World Cafe

Weeknights, 8pm - 10pm; Sundays, 6pm - 8pm
David Dye

From live in-studio performances and interviews with top musicians to new and undiscovered artists from around the globe - World Cafe is the place to hear contemporary popular music! Host David Dye spins a two-hour mix of adult alternative records that's always two steps ahead of the mainstream.

World Cafe features interviews and exclusive in-studio performances from today's most popular acts, e.g., Lyle Lovett, Lucinda Williams, John Williams, Joni Mitchell, Taj Mahal and Elvis Costello, to name a few. And the Cafe spotlights new and emerging artists like Dar Williams, Beth Orton, and Ani DiFranco with occasional trips into the world of jazz and R&B with stars like Jack DeJohnette, Pat Metheny and the Kronos Quartet.

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Playlist

March 27, 2012

8:00 PM
Tanacara
Artist : Gonzaghuinha
Album : Brazil Classics: Beleza Tropical, Vol. 2
Composer :
Label : Luaka Bop
8:01 PM
Hometown Blues
Artist : Steve Earle
Album : Train A Comin'
Composer :
Label : Warner Brothers
8:03 PM
Hometown Blues
Artist : Tom Petty
Album : Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Composer :
Label : Rhino / WEA
8:05 PM
Lonely Boy
Artist : The Black Keys
Album : El Camino
Composer :
Label : Nonesuch
8:09 PM
I Can’t Turn You Loose
Artist : Otis Redding
Album : The Otis Redding Story
Composer :
Label : Warner Brothers
8:12 PM
I Don’t’ Mind
Artist : Black Joe Lewis
Album : Black Joe Lewis
Composer :
Label : Weary Records
8:16 PM
Going to the Party
Artist : The Alabama Shakes
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
8:20 PM
I Found You
Artist : The Alabama Shakes
Album : Recorded Live for the World Caf¿
Composer :
Label : WXPN
8:26 PM
Hold On
Artist : The Alabama Shakes
Album : Recorded Live for the World Caf¿
Composer :
Label : WXPN
8:31 PM
Boys and Girls
Artist : The Alabama Shakes
Album : Recorded Live for the World Caf¿
Composer :
Label : WXPN
8:36 PM
Because of You
Artist : The Revelations
Album : Deep Soul
Composer :
Label : Decision Records
8:37 PM
Alabama Pines
Artist : Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
8:41 PM
California
Artist : Delta Spirit
Album : Delta Spirit
Composer :
Label : Rounder
8:45 PM
Down In The Valley
Artist : The Head & the Heart
Album : The Head & the Heart
Composer :
Label : Sub Pop
8:50 PM
Watch Your Step
Artist : Elvis Costello
Album : Girls Girls Girls (Disc 2)
Composer :
Label : Demon
8:53 PM
Maps
Artist : The Front Bottoms
Album : The Front Bottoms
Composer :
Label : Bar/None
8:57 PM
Sweetness
Artist : Pearl and the Beard
Album : Killing the Darlings
Composer :
Label : Family Records
8:58 PM
Tanacara
Artist : Gonzaghuinha
Album : Brazil Classics: Beleza Tropical, Vol. 2
Composer :
Label : Luaka Bop
9:00 PM
Eyes Be Closed
Artist : Washed Out
Album : Within and Without
Composer :
Label : Sub Pop
9:04 PM
Honolulu Blues
Artist : Craig Finn
Album : Clear Heart Full Eyes
Composer :
Label : Vagrant
9:09 PM
Right Place, Wrong Time
Artist : Dr John
Album : Mos' Scocious: Anthology, Disc 2
Composer :
Label : Elektra / WEA
9:11 PM
100 Days
Artist : Sharon Jones & The Dapp Kings
Album : 100 Days, 100 Nights
Composer :
Label : Daptone
9:16 PM
Make Believe
Artist : Deer Tick
Album : Divine Providence
Composer :
Label : Partisan
9:19 PM
Every Night is Friday Night (Without You)
Artist : Old 97’s
Album : The Grand Theatre Vol. 1
Composer :
Label : New West Records
9:22 PM
Tu Vida!
Artist : Alla
Album : Es Tiempo
Composer :
Label : Crammed Disc U.S.
9:26 PM
La Colegiala
Artist : Rodolfo Y Su Tipica
Album : Greatest Cumbia Classics of Colombia Vol. 1
Composer :
Label : Discos Fuentes
9:33 PM
Fuego
Artist : Bomba Estereo
Album : Blow Up
Composer :
Label : Nacional
9:37 PM
The Next Time Around
Artist : Little Joy
Album : Little Joy
Composer :
Label : Rough Trade US
9:38 PM
Hallways
Artist : Islands
Album : A Sleep & A Forgetting
Composer :
Label : Anti
9:41 PM
Santa Fe
Artist : Beirut
Album : The Rip Tide
Composer :
Label : Pompeii Records
9:45 PM
O’ Valencia!
Artist : The Decemberists
Album : The Crane Wife
Composer :
Label : Jealous Butcher
9:49 PM
I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better
Artist : The Byrds
Album : Mr. Tambourine Man
Composer :
Label : SBME Special Markets.
9:51 PM
Origins
Artist : Tennis
Album : Young and Old
Composer :
Label : Fat Possum
9:55 PM
God Rest My Soul
Artist : Dawes
Album : North Hills
Composer :
Label : ATO Records/Red

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World Cafe
1:58 pm
Mon May 13, 2013

Next: Laura Stevenson

Credit / Courtesy of the artist
Laura Stevenson.

Originally published on Mon May 13, 2013 8:18 pm

  • Hear Two New Songs By Laura Stevenson

Laura Stevenson describes herself as an "unfunny Woody Allen," which is another way of saying that her work channels her obsessions with death and doubt. On her third album, Wheel, she finds a way to make it all sound downright jaunty.

Stevenson came to her more folk leanings from roots in punk, as well as a musical family; her grandfather, choral director Harry Simeone, was responsible for "Little Drummer Boy." Listen to two songs from Wheel on this page.

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World Cafe
2:30 pm
Fri May 10, 2013

Clive Davis On World Cafe

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Clive Davis.

Originally published on Fri May 10, 2013 2:40 pm

At 81, music mogul and Columbia Records president Clive Davis has slowed down just enough to write his autobiography, The Soundtrack of My Life. The book, which describes how he's consistently made hit records, has itself become a bestseller.

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World Cafe
1:44 pm
Fri May 10, 2013

Rod Stewart On World Cafe

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Originally published on Fri May 10, 2013 2:40 pm

Rod Stewart has little to prove as a rock star. He's been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame twice, once solo and once with The Faces. More recently, he's had enormous success with a series of standards titled The Great American Songbook, and published an autobiography that inspired him to return to songwriting.

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World Cafe
2:30 pm
Thu May 9, 2013

The Slide Brothers On World Cafe

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The Slide Brothers.

Calvin Cooke, Aubrey Ghent and brothers Darrick and Chuck Campbell are The Slide Brothers. The band's self-titled album debut album was produced by Robert Randolph, the spectacular young pedal-steel guitarist who became the first player from the Sacred Steel tradition to break out to a wider audience.

On this installment of World Café, the band plays three songs from its album and tells host David Dye about the difference between performing for the congregation at Church of the Living God and playing on club and concert stages.

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World Cafe
2:05 pm
Wed May 8, 2013

Phosphorescent On World Cafe

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Phosphorescent.

It's easy to hear the steady growth in the music of Phosphorescent's Matthew Houck since the release of his band's 2009 Willie Nelson tribute album, To Willie. In 2011, Here's to Taking It Easy was a sprawling, languid epic written with his road band's performances in mind.

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World Cafe
2:52 pm
Tue May 7, 2013

Hey Marseilles On World Cafe

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Hey Marseilles.

Originally published on Wed May 8, 2013 1:01 pm

Seattle's Hey Marseilles formed around the collaboration between singer Matt Bishop and guitarist Nick Ward, back when the two were students at the University of Washington. The band has since grown into the septet that recorded Hey Marseilles' sincere and endearing new album, Lines We Trace.

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World Cafe
1:29 pm
Mon May 6, 2013

Next: Treetop Flyers

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Treetop Flyers.

Originally published on Mon May 6, 2013 7:14 pm

  • Hear Two New Songs By Treetop Flyers

The members of London's Treetop Flyers capture the sound of California folk-rock in the '60s on their debut album, The Mountain Moves. They met on the periphery of the London folk scene that gave the world Mumford & Sons and Laura Marling.

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World Cafe
1:32 pm
Fri May 3, 2013

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds On World Cafe

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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.

Originally published on Fri May 3, 2013 6:39 pm

Australian singer-songwriter Nick Cave recently re-formed his band The Bad Seeds, minus founding member Mick Harvey on guitar, to record a new album called Push the Sky Away. On this installment of World Café, you'll hear a tremendous performance from the elegant, intensely emotive band.

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World Cafe
12:20 pm
Thu May 2, 2013

Low On World Cafe

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Low.

It's hard to find another band that's stayed as true to its vision as Low. Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker have been making Low records for 20 years now, and just released their 10th full-length album, The Invisible Way.

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World Cafe
12:46 pm
Wed May 1, 2013

Pickwick On World Cafe

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Pickwick.

Originally published on Thu May 2, 2013 3:41 pm

The first incarnation of the Seattle band Pickwick revolved around Galen Disston's strummy acoustic songs. Disston eventually found himself bored with his own music until a not-so-subtle shift took place; the band began experimenting with new sounds and ideas, Disston shifted into the role of lead singer and crowds immediately noticed.

In this installment of World Cafe, you'll hear three songs from Pickwick's debut (Can't Talk Medicine), as well as the full story behind the band's reinvention.

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