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Tonight! Join @djrobertdrake.bsky.social for his 33rd annual 24-hour nonstop live takeover of XPN for The Night Before from midnight to midnight. Listen live worldwide, watch it all on the JingleCam. They even have the quad speakers set up on the North Pole! Listen/watch here:
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December 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Tonight! Join @djrobertdrake.bsky.social for his 33rd annual 24-hour nonstop live takeover of XPN for The Night Before from midnight to midnight. Listen live worldwide, watch it all on the JingleCam. They even have the quad speakers set up on the North Pole! Listen/watch here:
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What albums have excited us this year? Here's a best albums of 2025 list from Mike V. You can see a complete list of best-of lps from all of our hosts here: xpn.org/wxpn-hosts-t...
December 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What albums have excited us this year? Here's a best albums of 2025 list from Mike V. You can see a complete list of best-of lps from all of our hosts here: xpn.org/wxpn-hosts-t...
Morning show host @kristenkurtis.bsky.social has some great albums on her best of 2025 list. Check out all the hosts' lists here: xpn.org/wxpn-hosts-t...
December 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Morning show host @kristenkurtis.bsky.social has some great albums on her best of 2025 list. Check out all the hosts' lists here: xpn.org/wxpn-hosts-t...
There were a lot of great records that came out in 2025. Here's Dan Reed's best of list - and here's a complete list of our host's picks. What were some of you faves/best-ofs from this year?
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December 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
There were a lot of great records that came out in 2025. Here's Dan Reed's best of list - and here's a complete list of our host's picks. What were some of you faves/best-ofs from this year?
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10 days and counting - and we've got a special Night Before The Night Before on Tues 12/23 starting at 8pm - w/ @djrobertdrake.bsky.social
#XPNTNB
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#XPNTNB
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December 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
10 days and counting - and we've got a special Night Before The Night Before on Tues 12/23 starting at 8pm - w/ @djrobertdrake.bsky.social
#XPNTNB
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#XPNTNB
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That's a wrap for the 885 Greatest Cover Songs #XPNcountdown as voted on by you. Thanks for taking this musical journey with us. Here's the home base for the complete list, all the stats, articles about cover songs & archives to listen to all the hours of the countdown. xpn.org/885-countdown/
December 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
That's a wrap for the 885 Greatest Cover Songs #XPNcountdown as voted on by you. Thanks for taking this musical journey with us. Here's the home base for the complete list, all the stats, articles about cover songs & archives to listen to all the hours of the countdown. xpn.org/885-countdown/
XPN fam, let us introduce your no. 1 song on the 885 Greatest Cover Songs... "All Along the Watchtower" by the late-great Jimi Hendrix!!! #XPNCountdown
December 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
XPN fam, let us introduce your no. 1 song on the 885 Greatest Cover Songs... "All Along the Watchtower" by the late-great Jimi Hendrix!!! #XPNCountdown
The same studio band that backed Boz Scaggs on song #251, "Loan Me A Dime" is back again! This time, on song #75, Wilson "Wicked" Pickett's cover of "Hey Jude," he's got the Muscle Shoals Rhythm section and Duane Allman on guitar backing him.
December 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The same studio band that backed Boz Scaggs on song #251, "Loan Me A Dime" is back again! This time, on song #75, Wilson "Wicked" Pickett's cover of "Hey Jude," he's got the Muscle Shoals Rhythm section and Duane Allman on guitar backing him.
If you need a Countdown Doctor note from us - ya know, to call out sick, or dip out of a meeting early, or cancel one or whatever so you can listen to the #XPNCountdown, here ya go.
December 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
If you need a Countdown Doctor note from us - ya know, to call out sick, or dip out of a meeting early, or cancel one or whatever so you can listen to the #XPNCountdown, here ya go.
This is happening. The #xpncountdown final day.
Let’s go! @kristenkurtis.bsky.social picks it up at 8am.
Let’s go! @kristenkurtis.bsky.social picks it up at 8am.
December 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This is happening. The #xpncountdown final day.
Let’s go! @kristenkurtis.bsky.social picks it up at 8am.
Let’s go! @kristenkurtis.bsky.social picks it up at 8am.
From the desk of Eric Schuman, Music Detective (retired):
The 885 Greatest Cover Songs #XPNCountdown is in full swing! Have you checked out the stats or taken the cover quiz yet? Take a listen, you may even have a cover discovery! Enjoy the #XPNCountdown gumshoes!
The 885 Greatest Cover Songs #XPNCountdown is in full swing! Have you checked out the stats or taken the cover quiz yet? Take a listen, you may even have a cover discovery! Enjoy the #XPNCountdown gumshoes!
December 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
From the desk of Eric Schuman, Music Detective (retired):
The 885 Greatest Cover Songs #XPNCountdown is in full swing! Have you checked out the stats or taken the cover quiz yet? Take a listen, you may even have a cover discovery! Enjoy the #XPNCountdown gumshoes!
The 885 Greatest Cover Songs #XPNCountdown is in full swing! Have you checked out the stats or taken the cover quiz yet? Take a listen, you may even have a cover discovery! Enjoy the #XPNCountdown gumshoes!
Get ready cause here we come! Day 7 of the #XPNCountdown is minutes away, as @kristenkurtis.bsky.social plays song #255. Reminder that the countdown goes until 7pm tonight.
December 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Get ready cause here we come! Day 7 of the #XPNCountdown is minutes away, as @kristenkurtis.bsky.social plays song #255. Reminder that the countdown goes until 7pm tonight.
In case you missed it - our web team added a search function to the #xpncountdown playlist.
December 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In case you missed it - our web team added a search function to the #xpncountdown playlist.
Good morning Countdowners! it's day six of the countdown and we're ready to rock song #392. Schedule change: We're going to 7pm tonight - we got an extra hour of the countdown!!!
Happy listening.
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Happy listening.
xpn.org/885-countdown/
December 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Good morning Countdowners! it's day six of the countdown and we're ready to rock song #392. Schedule change: We're going to 7pm tonight - we got an extra hour of the countdown!!!
Happy listening.
xpn.org/885-countdown/
Happy listening.
xpn.org/885-countdown/
That's a wrap on #XPNCountdown day 4 with #511, a cover of "A Groovy Kind of Love" by Phil Collins. We pick it up again tomorrow w/ @kristenkurtis.bsky.social at 8AM & we crossover into the 400's! Thanks for listening. Hope your favorite covers have been played and made the list so far.
December 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
That's a wrap on #XPNCountdown day 4 with #511, a cover of "A Groovy Kind of Love" by Phil Collins. We pick it up again tomorrow w/ @kristenkurtis.bsky.social at 8AM & we crossover into the 400's! Thanks for listening. Hope your favorite covers have been played and made the list so far.
This is the second cover of Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song” in the #xpncountdown. This cover (#550) is Johnny Cash featuring Joe Strummer of the Clash. The other one was by Joe Strummer himself (#623).
December 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This is the second cover of Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song” in the #xpncountdown. This cover (#550) is Johnny Cash featuring Joe Strummer of the Clash. The other one was by Joe Strummer himself (#623).
Meet the man who tracks cover songs for a living, Ray Padgett. Since 2007, he’s logged thousands of covers for his project 'Cover Me.' According to Padgett, a “great cover” isn’t just a copy; it must have a change in vibe, genre, or energy, making the song feel like something new. #XPNCountdown
December 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Meet the man who tracks cover songs for a living, Ray Padgett. Since 2007, he’s logged thousands of covers for his project 'Cover Me.' According to Padgett, a “great cover” isn’t just a copy; it must have a change in vibe, genre, or energy, making the song feel like something new. #XPNCountdown
Did you miss us?! We’re backkkkkkk!!!!
Day four kicks off with Willie Nelson’s cover of “Rainbow Connection” at no. 596! We’re counting down until 5 PM ET today! #XPNCountdown
Tike to lock in: xpn.org/885-countdown/
Day four kicks off with Willie Nelson’s cover of “Rainbow Connection” at no. 596! We’re counting down until 5 PM ET today! #XPNCountdown
Tike to lock in: xpn.org/885-countdown/
December 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Did you miss us?! We’re backkkkkkk!!!!
Day four kicks off with Willie Nelson’s cover of “Rainbow Connection” at no. 596! We’re counting down until 5 PM ET today! #XPNCountdown
Tike to lock in: xpn.org/885-countdown/
Day four kicks off with Willie Nelson’s cover of “Rainbow Connection” at no. 596! We’re counting down until 5 PM ET today! #XPNCountdown
Tike to lock in: xpn.org/885-countdown/
From JAY-Z opening a show with a few bars of “Wonderwall” before launching into “99 Problems,” to Madonna weaving a chorus of "Born This Way" into her performance of "Express Yourself," artists have used covers as clap-backs, or bold commentary.
Music can speak VOLUMES. #XPNCountdown
Music can speak VOLUMES. #XPNCountdown
December 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
From JAY-Z opening a show with a few bars of “Wonderwall” before launching into “99 Problems,” to Madonna weaving a chorus of "Born This Way" into her performance of "Express Yourself," artists have used covers as clap-backs, or bold commentary.
Music can speak VOLUMES. #XPNCountdown
Music can speak VOLUMES. #XPNCountdown
December 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Good morning Countdowners! Kristen is rocking song #756 - a cover of "California Dreaming" by a solo album by Parliament-Funkadelic guitarist and singer Eddie Hazel and we'll go until 4pm today. Did you have any surprises from yesterday? #XPNCountdown
December 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Good morning Countdowners! Kristen is rocking song #756 - a cover of "California Dreaming" by a solo album by Parliament-Funkadelic guitarist and singer Eddie Hazel and we'll go until 4pm today. Did you have any surprises from yesterday? #XPNCountdown
It's the #XPNCountdown of the 885 Greatest Cover Songs. Here's what you need to know, the playlist reveal, stats and more. Thanks for listening. xpn.org/885-countdown/
December 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It's the #XPNCountdown of the 885 Greatest Cover Songs. Here's what you need to know, the playlist reveal, stats and more. Thanks for listening. xpn.org/885-countdown/
T-minus almost one hour and counting to the start of the 885 greatest cover songs countdown reveal. @kristenkurtis.bsky.social plays song #885 at 8am. Here ‘s the schedule of the hours of the playback of the #xpncountdown
December 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
T-minus almost one hour and counting to the start of the 885 greatest cover songs countdown reveal. @kristenkurtis.bsky.social plays song #885 at 8am. Here ‘s the schedule of the hours of the playback of the #xpncountdown
Big day tomorrow! We're ready to rock the #XPNcountdown starting w/ @kristenkurtis.bsky.social at 8am sharp w/ song #885. We will be primarily using Bluesky to chat about the countdown; not much on Threads. And we'll be on FB and IG as well. Have fun. Be nice. Enjoy the ride.
December 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Big day tomorrow! We're ready to rock the #XPNcountdown starting w/ @kristenkurtis.bsky.social at 8am sharp w/ song #885. We will be primarily using Bluesky to chat about the countdown; not much on Threads. And we'll be on FB and IG as well. Have fun. Be nice. Enjoy the ride.
It's #GivingTuesday & your support for us will help others. When 1,000 people donate today, our Policy Board Members will contribute $15,000 to the Public Media Bridge Fund, a philanthropic initiative helping local at risk public radio & TV stations.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It's #GivingTuesday & your support for us will help others. When 1,000 people donate today, our Policy Board Members will contribute $15,000 to the Public Media Bridge Fund, a philanthropic initiative helping local at risk public radio & TV stations.
xpn.my.salesforce-sites.com/donate?c=701...
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