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Each day this week The Key posted a love song from a local musician as part of the With Love, From WXPN Philly Local sampler.  Now that the big day is just one sunset away, you can stream and download the Valentines’ Day compilation in its entirety, curated by XPN Philly Local host Helen Leicht.  The local music sampler features eight contributions from area bands including tracks by The Hooters, Juston Stens & Jessica Lea Mayfield and Kingsfoil.  Get in the Valentine’s Day groove by listening to the full set below, and then head over to XPN’s Soundcloud to get your free download.

To continue Helen Leicht’s Valentine’s Day countdown, we’re bringing you “Amore” by The Hooters.  Each day until Valentine’s Day, we’ll post a new track from our With Love from WXPN playlist, courtesy of XPN Philly Local’s Helen Leicht.  In compiling a list of love songs we love from Philly locals, it was clear that the playlist would have been incomplete without “Amore” by the Hooters, it’s arguable that “Amore” is one of the biggest love songs to come out of the City of Brotherly Love. Frontman Eric Bazilian performs a solo set at Steel City Coffeehouse this Saturday, February 9th.

Yesterday, we brought you Joe D’Amico’s “Where Does the Time Go.” Today, we’ve got “Fearless” by Jesse Ruben. What’s the occasion? Valentine’s Day is coming up and one thing Helen Leicht loves more than the Philadelphia music scene is XPN’s listeners. You can check out the entire compilation here. Today’s featured track showcases Jesse Ruben, a 23-year-old Philly native who’s already put out two critically acclaimed albums. His music has received a fair amount of nontraditional praise, as well. A song of Ruben’s, “We Can,” was recently adopted as the theme song for a school district in Canada. Stream his track “Fearless” below and check back tomorrow when we continue our countdown to Valentine’s Day.