Before ever even having a show, I had read the book This Is Your Brain On Music by Daniel J. Levitin simply because I was fascinated by the magic of music, and it was a wonderful read. Then when I started to have my own show about music discovery, I “shot my shot” and reached…
Episode 200??? I can’t believe it. When first started doing interviews with musicians I admired, I thought I’d get maybe 10-20 people total to say yes to coming on the show. And now here we are 200 episodes in, and we’re only just warming up. I reached out to the person who was the guest…
The topic of streaming services comes up on our show a lot, and one thing we’re always hoping to raise awareness on is how little revenue there is in that for the artist. But what if it wasn’t like that? Coda Music is a new streaming service seeks to offer a more ethical treatment of…
Many of our finest institutions are under attach by removing funding and support. One such pillar is public radio – stations across the country are faced with difficult decisions and intimidating challenges on how to accomplish their missions with drastically reduced or non-existing funding from our government. Stations like WDIY here in the Lehigh Valley…
This band from Chicago came flying in to our mindshare late in 2025 with their album release Ur A Star, and especially their track “Bad Heart” which caught our earholes so fast and furiously, it made our Top 19 Songs of 2025 list. We’ll spend time with lead singer and songwriter Ari Levin and learn…
Here’s our Top 19 Songs from 2025 – your next favorite songs, if you will. Our most fav of the year is the incredible track “Never Rest” from Great Grandpa. The other 18 songs selected are listed purely in chronological order based on release date of the album. • “Weird Birthday Song” by Kendall Lujan…
Every year WXPN puts out a “Greatest” prompt for the listernship community to chew on and submit their Top 10 list. The station then compiles, calculates and computes the highest ranking 885 from those submissions. This year, we are determining the Greatest Cover Songs of all-time. Here’s how WXPN is defining a cover: A cover…
Join us as we express gratitude and honor the guests we’ve had throughout the year and invite them back to share a message for the season and perform a holiday tune. We have messages and songs from: Kyle Lacy & Amanda D’Amico – “Holly Jolly Christmas” Kahone Concept – “Christmas, How I’ve Missed This” Joe…
When I recently was introduced to the music of Bird Streets, it immediately jumped out as something special. Described as running the gamut from claustrophobic folk, to anthemic indie pop, to punk rock freakouts – there’s something here for everyone. One song in particular has been living in my earholes since I first heard it,…
After one of the coolest moments of Musikfest this past year, and a killer set, we’re so excited to spend time with rockabilly blues man Kyle Lacy! Born and raised in Atlanta, based in NYC, this cat has the magical ability to transport an audience to the 1950s and experience rock-n-roll as it was taking…
A bunch of topics have been on my mind, and I wanted to talk about them with you all. Some of them are deep and that I wanted to ensure we got a musicians perspective on, so I reached out to my good friend George Hrab and he agreed to come on and banter with…
We were recently introduced to the infectious music of Nep and instantly knew we wanted to listen to more, and to hopefully bring her on the show. Multiple bangers later, here we are – right on the heels of the release of the brand new music on her debut full length release Noelle and right…