Artist Spotlight - Israel Nash

Israel Nash at the Malvern Summer Stage : Photo by Dan McGurk

Israel Nash @ Non-Comm : Photo by Dan McGurk

It's been a busy year for Israel Nash and band. In support of the timeless Rain Plains album they came to Philadelpia for a WXPN Free At Noon, The 15th Annual NON-COMMvention, Malvern Summer Stage, and XPoNential Festival. While each of these could have been essentially short promotional sets, that didn't stop the band from giving everything they had each time. After being wowed at Non-Comm and Malvern Summer Stage, we knew we wanted to catch up with Israel Nash to see what the connection is between band and WXPN, the radio support behind these shows.

Check out our XPoNential Festival preview, featuring Israel Nash..

Click the interview below to see Israel's thoughts on WXPN, XPoNential Festival, and what brings them back for more! :

To hear their whole XPoNential Festival set... check out the player WXPN's The Key festival recap

Israel Nash at the XPoNential Festival Presented by Subaru : Photo by Dan McGurk

Stream Israel Nash's Silver Season now over at Israelnash.com

See what NPR has to say, including them in their 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

Israel Nash returns to Philadelphia on October 21, 2015 at Underground Arts. Click here for tickets

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