WXPN, Weathervane Music Organization To Collaborate To Showcase Philly's Independent Musicians

WXPN and Weathervane Music Organization, two Philadelphia-based non-profit organizations, will announce a collaborative project to showcase and foster independent musicians at a special launch event. The project will create a new model to support and promote independent music by providing production, marketing and distribution capabilities to artists that would normally not receive attention from for-profit record labels. This project will feature 15-20 artists over the next two years, a portion of which will come from the Philadelphia region.

Event highlights will include:

• Announcement of first three participating artists
• Remarks from WXPN and Weathervane representatives and various musicians
• Collaboration name and logo reveal
• Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten video montage reveal (For a preview of the Sharon Van Etten montage, please visit http://vimeo.com/8865918)
• Live performance by Sharon Van Etten (2:45 p.m.)

This event will be broadcast online via a live webcast at www.XPN.org.

WHO:

• Roger LaMay, WXPN General Manager
• Brian McTear, Weathervane Executive Director
• Bruce Warren, WXPN Assistant GM for Programming
• Daniel Smith (of Danielson)
• Sharon Van Etten

WHEN: Tuesday, January 26 @ 2:00 p.m.

WHERE: World Cafe Live Upstairs
3025 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

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