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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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December 25, 2012

2:00 PM
Tanacara
Artist : Gonzaghuinha
Album : Brazil Classics: Beleza Tropical, Vol. 2
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2:01 PM
Merry Christmas From The Family
Artist : Robert Earl Keen
Album : Gringo Honeymoon
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Label : Mercury
2:07 PM
The Chipmunk Song
Artist : Alvin & The Chipmunks
Album : Chipmunks Christmas
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2:08 PM
Rocking Around The Christmas Tree
Artist : Brenda Lee
Album : The Hit Collection
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2:11 PM
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Artist : Jackson 5
Album : A Motown Christmas
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2:13 PM
You’re A Mean One Mr. Grinch
Artist : Whirling Dervishes
Album : Grinch
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2:15 PM
Sleigh Ride
Artist : Johnny A
Album : Sleigh Ride
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Label : Favored Nations
2:18 PM
Christmas At Ground Zero
Artist : Weird Al Yankovic
Album : Polka Party
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2:22 PM
Happy Christmas War Is Over
Artist : The Polyphonic Spree
Album : Recorded Live For the World Cafe
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2:26 PM
The Christmas Song
Artist : The Polyphonic Spree
Album : Recorded Live For the World Cafe
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2:29 PM
Silver Bells
Artist : The Polyphonic Spree
Album : Recorded Live For the World Cafe
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2:33 PM
Little Drummer Boy
Artist : The Polyphonic Spree
Album : Recorded Live For the World Cafe
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2:39 PM
Chrismas Eve Sarajevo
Artist : Trans Siberian Orchestra
Album : Christmas Eve and Other Stories
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2:41 PM
Father Christmas
Artist : The Kinks
Album : Come Dancing with the Kinks: The Best of the Kinks 19771986
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2:44 PM
Skating Away On The Thin Ice of a New Day
Artist : Jethro Tull
Album : War Child
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2:48 PM
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Artist : Alvin & The Chipmunks
Album : Chipmunks Christmas
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2:49 PM
This Christmas
Artist : Donny Hathaway
Album : Soul Christmas
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2:53 PM
Jingle Bells
Artist : Booker T & The MG’s
Album : The Ultimate R&B Christmas
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2:55 PM
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
Artist : The Smithereens
Album : The Edge of Christmas
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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
Blue Christmas
Artist : Elvis Presley
Album : Elvis: Blue Christmas
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3:03 PM
Someday At Christmas
Artist : Stevie Wonder
Album : A Motown Christmas
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3:06 PM
Mele Kalikimaka
Artist : Poi Dog Pondering
Album : Acoustic Christmas
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3:09 PM
Santa Claus Is Back In Town
Artist : My Morning Jacket
Album : My Morning Jacket Does Xmas Fiasco Style EP
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3:13 PM
Joy To the World (Mocean Worker Remixed)
Artist : The Cathedral Brass
Album : Christmas Remixed
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3:17 PM
En La Navidad
Artist : Yomo Y Daniel Hector
Album : Feliz Navidad
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3:22 PM
Amarga Navidad
Artist : Lila Downs
Album : La Cantina
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3:28 PM
Farolito
Artist : Latinos Band
Album : Navidad Colombiana
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3:33 PM
A Comer Lechon
Artist : Cuco Valoy
Album : Tira Pulla En Navidad!
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Label : Virtuoso Records
3:39 PM
Feliz Navidad
Artist : The Daddy Mack Blues Band
Album : Bluestones
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Label : Inside Sounds
3:41 PM
Linus and lucy
Artist : David Benoit
Album : Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown
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3:43 PM
Christmas in Prison
Artist : John Prine
Album : John Prine Christmas
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3:47 PM
Christmas in the Trenches
Artist : John McCutcheon
Album : Rounder Christmas Album: Must Be Santa!
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3:52 PM
Grateful for Christmas
Artist : Hayes Carll
Album : Kmag Yoyo
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3:56 PM
"Linus and Lucy"
Artist : Moe
Album : Seasons Greetings from Moe
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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.
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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.
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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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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.

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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.
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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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4:28 pm
Thu February 16, 2012

Real Estate On World Cafe

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Real Estate's new album is titled Days.
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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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