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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.

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September 27, 2012

2:00 PM
Tanacara
Artist : Gonzaghuinha
Album : Brazil Classics: Beleza Tropical, Vol. 2
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2:01 PM
My Affair
Artist : Kirsty Maccoll
Album : Electric Landlady
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Label : ZTT
2:08 PM
Descarga Cubana
Artist : Israel Lopez Cachao
Album : Descarga Cubana
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Label : Astro
2:14 PM
Toma Chocolate
Artist : Chocolate Armenteros
Album : Cuban Masters: Los Originales
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Label : Protel/ Umgd
2:19 PM
Descarga Del Bebo
Artist : Bebo Valdes
Album : Bebo Valdes: The Greatest Hits
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Label : Brisa Records
2:32 PM
CongoBronx
Artist : Yasek Manzano
Album : CongoBronx
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2:41 PM
Toma Chocolate
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2:42 PM
Sinner In the Sea
Artist : Calexico
Album : Algiers
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2:46 PM
Stop
Artist : Joe Henry
Album : Scar
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2:51 PM
Bottom of the River
Artist : Delta Rae
Album : Carry the Fire
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2:54 PM
The Weight
Artist : The Staple Singers
Album : Best of The Staple Singers
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3:00 PM
Tanacara
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Album : Brazil Classics: Beleza Tropical, Vol. 2
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3:01 PM
You Get What You Give
Artist : New Radicals
Album : Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
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3:06 PM
Longevity
Artist : Yeasayer
Album : Fragrant World
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3:09 PM
See the World
Artist : Gomez
Album : How We Operate
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3:13 PM
Que Beleza
Artist : Tim Maia
Album : Nobody Can Live Forever: The Existential Soul of Tim Maia
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Late in the Evening
Artist : Paul Simon
Album : One Trick Pony
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3:21 PM
Only Pieces
Artist : Here We Go Magic
Album : Here We Go Magic
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3:22 PM
Will You Be Sleeping?
Artist : David Wax Museum
Album : Knock Knock Get Up
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3:24 PM
I Will Wait
Artist : Mumford & Sons
Album : Babel
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3:29 PM
Rock & Roll
Artist : The Velvet Underground
Album : The Best of The Velvet Underground: Words and Music of Lou Reed
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3:33 PM
When I’m President
Artist : Ian Hunter & the Rant Band
Album : When I'm President
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3:39 PM
"Tell Me What To Do"
Artist : Jim Noir
Album : Tower of Love
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Who
Artist : David Byrne & St. Vincent
Album : Love This Giant
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3:43 PM
The High Road
Artist : Broken Bells
Album : Broken Bells
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3:47 PM
Senses Working Overtime
Artist : XTC
Album : English Settlement
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3:51 PM
Stubborn Love
Artist : The Lumineers
Album : The Lumineers
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World Cafe
11:59 am
Tue March 13, 2012

Julia Nunes On World Cafe

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YouTube star Julia Nunes' first album for a record label, Settle Down, was released in February.
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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.

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World Cafe
3:30 pm
Mon March 12, 2012

Y La Bamba On 'World Cafe: Next'

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Y La Bamba's new album, Court The Storm, was released this February.
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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.

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World Cafe
5:11 pm
Fri March 9, 2012

Sharon Van Etten On World Cafe

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Sharon Van Etten.
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Originally published on Mon July 9, 2012 3:01 pm

Sharon Van Etten's raspy, elegant vocals and deeply confessional folk-rock have made her a rising star. Ever since her official debut in 2009, the heart-breakingly intimate Because I Was In Love, Van Etten has been expanding her sound and adding grit to her delivery.

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3:40 pm
Thu March 8, 2012

Preservation Hall Jazz Band On World Cafe

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Originally published on Mon September 10, 2012 1:56 pm

This week, World Cafe invites you to discover the music of New Orleans with the series Sense of Place.

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4:52 pm
Wed March 7, 2012

Willie Nile On World Cafe

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Willie Nile.
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Willie Nile's folk-rock career has been varied and somewhat sporadic, but he always finds his way back to music. A gifted singer-songwriter, Nile has developed a versatile style that can be just as moving in a stadium as it is in a coffee shop.

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