Now Playing

Loading streams...

Podcasts & RSS Feeds

World CafeRSS
All ContentRSS
View all podcasts & RSS feeds

People Of WFIT

Todd Kennedy
Todd Kennedy
Program Director / Sound Waves Host
Rose Mantle
Rose Mantle
Public Service Announcement Director, Membership Support
Terri Wright
Terri Wright
General Manager
Michelle Z Walker
Michelle Z Walker
Media Specialist
Barbara Bingnear
Barbara Bingnear
Director of Gifts and Outreach
George Wilson
George Wilson
Underwriting Executive
Pam Pedersen
Pam Pedersen
Project Coordinator

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: 
Music
Composer ID: 
5187f236e1c846f8db74caa1|5187f230e1c846f8db74ca8f

Playlist

September 25, 2012

2:00 PM
Tanacara
Artist : Gonzaghuinha
Album : Brazil Classics: Beleza Tropical, Vol. 2
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : Luaka Bop
2:01 PM
Parted Ways
Artist : Heartless Bastards
Album : Arrow
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : Partisan
2:06 PM
Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Artist : Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Album : Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : Anti
2:10 PM
Easy Way Out
Artist : Gotye
Album : Making Mirrors
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : Universal Republic
2:12 PM
Two Shoes
Artist : The Cat Empire
Album : Two Shoes
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : Velour Recordings
2:17 PM
The Woods
Artist : Husky
Album : Recorded Live at the World Cafe
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : WXPN
2:19 PM
Animals & Freaks
Artist : Husky
Album : Recorded Live at the World Cafe
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : WXPN
2:28 PM
Tidal Wave
Artist : Husky
Album : Recorded Live at the World Cafe
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : WXPN
2:35 PM
History’s Door
Artist : Husky
Album : Recorded Live at the World Cafe
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : WXPN
2:38 PM
Tidal Wave
Artist : Husky
Album : Recorded Live at the World Cafe
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : WXPN
2:40 PM
Live and Die
Artist : The Avett Brothers
Album : The Carpenter
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : Universal Records
2:44 PM
I Feel So Good
Artist : Richard Thompson
Album : Rumour and Sigh
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : Shout Factory
2:47 PM
Walk You Home Again
Artist : Holy Ghost Tent Revival
Album : Sweat Like the Old Days
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : Holy Ghost Tent Revival
2:50 PM
Ophelia
Artist : The Band
Album : To Kingdom Come
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : Capitol
2:54 PM
The Old Black Hole
Artist : Dr. Dog
Album : Be the Void
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : Anti Records
3:00 PM
Tanacara
Artist : Gonzaghuinha
Album : Brazil Classics: Beleza Tropical, Vol. 2
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : Luaka Bop
3:01 PM
It’s a Big Old Goofy World
Artist : John Prine
Album : The Missing Years
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : Atlantic / WEA
3:06 PM
Lemon Pie
Artist : Shemekia Copeland
Album : 33 1/3
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : Telarc
3:09 PM
Hey Tonight
Artist : Creedence Clearwater Revival
Album : Chronicle
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : Fantasy
3:14 PM
Ain’t Messin’ Around
Artist : Gary Clark Jr.
Album : Blak And Blu
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : Warner Brothers
3:16 PM
Would That Not Be Nice
Artist : Divine Fits
Album : A Thing Called Divine Fits
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : Merge
3:20 PM
The Underdog
Artist : Spoon
Album : Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : Merge Records
3:24 PM
The Ills
Artist : Mayer Hawthorne
Album : A Strange Arrangement
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : Stones Throw
3:24 PM
Lazarus
Artist : David Byrne & St. Vincent
Album : Love This Giant
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : 4AD
3:28 PM
Cruel
Artist : St. Vincent
Album : Strange Mercy
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : 4AD
3:31 PM
I’m not in Love
Artist : 10cc
Album : The Very Best of 10cc
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : Mercury
3:37 PM
Meadowlarks
Artist : Fleet Foxes
Album : Fleet Foxes
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : Sub Pop
3:38 PM
The Way We Move
Artist : Langhorne Slim
Album : The Way We Move
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : Ramseur
3:41 PM
From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come )
Artist : Dave Edmunds
Album : D.E.7th
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : Beat Goes On
3:44 PM
Chips Ahoy!
Artist : The Hold Steady
Album : Boys and Girls In America
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : Vagrant Records
3:48 PM
Department of Disappearance
Artist : Jason Lylte
Album : Department of Disappearance
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : Anti
3:52 PM
It’s Only Life
Artist : The Shins
Album : Port of Morrow
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : Sony
3:56 PM
Hollow Talk
Artist : Choir of Young Believers
Album : This Is For The White In Your Eyes
Composer :
amazon
itunes
Purchase:
Label : Ghostly International

Pages

World Cafe
4:17 pm
Wed March 14, 2012

Sense Of Place: Portland's Revered Record Stores

Next imagePrevious image
Credit WXPN
The storefront of Music Millennium, Portland's premier independent record store.
Credit WXPN
Terry Currier, owner of Music Millennium, Portland's premier independent record store.
Share
E-mail
Comments
By editor

Originally published on Mon September 10, 2012 1:33 pm

Our Sense of Place Portland series focuses on the history of Portland, Ore. pop music as observed by longtime resident Terry Currier. He's uniquely qualified to survey the Portland music scene and the state of the record business because he owns Music Millennium, Portland's premier independent record store, where he has worked since 1972. He is also the founder of the Coalition of Independent Music Stores.

Read more
World Cafe
3:30 pm
Wed March 14, 2012

Imelda May On World Cafe

Credit Courtesy of the artist
Irish rockabilly singer Imelda May.
Share
E-mail
Comments
By editor

Imelda May began her affair with rockabilly early on in life — by the time she was 9, she'd already begun to emulate Elmore James and Billie Holiday. In 2007, after years of singing in clubs, May stole the spotlight with Love Tattoo. The 12-track collection shot to the #1 spot in Ireland, stealing the hearts of audiences and contemporaries the world over.

Read more
World Cafe
12:00 pm
Tue March 13, 2012

Sense Of Place: Discover Portland's Music Scene

Credit Bob Giardini / Courtesy of Bob G Media
Colin Meloy and David Dye in Portland.
Share
E-mail
Comments
By editor

Originally published on Mon September 10, 2012 1:33 pm

In this special World Cafe broadcast, we explore a side of Portland, Ore. with The Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy.

Read more
World Cafe
11:59 am
Tue March 13, 2012

Julia Nunes On World Cafe

Credit Shervin Lainez / Courtesy of the artist
YouTube star Julia Nunes' first album for a record label, Settle Down, was released in February.
Share
E-mail
Comments
By editor

Originally published on Tue March 13, 2012 3:55 pm

Hailing from New York, acoustic pop sensation Julia Nunes got her start posting videos on YouTube in 2006, playing covers from idols such as The Beatles, Ben Folds and The Beach Boys.

Read more
World Cafe
3:30 pm
Mon March 12, 2012

Y La Bamba On 'World Cafe: Next'

Credit Sarah Law / Courtesy of the artist
Y La Bamba's new album, Court The Storm, was released this February.
Share
E-mail
Comments
By editor

Hailing from the rain-soaked, indie folk hub that is Portland, Ore., the members of Y La Bamba are pretty far from their Latin inspirations. But this pop outfit is centered around the powerful, otherworldly vocals of Luz Elena Mendoza, and some of her main influences came from a childhood in Mexico — accordions, mariachi and Latin rhythms.

Read more

Pages