WXPN Welcomes Chris Kasper, American Songwriter

Name: WXPN Welcomes Chris Kasper, American Songwriter
Start: 2025-01-10T20:00:00-05:00
Location: 3721 Midvale Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 19129

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Fri, 10 Jan, 2025 at 08:00 pm

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3721 Midvale Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 19129 | Philadelphia, PA

Chris Kasper is an American songwriter who is currently based in the Philadelphia area. He’s been active in the local and national scene for the last 20 years. Over that time, he has released seven records and toured with acts like Amos Lee and The Wood Brothers. His music traverses the Americana, blues, folk, and rock spectrums, blurring the lines between genres. Kasper’s evolution into a no-nonsense songwriter is heard throughout his latest album, Sunlight in an Empty Room.

Sunlight in an Empty Room (featuring Oliver Wood of the Wood Brother’s and G.Love) under the Royal Potato Family label was just released in May.
It is Kasper’s seventh full-length record. It is alive with nods to songwriters of the 70s like Bobby Charles, Lowell George, and Neil Young. Kasper also drew inspiration from the artwork of Edward Hopper and Andrew Wyeth, embodying the musical essence of illuminating the small worlds within a larger space, focusing on the bittersweet beauty of simplicity often lost in grandiose landscapes.
This musical odyssey was prompted by a thought-provoking mantra he’d heard urging individuals to “Do something that scares you.” Kasper resonated with it as a challenge to let his guard down, be vulnerable, get out of his comfort zone and let a new type of record-making venture take shape. He reached out to accomplished engineer/ bass player Brook Sutton, and drummer/ musician extraordinaire, Jano Rix (both recognized for their work with The Wood Brothers), to set aside a long weekend at their Nashville studio. With the final addition of musician JP Ruggieri, sought out for his distinctive guitar work, Chris went to Nashville without demos or finished lyrics to record live-to-tape with a band he never worked with before. Thus, “do something that scares you.”