On Friday 5/8 at 10PM ET, Dr. Cosmo and “Nocturnal Transmissions” welcomes Philly pysch rockers Infinien!
“Atmospheric Philly cinema-rockers iNFiNieN — who blend piano, many-pedaled guitars, sitar, Arabic melodies, complex percussion, and cooing female vocals straight out of a Blonde Redhead album.” (Philadelphia Weekly)
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Join Marvin Rosen and Classical Discoveries Goes Avant Garde welcome Egyptian-born American composer Halim El-Dabh this Wednesday 5/13 at 11 AM ET.
Halim El-Dabh is University Professor Emeritus of African Ethnomusicology at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. He continues to teach African Cultural Expressions. He has conducted ethnomusicological research in the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, and Zaire. Within the African Diaspora, his research includes Brazil, Jamaica, and …

Earlier tonight, WPRB sponsored the The Pains of Being Pure At Heart and Zaza at The Barbary in Philadelphia, and we just got back from the long train ride back from Philly.

What a wonderful show! Before the show, we got to meet the band, who are so awesome and sweet (just like their music). WPRB bonded with Kip and Peggy of TPBPH over college radio. In fact, Kip grew up in Philly listening to …

On Friday 5/8 at 10PM ET, Dr. Cosmo and “Nocturnal Transmissions” welcome New Jersey’s own Deena!
Deena is Deena Shoshkes, the singer-songwriter who fronts the veteran Jersey power-pop group the Cucumbers. The sounds on Somewhere in Blue are a unique blend of new wave rockabilly, country and folk rock, filtered through Deena’s long-time indie pop sensibilities. Songs written with Tennessee-based lyricist David Graham (four of which appear on the CD) led Deena into country music, …

WPRB & R5 Productions are proud to present everyone’s favorite twee act THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART on Wednesday, May 6th at the Barbary (951 N Frankford Ave) in Philadelphia! This show is ALL-AGES and starts at 6:30PM!
It should come as no shock that we love The Pains… noisy brand of rock — and they love us too, it seems! Their self-titled debut for the Slumberland label has taken the country by …

Photo by Anthony Pepitone (via Wikipedia)
We’d be remiss if we didn’t mention that today is the 90th birthday of pioneering folk musician PETE SEEGER. His contributions to folk music (and popular music) are numerous, so here’s to taking a moment out of our day to wish him a Happy Birthday!
Allmusic’s Zac Johnson put it best: “Perhaps no single person in the 20th century has done more to preserve, broadcast, and re-distribute folk music than Pete …

WPRB’s Top 30, the endless cavalcade of hits heard on our airwaves, does not have seasonal allergies. Lucky bastard!
On Fridays you can always hear the best of the best during our Top Ten Show on at 5PM EDT! (Like the show? Become a fan on Facebook!)

WPRB 103.3 FM TOP 30 FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 1, 2009
1 KING KHAN AND THE SHRINES What …

FROM WPRB NEWS: WPRB’s “Discourse” program presents an interview with poet and musician Paul Muldoon on Friday, 5/1 at 7:30 ET and Sunday, 5/3 at 12:00pm ET.
A returning guest on “Discourse”, Muldoon focuses this time on the connections between his poetry and his music. Muldoon is the Howard G. B. Clark Professor and Chair of the Peter B. Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University. His collections include New Weather (1973), Meeting the …

Banish your case of the Mondays by answering a little poll for us!
As the Spring 2009 schedule comes to a close, we’d love to know what your favorites are on the current WPRB lineup.
You can vote for as many as you like and love, but act soon — this poll closes on Friday, May 8th at midnight!
Jump into the voting booth or see the poll results right after the cut!
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Eeep! According to Dr. Cosmo, Canadian Invasion won’t be performing this Friday night on WPRB after all:
Due to a last-minute conflict, Philadelphia popsters Canadian Invasion will be unable to perform on Nocturnal Transmissions this Friday, April 24. I am working with the band to reschedule their appearance and will let you know as soon as this occurs.
As such, it looks like it will simply be me spinnin’ ‘n’ grinnin’ during the program. Tune in and …