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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September 24, 2012

8:00 PM
Tanacara
Artist : Gonzaghuinha
Album : Brazil Classics: Beleza Tropical, Vol. 2
Composer :
Label : Luaka Bop
8:01 PM
Buffalo River Home
Artist : John Hiatt
Album : Perfectly Good Guitar
Composer :
Label : RCA Victor
8:06 PM
Open the Door (to Your Heart)
Artist : Van Morrison
Album : Born to Sing: No Plan B
Composer :
Label : Blue Note Records
8:11 PM
Yellow Moon
Artist : The Neville Brothers
Album : Yellow Moon
Composer :
Label : Beggars Banquet U.S.
8:16 PM
Secondhand News
Artist : Fleetwood Mac
Album : Rumours
Composer :
Label : Warner Bros / WEA
8:18 PM
Rhiannon
Artist : Best Coast
Album : Just Tell Me That You Want Me
Composer :
Label : Hear Music
8:22 PM
Last Year
Artist : Best Coast
Album : Recorded Live for the World Caf¿
Composer :
Label : WXPN
8:25 PM
The Only Place
Artist : Best Coast
Album : Recorded Live for the World Caf¿
Composer :
Label : WXPN
8:29 PM
No One Like You
Artist : Best Coast
Album : Recorded Live for the World Caf¿
Composer :
Label : WXPN
8:35 PM
Let’s Go Home
Artist : Best Coast
Album : Recorded Live for the World Caf¿
Composer :
Label : WXPN
8:39 PM
Last Year
Artist : Best Coast
Album : Recorded Live for the World Caf¿
Composer :
Label : WXPN
8:43 PM
The Only Place
Artist : Best Coast
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
8:44 PM
Charmer
Artist : Aimee Mann
Album : Charmer
Composer :
Label : Superego
8:47 PM
Things That Disappear
Artist : Rhett Miller
Album : The Instigator
Composer :
Label : Shout! Factory
8:51 PM
Talk About the Passion
Artist : REM
Album : Murmur
Composer :
Label : Warner Brothers / WEA
8:58 PM
Why Won’t You Make Up Your Mind
Artist : Tame Impala
Album : Innerspeaker
Composer :
Label : Modular Recordings
8:59 PM
Tanacara
Artist : Gonzaghuinha
Album : Brazil Classics: Beleza Tropical, Vol. 2
Composer :
Label : Luaka Bop
9:00 PM
Scary Monsters
Artist : David Bowie
Album : Scary Monsters
Composer :
Label : Virgin Records Us
9:05 PM
Awkward
Artist : Lightning Love
Album : Blonde Album
Composer :
Label : Quite Scientific
9:07 PM
Together
Artist : Lightning Love
Album : Blonde Album
Composer :
Label : Quite Scientific
9:10 PM
Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
Artist : Vampire Weekend
Album : Vampire Weekend
Composer :
Label : XL Recordings
9:14 PM
Don’t Look Back
Artist : Peter Tosh
Album : The Toughest
Composer :
Label : Sony
9:17 PM
Call Girl Blues
Artist : Diamond Rugs
Album : Recorded Live for the World Caf¿
Composer :
Label : WXPN
9:18 PM
I Will Wait
Artist : Mumford & Sons
Album : Babel
Composer :
Label : Glassnote
9:23 PM
Mr. Soul
Artist : Buffalo Springfield
Album : Retrospective: The Best of Buffalo Springfield
Composer :
Label : Elektra/Wea
9:25 PM
A Little Bit of Everything
Artist : Dawes
Album : Nothing is Wrong
Composer :
Label : ATO Records/RED
9:31 PM
Little Black Submarines
Artist : The Black Keys
Album : El Camino
Composer :
Label : Nonesuch
9:33 PM
Stay With Me
Artist : Faces
Album : The Best of Faces: Good Boys When They're Asleep
Composer :
Label : Rhino
9:40 PM
Dye The World
Artist : The Smith Westerns
Album : Dye It Blonde
Composer :
Label : Fat Possum Records
9:42 PM
Duquesne Whistle
Artist : Bob
Album : Tempest
Composer :
Label : Sony
9:48 PM
Good Rockin’ Daddy
Artist : Etta James
Album : R&B Dynamite
Composer :
Label : Point Blank
9:50 PM
Fire Bug
Artist : JD McPherson
Album : Signs & Signifiers
Composer :
Label : Rounder
9:52 PM
Call Me The Breeze
Artist : J.J. Cale
Album : 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection: The Best of J.J. Cale
Composer :
Label : Island / Mercury
9:56 PM
Christine
Artist : Madi Diaz
Album : Skin and Bone
Composer :
Label : Rounder / UMGD

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World Cafe
2:05 pm
Fri February 24, 2012

Nada Surf On World Cafe

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Nada Surf.

On Nada Surf's new album, The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy, the long-running band alternates between infectious optimism and sweet sadness. In spite of countless label changes, the group has remained remarkably consistent in its 20 years together: Blending good-natured affirmations with catchy pop-rock hooks, Nada Surf sounds like a bunch of fresh-faced kids, albeit unusually wise ones.

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World Cafe
12:33 pm
Thu February 23, 2012

Novalima On World Cafe

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Novalima.

Formed by four Peruvian high-school friends in 2001, Novalima has been making traditional music sound sultry and modern ever since. In the past decade, the group has grown to a nine-piece band that's helping change the way the world thinks about world music.

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World Cafe
11:12 am
Wed February 22, 2012

Los Campesinos! On World Cafe

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Los Campesinos! has earned a reputation for dark humor and danceable beats.

After first coming together as a trio at Cardiff University in 2006, Los Campesinos! has blossomed into a septet with a reputation for lively indie-rock, in the spirit of everyone from Modest Mouse to Broken Social Scene to Belle and Sebastian. The generous joy in the Los Campesinos!

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World Cafe
12:28 pm
Tue February 21, 2012

Cass McCombs On World Cafe

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Cass McCombs released two of his six albums in 2011. His latest is Humor Risk.

Originally published on Tue February 21, 2012 12:30 pm

Born in Northern California in the 1970s, Cass McCombs grew to adopt a wanderer's lifestyle.

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World Cafe
2:00 pm
Mon February 20, 2012

Julia Nunes On 'World Cafe Next'

Credit Shervin Lainez / Courtesy of the artist.
Julia Nunes is this week's World Cafe: Next featured artist.

Before the eyes of her YouTube subscribers, Julia Nunes went from being a teen covering her favorite artists to a young woman playing live shows with them.

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World Cafe
8:00 am
Mon February 20, 2012

World Cafe Looks Back: Blues And Gospel

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Mavis Staples performs with The Roots at the Climate Rally on the National Mall on April 25, 2010, in Washington, D.C.

Throughout the month of October, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of World Cafe by revisiting some of the best and most memorable interviews of the past 20 years.

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World Cafe
10:40 am
Fri February 17, 2012

Chairlift On World Cafe

Credit Alejandro Cardenas
Chairlift.

Originally published on Sat February 18, 2012 10:24 pm

Produced by Hot Chip's Dan Carey, Chairlift's new album Something blends upbeat, synth-heavy pop with eerie lyrics that depart from the purely effervescent sound of the 2008 hit "Bruises." On Something, singer Caroline Polachek takes risks — manipulating her vocals with AutoTune and even programming synth parts to mimic the sou

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World Cafe
3:28 pm
Thu February 16, 2012

Real Estate On World Cafe

Originally from Ridgewood, N.J., the Brooklyn transplants in Real Estate have built a reputation for cheerful yet sentimental beach-pop. The band's self-titled album broke through on the strength of the lead single "Beach Comber," and that record's 2011 follow-up (Days) achieved widespread critical acclaim and popularity in its own right.

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World Cafe
2:22 pm
Wed February 15, 2012

Air On World Cafe

Credit Wendy Bevan / Courtesy of the artist
Le Voyage Dans La Lune is AIR's seventh release, written as a soundtrack for a re-release of the 1902 Georges Méliès film of the same name.

Originally published on Wed February 15, 2012 3:52 pm

World Cafe
1:14 pm
Tue February 14, 2012

Kathleen Edwards On World Cafe

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Kathleen Edwards' new album is titled Voyageur.

Originally published on Tue February 14, 2012 1:15 pm

Canadian singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards is enjoying a huge career boost with her new fourth album, Voyageur. Produced in part by Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, Voyageur sounds deeply personal and genuine: Edwards sings of failed marriages, life in the spotlight and the delicate happiness that comes with new beginnings.

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