Friday, 03 June 2016 11:34

The Geator's R'n'R R&B Express

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Jerry Blavat, known to millions as "The Geator with the Heater" and "The Boss with the Hot Sauce", is the man many credit with having invented the oldies craze. A broadcasting pioneer, Blavat was the first disc jockey in the early '60s to play music from the '50s. He took risks, introducing audiences to songs no one else played, which became local and national hits all over again.

Every Saturday you can take a one hour ride into the musical encyclopedic mind of legendary disc jockey, and Philadelphia icon Jerry Blavat. The Geator will play the roots of rock and roll and R&B with a local slant that has made Philly one of the great music cities of the world but also the music that inspired generations. For more visit The Geator's R'n'R R&B Express.
Friday, 03 June 2016 10:51

Mountain Stage

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For more than 30 years, Mountain Stage with Larry Groce has been the home of live music on public radio. Produced in West Virginia and distributed by NPR, each two hour episode of Mountain Stage can be heard every week on more than 150 stations across America, and around the world via NPR Music and mountainstage.org. Recorded in front of a live audience, Mountain Stage features performances from seasoned legends and emerging stars in genres ranging from folk, blues, and country; to indie rock, synth pop, world music, alternative, and beyond. For more visit Mountain Stage
Friday, 03 June 2016 10:38

Sound Opinions

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Take two nationally respected rock critics, the latest music news, personal commentary, and exclusive interviews and performances, add a huge pile of records old and new, and the result is Sound Opinions — the world's only rock and roll talk show.

Based in Chicago, Sound Opinions is hosted by Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot, two of the finest and best-recognized pop music writers in the nation. For over a decade they were dedicated competitors at Chicago’s two daily newspapers—Jim at the Chicago Sun-Times and Greg at the Chicago Tribune. Today, Jim writes about music for Vocalo.org and teaches criticism at Columbia College in Chicago, the largest and most diverse private arts and media college in the country. For more visit Sound Opinions