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Indie rock singer/songwriter Bartees Strange has already made a major splash in the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection this year, with an April show supporting Car Seat Headrest at Franklin Music Hall and a September appearance at WXPN’s XPoNential Music Festival in Camden.  However, the DC-based musician...

Although Americana singer/songwriter Michaela Anne calls Nashville home, she certainly has a special place in her heart for the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection.  When we last spoke, in November of 2019, just prior to her headlining show at MilkBoy, she told me that her recent sold-out...

The last time Sierra Ferrell played World Café Live she played to a sparse, still-filtering-in crowd as support for Parker Millsap in July of 2019.  However, last year the West Virginia-bred, Nashville-based Americana singer/songwriter played a rousing afternoon set at WXPN’s XPoNential Music Festival, in addition to a virtual...

“I had the greatest thing in the world that could ever happen to me happen.  Elton John somehow came across my new record and called me up and asked if he could play piano on my next record,” Aaron Lee Tasjan tells me, laughing, after asking him if he’s...

Andrea von Kampen should be your next folk obsession!  (Our friends The Ballroom Thieves and WXPN’s Bruce Warren are already fans!)  Earlier this month, the Nebraska-based singer/songwriter released the whimsically woodsy That Spell (courtesy of Fantasy Records), the follow-up to her debut LP, 2019’s Old Country.  The songs found...

Although the touring season is basically done, there are still a handful of shows set for the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection before the official start of this holiday season that I would recommend checking out.  Perhaps most-worth checking out is Nashville-based Americana songstress Michaela Anne, who...

Although we’re really not fans of waking up in the AM, it just might be worth it this Friday when our good friends, Pure Bathing Culture, play World Café Live and XPN’s weekly Free at Noon series.  Pure Bathing Culture are a Portland duo, comprised of Sarah Versprille and...

Last Friday it was announced that indie rock singer/songstress Mitski had officially, prematurely, sold out every single date of her US tour behind her fifth and latest LP, Be The Cowboy.  That tour kicks off tonight at our very own Union Transfer, where she will return next month for...