STREAMING AUDIO: WXPN's Songs in the Key of Philly

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STREAMING AUDIO: WXPN's Songs in the Key of Philly

POSTED: Tuesday, December 28, 2010, 5:00 PM

Filed Under: Critical Mass

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What particular kind of mood do you need to be in to fire up a playlist with absolutely no central theme other than varying degrees of connection to Philadelphia? Well, if Philly pride can be considered a mood, then I suppose that's the one. Otherwise, this streaming playlist (whose tracklisting can be found here) is less of a transcendental mix-tape and more of a nice community service project — a living monument dedicated to the past and present of Philly music. The playlist consists of many of our more popular home-grown acts over the decades, as well as out-of-towners who simply wrote about Philly (i.e. Springstein's "Streets of Philadelphia"). As I'm typing this, Bowie's Young Americans is starting up, which you may or may not have known was recorded at Philly's Sigma Sound Studios. I bet you don't remember The Stickmen: The '80s experimental funkmen from Philadelphia who pioneered the short-lived genre known as no-wave. These guys, as well as many less substance-abusing Philly musicians who might have been in danger of being forgotten by time, show up on this homage. So for any snowed-in audiophiles who want to pay tribute to your local music heritage, light some candles and plug in to Songs in the Key of Philly.

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