XRT’s Sunday Night Concert

Sunday evenings at 8:00 pm

Fans of live music need not leave the house every Sunday at 8pm… just grab a beer and turn up XRT. A different concert recording is featured each week.

Thomas Mars of Phoenix (Photo: Jeffrey Neira)

Hear Phoenix Light Up ‘Live On Letterman’ This Sunday Night [Broadcast]

With just a brief introduction, courtesy of frontman Thomas Mars (en français, of course), Phoenix kicked off their Live On Letterman performance this past April. This time around, however, the show’s name was a bit [...]

2013/06/12

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moe. Sunday Night Concert Special

Get more of moe. Relive the band’s epic XRT Show recorded at The Riv in February of 2012. Catch the first-run 2 hour broadcast beginning an hour early – 7PM this Sunday. Tell your friends [...]

2013/05/17

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The Sweet Spot – Matthew Sweet Sunday Night [Playlist]

Matthew Sweet, the pride and joy of Lincoln, Nebraska, played one of the biggest XRT shows ever back in 1993 when he headlined the XRT Free Fourth of July Concert. Crowd estimates are notoriously unreliable, [...]

WXRT–2013/05/09

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Hear The National Live From Chicago On XRT’s Sunday Night Concert

If your week has been a tense one, wind down with XRT’s Sunday Night Concert. You may remember when Ohio’s own 5-piece The National stopped by the UIC Pavilion nearly two years ago today. In [...]

2013/04/19

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This Sunday Night: Hear Dawes Live From Metro Chicago

We’re rebroadcasting Dawes’ 2011 performance at the Metro this Sunday night in honor of their new album Stories Don’t End, which is due out next Tuesday, April 9th! These L.A. natives are known for their [...]

2013/04/05

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U2 St. Patrick’s Day Special [Listen]

Wrap up your St. Patrick’s Day celebration with a Sunday Night Concert Special starring the ultimate Irish rock band, U2. This historic appearance at New York’s intimate Irving Plaza originally aired as a live XRT [...]

2013/03/13

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Hear The Lumineers LIVE This Sunday Night!

Last weekend they took center stage before millions of CBS viewers during the GRAMMYs. Hey, XRT listeners knew the band well before that show. Their self-titled album was voted #5 in the XRT Listener Poll. [...]

2013/02/14

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John Hiatt’s Greatest Hits [Playlist]

The pride and joy of Indianapolis, John Hiatt, is one of America’s most respected songwriters. He has written many a powerful tale, some inspired by his own experiences and others given to him by the [...]

WXRT–2013/01/03

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Hear Justin Townes Earle Live This Sunday Night

Nashville born and raised singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle (son of Texas songwriter Steve Earle and carrying the middle name of his dad’s mentor, Townes Van Zandt) left the south for NYC’s East Village, following in [...]

2012/12/28

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Dynamic Duos

The charming Brooklyn pair Matt and Kim kept their clothes on for their XRT show at Metro two years ago. (Not that you’d notice if you listen to that very performance on this week’s XRT [...]

2012/12/06

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