World Cafe

Monday - Friday, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m., Saturday, 8 p.m. - 10 p.m.
David Dye

The World Cafe with host David Dye serves up an eclectic mix of music from blues, rock, and world, to folk, and alternative country with live performances and interviews with celebrated and emerging artists. This acclaimed program, distributed nationally to over 185 stations across the country through NPR Music, is produced by WXPN in Philadelphia.

Genre: 
Composer ID: 
5187f236e1c846f8db74caa1|5187f230e1c846f8db74ca8f

Playlist

December 26, 2012

2:00 PM
Tanacara
Artist : Gonzaghuinha
Album : Brazil Classics: Beleza Tropical, Vol. 2
Composer :
Label : Luaka Bop
2:01 PM
I Thank You
Artist : Bonnie Raitt
Album : The Glow
Composer :
Label : Warner Brothers
2:03 PM
Wrap it Up
Artist : Sam & Dave
Album : The Best Of Sam & Dave
Composer :
Label : Sony
2:09 PM
Right Down the Line
Artist : Bonnie Raitt
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
2:23 PM
Used to Rule the World
Artist : Bonnie Raitt
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
2:27 PM
Love Sneakin’ Up On You
Artist : Bonnie Raitt
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
2:28 PM
Not Cause I Wanted To
Artist : Bonnie Raitt
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
2:36 PM
Love Sneakin’ Up On You
Artist : Bonnie Raitt
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
2:40 PM
Right Down the Line
Artist : Bonnie Raitt
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
2:41 PM
California
Artist : Delta Spirit
Album : Delta Spirit
Composer :
Label : Rounder
2:45 PM
I Confess
Artist : English Beat
Album : Speacial Beat Service
Composer :
Label : Sire/London/Rhino
2:50 PM
More Than This
Artist : Roxy Music
Album : Avalon
Composer :
Label : Virgin Records US
2:54 PM
Every Single Night
Artist : Fiona Apple
Album : The Idler Wheel¿
Composer :
Label : Epic
2:57 PM
I Don’t Mind
Artist : Black Joe Lewis
Album : Black Joe Lewis
Composer :
Label : Weary Records
3:00 PM
Tanacara
Artist : Gonzaghuinha
Album : Brazil Classics: Beleza Tropical, Vol. 2
Composer :
Label : Luaka Bop
3:01 PM
I’ve Got Dreams to Remember
Artist : Buddy Guy
Album : Bring ¿Em In
Composer :
Label : Jive
3:19 PM
Queen Of California
Artist : John Mayer
Album : Born And Raised
Composer :
Label : Columbia
3:23 PM
Shadow Days
Artist : John Mayer
Album : Born And Raised
Composer :
Label : Columbia
3:35 PM
Shadow Days
Artist : John Mayer
Album : Born and Raised
Composer :
Label : Columbia
3:38 PM
Queen Of California
Artist : John Mayer
Album : Born And Raised
Composer :
Label : Columbia
3:40 PM
Born and Raised
Artist : John Mayer
Album : Born And Raised
Composer :
Label : Columbia

Pages

World Cafe
3:40 pm
Fri May 10, 2013

Clive Davis On World Cafe

Credit Dan Hallman / AP
Clive Davis.

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.

Read more
World Cafe
2:44 pm
Fri May 10, 2013

Rod Stewart On World Cafe

Credit Penny Lancaster / Courtesy of the artist

Originally published on Fri May 10, 2013 3:40 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.

Read more
World Cafe
3:30 pm
Thu May 9, 2013

The Slide Brothers On World Cafe

Credit Brad Gregory / Courtesy of the artist
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.

Read more
World Cafe
3:05 pm
Wed May 8, 2013

Phosphorescent On World Cafe

Credit Steve Gullick / Courtesy of the artist
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.

Read more
World Cafe
3:09 pm
Tue May 7, 2013

Hey Marseilles On World Cafe

Credit Hayley Young / Courtesy of the artist
Hey Marseilles.

Originally published on Wed May 8, 2013 2:01 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.

Read more

Pages