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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Playlist

December 31, 2012

2:00 PM
Tanacara
Artist : Gonzaghuinha
Album : Brazil Classics: Beleza Tropical, Vol. 2
Composer :
Label : Luaka Bop
2:01 PM
Kids
Artist : MGMT
Album : Oracular Spectacular
Composer :
Label : Sony
2:06 PM
Yet Again
Artist : Grizzly Bear
Album : Shields
Composer :
Label : Warp
2:09 PM
Down by the Water
Artist : The Decemberists
Album : The King Is Dead
Composer :
Label : Capitol
2:13 PM
Catch My Disease
Artist : Ben Lee
Album : Awake is the New Sleep
Composer :
Label : New West
2:17 PM
Sophia
Artist : Laura Marling
Album : A Creature I Don't Know
Composer :
Label : Domino
2:22 PM
If I Needed You
Artist : Mumford & Sons
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
2:27 PM
Whispers in the Dark
Artist : Mumford & Sons
Album : Recorded Live at the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
2:33 PM
Lover¿s Eyes
Artist : Mumford & Sons
Album : Recorded Live at the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
2:40 PM
Ghosts that We Knew
Artist : Mumford & Sons
Album : Recorded Live at the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
2:47 PM
If I Needed You
Artist : Mumford & Sons
Album : Recorded Live at the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
2:53 PM
Lazuli
Artist : Beach House
Album : Bloom
Composer :
Label : Sub Pop
2:58 PM
Swallowed By The Night
Artist : Sun Airway
Album : Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier
Composer :
Label : Dead Oceans
3:00 PM
Tanacara
Artist : Gonzaghuinha
Album : Brazil Classics: Beleza Tropical, Vol. 2
Composer :
Label : Luaka Bop
3:00 PM
Because of You
Artist : The Revelations
Album : Deep Soul
Composer :
Label : Decision Records
3:01 PM
Hometown Blues
Artist : Steve Earle
Album : Train A Comin'
Composer :
Label : Warner Brothers
3:03 PM
Hometown Blues
Artist : Tom Petty
Album : Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Composer :
Label : Rhino / WEA
3:05 PM
Lonely Boy
Artist : The Black Keys
Album : El Camino
Composer :
Label : Nonesuch
3:09 PM
I Can’t Turn You Loose
Artist : Otis Redding
Album : The Otis Redding Story
Composer :
Label : Warner Brothers
3:12 PM
I Don’t Mind
Artist : Black Joe Lewis
Album : Black Joe Lewis
Composer :
Label : Weary Records
3:16 PM
Going to the Party
Artist : The Alabama Shakes
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
3:21 PM
I Found You
Artist : The Alabama Shakes
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
3:27 PM
Hold On
Artist : The Alabama Shakes
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
3:32 PM
Boys and Girls
Artist : The Alabama Shakes
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
3:38 PM
Alabama Pines
Artist : Jason Isbell & the 400
Album : Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Composer :
Label : WXPN
3:42 PM
California
Artist : Delta Spirit
Album : Delta Spirit
Composer :
Label : Rounder
3:46 PM
Down In The Valley
Artist : The Head & the Heart
Album : The Head & the Heart
Composer :
Label : Sub Pop
3:51 PM
Watch Your Step
Artist : Elvis Costello
Album : Girls Girls Girls (Disc 2)
Composer :
Label : Demon
3:54 PM
Maps
Artist : The Front Bottoms
Album : The Front Bottoms
Composer :
Label : Bar/None
3:57 PM
Sweetness
Artist : Pearl and the Beard
Album : Killing the Darlings
Composer :
Label : Family Records

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World Cafe
1:33 pm
Thu February 23, 2012

Novalima On World Cafe

Credit Courtesy of the artist
Novalima.

Formed by four Peruvian high-school friends in 2001, Novalima has been making traditional music sound sultry and modern ever since. In the past decade, the group has grown to a nine-piece band that's helping change the way the world thinks about world music.

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World Cafe
12:12 pm
Wed February 22, 2012

Los Campesinos! On World Cafe

Credit Courtesy of the artist
Los Campesinos! has earned a reputation for dark humor and danceable beats.

After first coming together as a trio at Cardiff University in 2006, Los Campesinos! has blossomed into a septet with a reputation for lively indie-rock, in the spirit of everyone from Modest Mouse to Broken Social Scene to Belle and Sebastian. The generous joy in the Los Campesinos!

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World Cafe
1:28 pm
Tue February 21, 2012

Cass McCombs On World Cafe

Credit Courtesy of the artist
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'

Credit Shervin Lainez / Courtesy of the artist.
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

Credit Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images

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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