XPN welcomes Charles Bradley to Union Transfer tonight.  The “Screaming Eagle of Soul” entertained the crowd during a recent Free at Noon performance with his exuberant showmanship and knock-out funk / R&B songs.  Following up his 2011 full-length debut, the 64-year-old crooner released Victim of Love earlier this year.  Tickets and information for tonight’s show with Paul & the Tall Trees can be found here.  Watch the former James Brown impersonator perform “Why Is It So Hard?” live on the Public Radio Rocks stage at SXSW below.

Morning River Band celebrate the debut of their new album at MilkBoy tonight.  The Philadelphia-based country group recorded To Suzie at Gradwell House in New Jersey and will release it on May 21st as the follow-up to 2011′s Between the Ocean and the Blues.  Tickets and information for tonight’s 21+ release show with The Miners and John Train can be found here.  Stream “Lefty’s Last Blues” below and check out their Folkadelphia session here.

XPN welcomes Mary Chapin Carpenter to the Keswick Theatre tonight.  With her long-time friend and cohort Shawn Colvin by her side, Carpenter continues to tour in support of her 2012 LP Ashes and Roses.  The singer-songwriter made a name for herself with a string of of successful country / folk crossover records in the nineties and five Grammy Awards over the course of her career, resulting in her induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame last October.  Tickets and information for tonight’s show can be found here.  Below, watch a performance of “Chasing What’s Already Gone.”

MAD Dragon Records caps off its 10th anniversary festivities with a show at The Trocadero tonight.  The Drexel University label has been celebrating all week with block parties, free live music and a special 10th anniversary compilation featuring bands that will be performing at tonight’s event.  Among those scheduled are Cheers Elephant, Wild Rompit and Matt Duke.  Tickets and information for the 18+ concert can be found here.  Check out the compilation here and watch Cheers Elephant’s video for “Doin’ It, Right” below.

The label will also be releasing a 10th Anniversary compilations of previously released and unreleased material from bands that have recorded for the label. The CD will be distributed at the show and will be made available for sale following the concert. Track listing below:

MDR 10th Anniversary Compilation
1. Hoots & Hellmouth- You & All of Us (from the Holy Open Secret)
2. Matt Duke- Tidal Waves (from Winter Child)
3. Andrew Lipke & The Prospects- Get It Over With (from Motherpearl & Dynamite)
4. Kuf Knotz- Fame Us (from Boombox Generation)
5. The Redwalls – Modern Diet (from The Redwalls)
6. Motion City Soundtrack- Severance (from Making Moves)
7. A Great Big Pile of Leaves- Writing Utensils (from Making Moves)
8. Goldrush- Settle Down (from Making Moves)
9. The Skies Revolt- For Your Health (from Making Moves)
10. The Company We Keep- Right/Wrong (from Making Moves)
11. The Swimmers – Hundred Hearts (from People Are Soft)
12. Toy Soldiers – Throw Me Down (from Whisper Down the Lane)
13. Trisha O’Keefe- Never Enough (from Star Burns Brightest)
14. Jules Shear- Used To It (from Dreams Don’t Count)

Bonus Tracks – New Tracks – Previously Unreleased by MAD Dragon Artists
15. Hoots & Hellmouth- Off to Sea (previously unreleased)
16. Kuf Knotz- Runnin’ (previously unreleased)
17. Matt Duke- Dead Meat (previously unreleased)
18. Andrew Lipke- The Old Man and the Sea (previously unreleased)
19. Andrew Gray- Take It Easy (previously unreleased)
20. Sean Hoots- Boy of Leaf (previously unreleased)

Folk / pop singer-songwriter Josh Rouse performs at World Cafe Live tonight.  The Nebraska native, who now lives in Spain, is touring behind his recent The Happiness Waltz release.  Throughout his career, Rouse has perfected an up-tempo-but-hushed sound that makes his recordings both inviting and intimate.  Waltz returns Rouse to his English language roots after 2010′s bi-lingual El Turista effort.  Tickets and information for tonight’s show with Eleni Mandell can be found here.  Below, watch his new film noir inspired video for “Julie (Come Out of the Rain).”

Les Claypool brings his Duo de Twang to The TLA tonight. Fitting in a handful of dates before he heads out on tour with his main band Primus, Duo de Twang features Claypool and guitarist Marc Haggard in an intimate, unplugged set-up.  According to a review of a Duo de Twang show in Los Angeles, the set-list for the evening includes a mix of Primus favorites, original material and some covers as well as a significant amount of banter and story telling.  Tickets and information for tonight’s show can be found here.  Below, watch the Duo (in this instance Claypool and Chris Robinson) perform “Battle of New Orleans.”

Experimental DJ Flying Lotus headlines Union Transfer tonight.  The Los Angeles-based musician / producer (real name Steven Ellison) has an impressive musical pedigree – Alice Coltrane was a great-aunt and Ravi Coltrane counts Ellison as one of his cousins – but he’s forged his own path in the electronica / hip hop world over the course of four studio efforts.  Most recently, Ellison released his 2012 Warp Records LP Until the Quiet Comes, on which he showed his ability to cross genres and blend concepts with transcendent results.  Tickets and information for the show with Teebs and Thundercat can be found here.  Watch Flying Lotus’ short film for “Until the Quiet Comes” below.

XPN welcomes Matt Duke to the Tin Angel.  The New Jersey native continues to tour behind his recent Love On a Major Scale EP, which hit #6 on the iTunes singer-songwriter chart last December.  Duke has been hitting the stage hard up and down the east coast lately, and this June he’ll be heading down to the Outer Banks for Pat McGee’s Down the Hatch OBX event after getting back into the studio this spring.  Tonight’s concert will feature opening sets by Matt Santry and Zach Hurd; tickets and information can be found here.  Below, watch Duke perform “The Eyes” at World Cafe Live and download the song for free here.

New York’s Dull Edges headline Kung Fu Necktie tonight.  While staying true to their lo-fi, drone roots, Dull Edges cross-over into melodic psych-rock in an epic way on 2012′s Half Shattered.  The Deli-NYC describes the album-oriented drone record as “built for anyone looking to escape Earth’s orbit by amp wattage alone” and it’s a safe bet the wall of sound will be thick when they play alongside Sic Bacchus and Living in Error tonight.  Tickets and information for the 21+ show can be found here.  Below, stream “Washed Out” from Half Shattered.

• The Eyesby Matt Duke, from Love on a Major ScaleDownload

Public Enemy hits the stage with Whodini tonight at the Liacouras Center. Flavor Flav, Professor Griff and the rest of the hip-hop collective are touring in support of their latest album, The Evil Empire of Everything, which was released in conjunction with Most of My Heroes Still Don’t Appear On No Stamp, released earlier this year. Whodini, who haven’t released an album since 1996′s Six, hold authority as pioneers of the hip-hop realm, having been the first rap act to tour in Europe. Tickets for tonight’s show can be found here; the show starts at 7:30. Below, watch Public Enemy’s 1990 hit “Fight the Power.”

XPN Welcomes folk singer Arlo Guthrie to the Scottish Rite Theatre in Collingswood tonight. Guthrie, whose politically-themed songs have carried his career for nearly half a century, was born into a family of other folk artists, being the son of the renowned late Woody Guthrie and protege of his father’s friends, Pete Seeger and “Ramblin’” Jack Elliott. Tickets and information for the all-ages performance this evening can be found here. Below, watch Guthrie perform “Amazing Grace.”

XPN Welcomes Matt Duke to Steel City Coffeehouse tonight. The New Jersey singer-songwriter is touring supporting the release of his latest EP, Love On a Major Scale. You can listen to a single, “The Eyes,” from Love On A Major Scale here, and tickets for tonight’s all-ages performance can be found here. Below, watch Duke and Tony Lucca cover “99 Problems.”

British rockers Graham Parker & The Rumour will be performing at Theatre of the Living Arts this evening as part of their reunion tour. Last week the band released their first record in 31 years, Three Chords Good, which has been received well among critics and fans alike. Tonight’s all-ages show begins at 8 p.m.; go here for tickets. Below, watch Graham Parker & The Rumour perform the title track from 1977′s Stick To Me. 

• Tourist Trapsby Seamus Browning from [demo] 2.0 Download

1. Amos Lee, Mission Bell (Blue Note Records)

2. Matt Duke, One Day Die (Rykodisc) Listen to Matt Duke’s Key Studio Session

3. Hoots And Hellmouth, Salt (self-released)

4. Andrew Lipke, The Plague (self-released) Listen to Andrew Lipke’s Key Studio Session

5. Dana Alexandra, Wash Your Mouth Out (self-released)

Matt Duke performing at the 2011 XPoNential Music Festival

Today, during the noon hour, Helen Leicht will have local singer-songwriter Matt Duke in the studio for a live interview and performance. Click here to watch online.

You can listen Duke’s performance at this year’s XPoNential Festival here. Earlier this year, he came into the WXPN studio to record a Key Studio Session, which you can find here; he also appears on our new Key Studio Sessions 2011 XPoNential Music Festival Sampler (which also features exclusive tracks by Johnny Miles And The Waywards, Nicos Gun, Kuf Knotz, and Andrew Lipke).