Absolute Mastery: Béla Fleck’s Christmas Set (WXPN’s The Night Before 2025)
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Absolute Mastery: Béla Fleck's Christmas Set (WXPN's The Night Before 2025)
My search for some different Christmas music turned this up just in time. A gorgeous set of integrated standards, some you may recognize, some that are cleverly rearranged and reharmonized. A brillian...
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December 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Absolute Mastery: Béla Fleck’s Christmas Set (WXPN’s The Night Before 2025)
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Absolute Mastery: Béla Fleck’s Christmas Set (WXPN’s The Night Before 2025)
My search for some different Christmas music turned this up just in time. A gorgeous set of integrated standards, some you may recognize, some that are cleverly rearranged and reharmonized. A brilliant performance. ** Music Discovery Starts Here **
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December 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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1/2 This news both closes the year and opens a new one: the album Mourners has landed at #4 on Raina Douris & WXPN’s list of the best albums in the world 🖤
December 23, 2025 at 11:17 AM
1/2 This news both closes the year and opens a new one: the album Mourners has landed at #4 on Raina Douris & WXPN’s list of the best albums in the world 🖤
Now that WXPN's annual listener-voted-on music countdown is over, I plan to go back to my very occasional posting (for those of you who follow me for other reasons and have been mystified by the volume of posts about cover songs this past week). 🙂
December 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Now that WXPN's annual listener-voted-on music countdown is over, I plan to go back to my very occasional posting (for those of you who follow me for other reasons and have been mystified by the volume of posts about cover songs this past week). 🙂
May I recommend listening to WXPN's The night Before on Christmas Eve. It will wrap up at Midnight on the Eve and usually includes Aretha's exquisite rendition of Silent Night. It's a perfect ending of a precious day.
December 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
May I recommend listening to WXPN's The night Before on Christmas Eve. It will wrap up at Midnight on the Eve and usually includes Aretha's exquisite rendition of Silent Night. It's a perfect ending of a precious day.
Quoting Raina Douris' sister: "WXPN's Countdown is on...the dog can wait" 😁
December 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Quoting Raina Douris' sister: "WXPN's Countdown is on...the dog can wait" 😁
Allowing this is a fascinating call. I agree with it, just it's giving me a delightful frisson of genre dissonance.
December 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Allowing this is a fascinating call. I agree with it, just it's giving me a delightful frisson of genre dissonance.
Ugh, forgot about WXPN's 885 [thing in a category] that's always in early December, and today's the last day. This year: cover songs!
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Ugh, forgot about WXPN's 885 [thing in a category] that's always in early December, and today's the last day. This year: cover songs!
#xpncountdown I'm gonna assume this is a typo, but I would love to think somehow a song originally from the Norman Conquest made it onto the list
December 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
#xpncountdown I'm gonna assume this is a typo, but I would love to think somehow a song originally from the Norman Conquest made it onto the list
WXPN's countdowns rule!
hey bluesky people of earth. if you dig cover songs, then @wxpnfm.bsky.social is the place to be. #XPNcountdown. this is a not so shameless promotional plug.
December 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
WXPN's countdowns rule!
My number 1 on my list - Annie Lennox’s cover of Bob Marley’s “Waiting in Vain” was just played - # on wxpn’s top 885 cover list. Much Too Soon! #WXPNcountdown
December 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
My number 1 on my list - Annie Lennox’s cover of Bob Marley’s “Waiting in Vain” was just played - # on wxpn’s top 885 cover list. Much Too Soon! #WXPNcountdown
[Antonio Banderas reaction gif] #xpncountdown
December 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
[Antonio Banderas reaction gif] #xpncountdown
Love how the peculiarities of the cover songs prompt leads to an #xpncountdown block of a few of the most beloved songs in pop history sandwiching the Limp Bizkit "Faith." The kind of ordered chaos all radio countdowns should strive for.
December 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Love how the peculiarities of the cover songs prompt leads to an #xpncountdown block of a few of the most beloved songs in pop history sandwiching the Limp Bizkit "Faith." The kind of ordered chaos all radio countdowns should strive for.
FTR David Bowie should really be in first place right now on the most-played artists on #xpncountdown but it looks like the automated rankings don't count either "Little Drummer Boy" or "Dancing in the Street" towards his tally because they're duets.
December 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
FTR David Bowie should really be in first place right now on the most-played artists on #xpncountdown but it looks like the automated rankings don't count either "Little Drummer Boy" or "Dancing in the Street" towards his tally because they're duets.
Cover Me featured in WXPN's epic countdown of the 885 greatest covers of all time!
@wxpnfm.bsky.social #XPNCountdown
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December 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Cover Me featured in WXPN's epic countdown of the 885 greatest covers of all time!
@wxpnfm.bsky.social #XPNCountdown
@wxpnfm.bsky.social #XPNCountdown
This is a wild wrong image here. #XPNCountdown
December 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This is a wild wrong image here. #XPNCountdown
1991 on WXPN's through the years weekend is a trip already! I am loving it! Primal Scream! "Come Together!"
November 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
1991 on WXPN's through the years weekend is a trip already! I am loving it! Primal Scream! "Come Together!"
885 Greatest Cover Songs Countdown - WXPN | Vinyl At Heart
Voting is closed Thanks for voting! You showed up in record numbers with tens of thousands of cover songs submitted. We’re tallying them all up now. What’s next Check back soon for updates as we sort,...
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November 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Here is WXPN’s ENTIRE ASS
Sorry Brian, we don't have someone monitoring 24-7. Thanks for letting us know. The pros and cons of using AI are complicated and the 299 characters aren't anywhere near enough to have a thoughtful conversation about it. (1)
November 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Here is WXPN’s ENTIRE ASS
1 /2
Last day to vote for WXPN's Greatest Cover Versions of all-time. Here's my list. The countdown begins December 4th.
Mamas & Papas - I Call Your Name
Beatles - Please Mr. Postman
Chicago Transit Authority - I'm a Man
Joan Baez - Simple Twist of Fate
Black 47 - 3 Little Birds
Last day to vote for WXPN's Greatest Cover Versions of all-time. Here's my list. The countdown begins December 4th.
Mamas & Papas - I Call Your Name
Beatles - Please Mr. Postman
Chicago Transit Authority - I'm a Man
Joan Baez - Simple Twist of Fate
Black 47 - 3 Little Birds
October 31, 2025 at 6:10 PM
1 /2
Last day to vote for WXPN's Greatest Cover Versions of all-time. Here's my list. The countdown begins December 4th.
Mamas & Papas - I Call Your Name
Beatles - Please Mr. Postman
Chicago Transit Authority - I'm a Man
Joan Baez - Simple Twist of Fate
Black 47 - 3 Little Birds
Last day to vote for WXPN's Greatest Cover Versions of all-time. Here's my list. The countdown begins December 4th.
Mamas & Papas - I Call Your Name
Beatles - Please Mr. Postman
Chicago Transit Authority - I'm a Man
Joan Baez - Simple Twist of Fate
Black 47 - 3 Little Birds
Am I allowed to sue @wxpnfm.bsky.social for whiplash? What about emotional distress for reminding me how the Phillies season ended?
October 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Am I allowed to sue @wxpnfm.bsky.social for whiplash? What about emotional distress for reminding me how the Phillies season ended?
I have to admit something embarrassing. I was looking at WXPN's host/staff top 10 cover song lists. I kept seeing Charles Bradley 'Changes' & I had to look up who the original was by and... d'oh! Like, I was never a huge Sabbath fan, but I know both versions! I just never put it together!🤦♀️
a girl is sitting on the floor holding a cardboard box .
Alt: a girl is sitting on the floor holding a cardboard box . She puts the box over her head, perhaps out of shame. Perhaps she just likes the darkness. No one can know.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I have to admit something embarrassing. I was looking at WXPN's host/staff top 10 cover song lists. I kept seeing Charles Bradley 'Changes' & I had to look up who the original was by and... d'oh! Like, I was never a huge Sabbath fan, but I know both versions! I just never put it together!🤦♀️