Philadelphia's WXPN Series: Unsung Favorites
Neglected classics. The songs that got away. Lost gems. Buried gems.
The greatest movies of all time, the top albums of the 20th century, the finest books of the year; the media certainly generate enough of them. Usually it feels like a stamp of honor to see your favorite book, movie or song right up there with a trusted critic's. But it can also feel frustrating to champion a work others ignore or overlook.
XPN presents Unsung Favorites. We pay tribute to an underrated song or album - a work that didn't top charts; earn a Grammy or otherwise endure.
XPN hosts and producers weigh in on their personal Unsung Favorites. We will also introduce you to new works and revive forgotten gems. Don't expect to hear "Born in the USA," but that doesn't mean we won't give The Boss any air-time.
XPN Music Director and radio host Dan Reed muses about the iconoclastic New York singer-songwriter PALEFACE and his self-titled major label debut release (Polydor Records, 1991)
Audio clip of feature about PALEFACE, with music:
http://www.xpn.org/mp3/unsung/dan-reed-paleface.mp3Link to feature:
http://www.xpn.org/music-artist/unsung-favorites-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PALEFACE recently performed at Non-Comm, a Triple A Radio station convention and live music showcase held in Philadelphia PA, and hosted by WXPN Radio Station & World Cafe Live. Other performers included Elvis Perkins, Delta Spirit, Pete Yorn, Black Joe Lewis, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Heartless Bastards and The Avett Brothers, among a others.
On Thurs July 2nd Philadelphia's
WXPN (88.5FM Radio) aired a live PALEFACE Interview on their show "
Afternoons With Dan Reed", playing tracks from
PALEFACE's new release The Show Is On The Road, Ramseur Records 2009.
