WXPN/Philadelphia Selects Winners For Its Black Opry Residency 

Winners Chosen

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Triple A WXPN/PHILADELPHIA and THE BLACK OPRY, a platform for Black musicians and fans of Americana, have announced five winners for the first BLACK OPRY RESIDENCY. TYLAR BRYANT, DENITIA, GRACE GIVERTZ, THE KENTUCKY GENTLEMEN and SAMANTHA RISE were chosen from more 100 applicants across the country to participate in the program that supports and spotlights up-and-coming Black performers whose original music is rooted in the Country, Bluegrass, Folk, Blues, Gospel, Alternative Country or singer-songwriter genres.

Singer-songwriter and APPLE MUSIC COUNTRY "COLOR ME COUNTRY" host RISSI PALMER said, “What’s exciting about this residency is that it tests a model for directly supporting artist development and the creation of new work.” 

WXPN PD BRUCE WARREN added, “It amplifies WXPN’s well-established track record of producing mission-aligned programming focused on elevating new and significant artists, and we believe it to be the only project of its kind produced by a major metropolitan radio station.”

The BLACK OPRY RESIDENCY will take place in PHILADELPHIA from MARCH 18th through 24th, when the artists will share their music through collaborative sessions with their mentors and one another, and culminate in a public performance on MARCH 24th at WORLD CAFE LIVE in PHILADELPHIA. A podcast documenting the project is being produced by audio and radio documentary producer ALEX LEWIS.

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