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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World Cafe
1:28 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 1:30 pm

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

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World Cafe
3:00 pm
Mon February 20, 2012

Julia Nunes On 'World Cafe Next'

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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
9:00 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
11:40 am
Fri February 17, 2012

Chairlift On World Cafe

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Chairlift.

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
4:28 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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