WXPN to showcase Americana Radio Hour launching this Sunday, September 9
Philadelphia public radio station WXPN 88.5 FM will launch a new weekly music program featuring Americana music starting this Sunday, September 9. Hosted and programmed by WXPN Music Director Dan Reed, the new Americana Radio Hour program will feature the best of Americana music every Sunday from 3 to 4 p.m. Encompassing alt-country, country classics, folk, bluegrass, and singer-songwriters, the Americana Music Hour will include roots music that helped create the genre of Americana, and the new artists that continue to stretch its broad scope.
According to Bruce Warren, WXPN’s Associate General Manager for Programming, “WXPN has regularly featured Americana artists in its mix; favorites such as Wilco, Margo Price, Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton, Mavis Staples, Bonnie Raitt, Lucinda Williams, Lyle Lovett, Jim Lauderdale, Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile, John Prine, and new groups like The War and Treaty, Courtney Marie Andrews, Cordovas, and Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real. With the Americana Music Hour, we’ll be able to dig a little deeper and more broadly into the genre.”
With the addition of Americana Music Hour, the Nick Spitzer-hosted American Routes will move to Sundays at 4 p.m. ET, and Sound Opinions with Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis will move to Tuesday nights at 10 p.m. ET.
The new Americana Radio Hour is being launched as WXPN and its nationally-syndicated daily music program World Cafe head to Nashville for the annual Americana Music Festival & Conference, taking place September 11-16. A collaboration with WMOT/Nashville and NPR Music will present the inaugural AmericanaFest Day Stage, featuring five days of live performances from The Local venue that will be broadcast live on WMOT and webcast on VuHaus.com and on World Cafe/NPR Music. The full schedule is below (all Central Time):
According to Bruce Warren, WXPN’s Associate General Manager for Programming, “WXPN has regularly featured Americana artists in its mix; favorites such as Wilco, Margo Price, Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton, Mavis Staples, Bonnie Raitt, Lucinda Williams, Lyle Lovett, Jim Lauderdale, Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile, John Prine, and new groups like The War and Treaty, Courtney Marie Andrews, Cordovas, and Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real. With the Americana Music Hour, we’ll be able to dig a little deeper and more broadly into the genre.”
With the addition of Americana Music Hour, the Nick Spitzer-hosted American Routes will move to Sundays at 4 p.m. ET, and Sound Opinions with Greg Kot and Jim DeRogatis will move to Tuesday nights at 10 p.m. ET.
The new Americana Radio Hour is being launched as WXPN and its nationally-syndicated daily music program World Cafe head to Nashville for the annual Americana Music Festival & Conference, taking place September 11-16. A collaboration with WMOT/Nashville and NPR Music will present the inaugural AmericanaFest Day Stage, featuring five days of live performances from The Local venue that will be broadcast live on WMOT and webcast on VuHaus.com and on World Cafe/NPR Music. The full schedule is below (all Central Time):
Tuesday 9/11
12:00 Will Hoge 1:00 Ruston Kelly 2:00 Accidentals 3:00 Black Lillies 4:00 Paul Thorn 5:00 Nicki Bluhm 6:00 Mike Farris Wednesday 9/12 12:00 Amy Helm 1:00 The War and Treaty 2:00 Shemekia Copeland |
Thursday 9/13
12:00 Asleep At The Wheel 1:00 Paul Cauthen 2:00 Sam Morrow 3:00 Earls of Leicester 4:00 Whitehorse 5:00 Alejandro Escovedo Friday 9/14 2:00 Richard Thompson 3:00 Milk Carton Kids 4:00 Tommy Emmanuel 5:00 New Reveille Saturday 9/15 12:00 Jackie Greene 1:00 Phil Cook 2:00 Kathy Mattea 3:00 Rev Peyton’s Big Damn Band 4:00 Band of Heathens 5:00 Cordovas |
On Wednesday evening at 6:30 p.m. CT, NPR Music and World Cafe will also webcast the Americana Music Honors & Awards ceremony live from the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Buddy Miller will return to lead an all-star house band, and among the artists attending will be honorees Rosanne Cash, Buddy Guy, k.d. lang, and Irma Thomas. For more information, visit WXPN 88.5
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