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Bruce Warren Bruce Warren is assistant general manager for programming of WXPN in Philadelphia and is the executive producer of World Café.

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Three For Your Weekend: Philadelphia

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Three For Your Weekend: Philadelphia

July 16, 2010 • WXPN Program Director Bruce Warren picks three not-to-be missed shows in his hometown this weekend.

First Listen: Josh Ritter, 'So Runs The World Away'

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First Listen: Josh Ritter, 'So Runs The World Away'

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April 25, 2010 • With each new album, the Oberlin-educated, Idaho-born singer-songwriter continues to develop his singular voice. So Runs the World Away, which can be heard here until its May 4 release date, defies categorization as much as it creates its own.

First Listen: Dr. Dog, 'Shame, Shame'

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First Listen: Dr. Dog, 'Shame, Shame'

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March 28, 2010 • The Philadelphia band Dr. Dog makes the sound of tomorrow's classic rock today. The group's latest album evokes the past while still sounding new, and features crafty guitar lines alongside Dr. Dog's signature piano sound. Hear Shame, Shame in its entirety a week prior to its release on April 6.

Exclusive First Listen: Norah Jones

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Exclusive First Listen: Norah Jones

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November 9, 2009 • Jones' new album, The Fall, maintains her jazzy, sultry sound while pushing into more contemporary pop territory. It's a different direction for the singer, but suitable for old fans and newcomers alike.

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Os Mutantes In Concert

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Os Mutantes In Concert

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October 9, 2009 • In the mid-'60s, when the youth culture was turning on to the psychedelic sounds of the decade, Os Mutantes' members were stirring up their own counterculture revolution in their native Brazil. Now, the band is back with its first new album in 35 years and a full-on U.S. tour. Hear a concert, recorded at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia.

Os Mutantes In Concert

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Exclusive First Listen: Yo La Tengo

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Exclusive First Listen: Yo La Tengo

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September 1, 2009 • One of America's most influential and captivating rock bands, Hoboken, N.J.'s Yo La Tengo celebrates its 25th anniversary with the release of Popular Songs, which continues the trio's tradition of balancing soft acoustic pop with dark, enthralling rock. Hear the album in its entirety here, for the week prior to its release on Sept. 8.

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Silky Strings and Girl-Group Rhythms

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January 11, 2008 • In "Maybe Tonight," Nicole Atkins' robust, sultry voice conveys vulnerability and confrontation, seemingly without effort. Imagine if Patsy Cline led The Shangri-Las, or if k.d. lang had been raised on Bruce Springsteen and '80s hair-metal instead of country music.

'Maybe Tonight' by Nicole Atkins

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Dead Confederate: The South Does It Again

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December 19, 2007 • Dead Confederate's "The Rat" opens with a throbbing guitar blast over tribal rhythms before settling into a seductive but riotous groove. Like Radiohead's "Creep" or U2's "Bullet the Blue Sky," the song builds and bursts with passion.

'The Rat' by Dead Confederate

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Best Music of 2007

The Top 10 Debuts of 2007, from WXPN

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December 19, 2007 • From French electronica and melancholy songwriters to worldly, eccentric indie-rock, here are 10 of this year's best debut albums, as chosen by Bruce Warren, executive producer of WXPN's World Cafe.

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A Joyous 'Trip' from Start to Finish

May 14, 2007 • Dr. Dog's "Worst Trip" combines classic rock with indie-pop and soul; its universal, accessible sound seems modern while recalling Todd Rundgren, The Band and The Kinks. Mostly, though, its captivating pop hooks and lush instrumentation lead back to the Beatles, and John Lennon in particular.

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A Compassionate Call to Come Back

April 27, 2007 • Much of the material on Lucinda Williams' West was inspired by the death of her mother, as well as a bitter breakup. The album's heartsick "Are You Alright?" functions as either a post-breakup lament or a tribute to a lost loved one, or possibly both.

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The Shangri-Las Meet The Supremes

April 17, 2007 • Amy Winehouse is a young Londoner who draws on the musical past while telling tales about love and ex-lovers. She combines '60s R&B and soul, blues and jazz. With a stack of black hair, an athletic trainer's body and a unique personal style, her look is as arresting as her subject matter.

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A Premature Proclamation of Hip-Hop's Demise

February 27, 2007 • It's audacious to declare the end of an entire musical subculture, and downright outrageous to do so when it's your musical subculture. With "Hip Hop Is Dead," Nas attempts to steer the genre in new directions while reasserting his status as one of its foremost personalities.

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A Rock Supergroup Gets Sublimely Mysterious

February 1, 2007 • An ominous track in a musical class of its own, "Herculean" is the product of an eccentric and sublime collection of talent, including members of Blur, Gnarls Barkley and The Clash. Though much of its membership finds its roots in rock, The Good, The Bad & The Queen opts for subtler ambience.

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Transcending Desire, Finding Desperation

January 24, 2007 • The tone of The Twilight Singers' "Live with Me" moves beyond that of a simple lover's plea: Over an ominous slide guitar, washes of electric guitars and a pulsing backbeat, the vibe gets pushed into ever more unnerving territory, thanks to two great singers who know their way around it.

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