Return to Homepage
Home Contact Us Help & FAQ Site Map Privacy & Legal
Return to Homepage  
Return to Homepage
XPN  
Listen Live! Listen Live!  
Listen Live!
XPN YRock On XPN
XPN SXSW 2008
XPN
XPN Top 100 CDs of 2007
XPN
XPN 885 MOST MEMORABLE
MUSICAL MOMENTS
XPN
XPN SHOP
XPN
XPN ARTISTS TO WATCH
XPN
XPN LIVE STREAMS
XPN
XPN PLAYLISTS
XPN
XPN PODCASTS
XPN
XPN INTERVIEWS AND
PERFORMANCES
XPN Hot Platters
XPN
XPN Black History Month
XPN
XPN A Musician's Life
XPN
XPN Concert Archives
XPN
XPN XPN Free At Noon Concerts
XPN
XPN World Cafe Interviews and Performances
XPN
XPN XPN Curated Content
XPN
XPN
XPN LIVE CONCERTS
XPN
XPN PROGRAM ARCHIVES
XPN
XPN BLOGS
XPN
XPN RSS
XPN
XPN BULLETIN BOARDS
XPN
XPN PHILLY LOCAL
XPN
XPN WORLD CAFE
XPN
XPN SUBSCRIBE TO ENEWS
XPN
XPN SPONSOR INFORMATION
XPN
XPN INSIDE XPN
XPN
XPN SUPPORT THE MUSIC
XPN
XPN
XPN EMAIL THIS TO A FRIEND
XPN
 

Check out the new WXPN Picks CD store at Amazon

XPN
Podcasts xponential radio Podcasts
Podcasts xponential radio Podcasts

James Brown
Drive By Truckers
Jose Gonzales
Sonic Youth

Click and Listen - Live Concerts from NPR.org/Music

Gogol Bordello - July 18, 2007
Emerging in the late '90s as one of the U.K.'s most passionate and infectious rock bands, Travis helped inspire a wave of new Britpop groups that included acts like Coldplay and Keane. The group is now on tour for its most inspired album in years. Hear the full performance

Travis - July 16, 2007
Emerging in the late '90s as one of the U.K.'s most passionate and infectious rock bands, Travis helped inspire a wave of new Britpop groups that included acts like Coldplay and Keane. The group is now on tour for its most inspired album in years. Hear the full performance

Rufus Wainwright - June 9, 2007
Rufus Wainwright makes richly orchestrated, theatrical pop music inspired by the traditions of cabaret, musicals and opera. Hear Wainwright perform selections from his latest CD, Release the Stars, in a full concert recorded live from New York's Gramercy Theater. Hear the full performance

Andrew Bird - May 20, 2007
Andrew Bird makes the kind of music that leaves critics groping for labels. A classically trained violinist, former swing jazz musician and now art rock virtuoso, Bird is one of the most imaginative and distinctive voices making music today. Hear Bird in a full concert, recorded live from Washington, D.C. Hear the full performance

Ben Gibbard - May 10, 2007
As frontman for the Seattle rock band Death Cab for Cutie, and part of the electro-pop duo Postal Service, Ben Gibbard has won over legions of fans for his literate, bittersweet songwriting. Now Gibbard is embarking on a month-long solo tour. Hear him recorded live in concert from Washington, D.C. Hear the full performance

Peter Björn & John - April 30, 2007
Peter Björn and John are a Swedish pop trio making insanely catchy music, with bouncing rhythms and whistled melodies. The group is currently on tour with the equally infectious eletro-pop band Fujiya and Miyagi. Hear both bands live on NPR.org Apr. 30, in concert from the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. Hear the full performance

Lily Allen in Concert with The Bird and The Bee - April 8, 2007
Lily Allen is Britain's most addictive pop artist with dizzying melodies and lyrics that are as comical as they are biting. Now on tour for her multi-million selling album Alright, Still, Allen performs at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. in a full concert, originally webcast live on NPR.org. Hear the full performance

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - March 29, 2007
Ted Leo first emerged on the hardcore scene of the late 1980s in the bands Citizen's Arrest, Animal Crackers and Chisel. He's since become one of the most innovative and important figures in the east coast rock scene. Hear Ted Leo and The Pharmacists recorded live in concert. Hear the full performance

Nellie McKay - March 27, 2007
Nellie McKay is a singer-songwriter known for her distinctive mix of jazz vocals and torch singing with cabaret pop, rock and a rap-inspired rants. Hear McKay in a full concert recorded live from Alexandria, VA. Hear the full performance

The Good, The Bad & The Queen - March 14, 2007
The Good, The Bad & The Queen isn't a band. It's more of a project, featuring Blur frontman Damon Albarn, The Clash bassist Paul Simonon, Afrobeat pioneer and drummer Tony Allen and former Verve guitarist Simon Tong. They're making some of the smartest and catchiest Britpop and rock to reach the U.S. in years. Hear the full performance

The Arcade Fire - February 17, 2007
The Arcade Fire's 2004 debut Funeral, was one of the decade's most remarkable rock albums. Now on the eve of releasing Neon Bible, their highly anticipated follow-up, the band visited New York's Judson Memorial Church for a full concert. Hear the full show, recorded live in New York City.

The Disco Biscuits - The Disco Biscuits' members performed a concert from WXPN and TLA in Philadelphia on Dec. 29. Hear the full performance

The Decemberists - October 30, 2006 - Portland, Oregon's literate and theatrical rock group The Decemberists have just released one of the year's best albums. Hear selections from The Crane Wife and some of the band's earlier music in a full concert, recorded live from Washington, D.C. and the 930 club on NPR.org/music. Hear the full performance

Arctic Monkeys - March 27, 2006 - With just one album under the their belt, the British group Arctic Monkeys is already being hailed as one of the greatest U.K. rock bands of all time. The group aimed to show fans why in a full performance recorded live from Washington, DC’s 9:30 Club. Hear the full performance

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - February 20, 2006 - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club brings a soulful mix of roots rock, country, gospel and blues to Washington, DC's 9:30 Club for a night of music. Hear the band's full concert, recorded live. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is on tour to promote its latest CD, Howl. Hear the full performance

Neko Case, Martha Wainwright - April 10, 2006 - On her latest CD, singer Neko Case swings somewhere between the worlds of heavy art rock and bittersweet country. Hear her perform cuts from Fox Confessor Brings the Flood and more in a full concert recorded live from Washington, D.C. Hear the full performance

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - March 8, 2006 - Hear the quirky and ever-addictive Clap Your Hands Say Yeah recorded live in concert from Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club. The full performance originally webcast live on NPR.org Mar. 8 as part of NPR Music's ongoing live concert series from All Songs Considered. Hear the full performance

Gomez and The Bad Plus - June 23, 2006 - Britain's experimental rock group Gomez is known for blurring lines between musical forms and genres, creating an entirely original sound nearly impossible to pin down to any one style. The band visited Washington, D.C. for a full concert June 22, webcast live on NPR.org with jazz trio The Bad Plus. Hear the full performance

David Gray - August 2005 - Hear a full concert online by singer/songwriter David Gray, originally Web cast live on NPR.org from the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. From a great series of live concerts from NPR Music's All Songs Considered. Hear the full performance

James Brown - June 23, 2006 - The Godfather of Soul digs into his vast catalog of hit songs for a night of music, recorded live in concert from the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. This program originally webcast live on NPR.org. Hear the full performance

Drive By Truckers - July 29, 2006 - have been making bold, often epic southern rock since they first formed in Athens, Ga., a decade ago. Currently on tour for their seventh album, the band visited the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., for a night of live music, originally webcast in its entirety on NPR.org July 15. Hear the full performance

Jose Gonzales in Concert with Argentina's Juana Molina and Psapp - July 1, 2006 - Intimate, acoustic folk meets experimental electronica in a night of music, featuring Juana Molina, Jose Gonzalez and Psapp, originally webcast live on NPR.org July 1 from WXPN and World Cafe Live, Philadelphia. Hear the full performance

Sonic Youth - June 15, 2006 - A quarter century after the group first formed in New York, Sonic Youth remains one of rock's more inspired, creative bands. Now on tour for their 20th album, Rather Ripped, the trio visited Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club for a full concert, originally webcast live on NPR.org. Hear the full performance

RELATED LINKS: World Cafe at NPR.org/Music | Live Fridays from WXPN and NPR | Live in Concert from NPR Music

World Cafe from WXPN

xponential radio

Support Provided By:
XPN Members and Business Sponsors

Podcasts xponential radio Podcasts