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 21, 2012

2:00 PM
Tanacara
Artist : Gonzaghuinha
Album : Brazil Classics: Beleza Tropical, Vol. 2
Composer :
Label : Luaka Bop
2:01 PM
Paradise
Artist : Coldplay
Album : Mylo Xyloto
Composer :
Label : Capitol
2:06 PM
(Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
Artist : Devo
Album : Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
Composer :
Label : Warner Brothers/WEA
2:08 PM
Lay My Love
Artist : Eno
Album : Wrong Way Up
Composer :
Label : Hannibal
2:13 PM
St. Elmo’s Fire
Artist : Eno
Album : Another Green World
Composer :
Label : Astralwerks
2:15 PM
Sound And Vision
Artist : David Bowie
Album : Low
Composer :
Label : Virgin
2:19 PM
In Your Room
Artist : Depeche Mode
Album : Songs of Fatih and Devotion
Composer :
Label : Warner Bros Mod Afw
2:26 PM
Lux 2
Artist : Brian Eno
Album : Lux
Composer :
Label : Warp
2:34 PM
Lux 4
Artist : Brian Eno
Album : Lux
Composer :
Label : Warp
2:35 PM
Something Great
Artist : LCD Sound System
Album : Sound of Silver
Composer :
Label : Capitol
2:37 PM
Laid
Artist : James
Album : Laid
Composer :
Label : Fontana Island
2:39 PM
In God’s Country
Artist : U2
Album : The Joshua Tree
Composer :
Label : Island Records
2:42 PM
Sail Across The Water
Artist : Jane Siberry
Album : When I Was A Boy
Composer :
Label : Warp
2:47 PM
The Great Curve
Artist : Talking Heads
Album : Remain In Light
Composer :
Label : Warner Brothers / Wea
2:53 PM
Home
Artist : David Byrne & Brian Eno
Album : Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Composer :
Label : Todo Mundo
3:00 PM
Tanacara
Artist : Gonzaghuinha
Album : Brazil Classics: Beleza Tropical, Vol. 2
Composer :
Label : Luaka Bop
3:01 PM
Funky Kingston
Artist : Toots & The Maytals
Album : Funky Kingston
Composer :
Label : Sony
3:06 PM
Steel & Blood
Artist : Minus the Bear
Album : Infinity Overhead
Composer :
Label : Dangerbird Spain
3:09 PM
Games Without Frontiers
Artist : Peter Gabriel
Album : Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats
Composer :
Label : Geffen Records
3:13 PM
Coming True
Artist : Guards
Album : In Guards We Trust
Composer :
Label : Black Bell Records
3:17 PM
I Confess
Artist : The English Beat
Album : Special Beat Service
Composer :
Label : E Works/Vagrant
3:21 PM
Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings
Artist : Father John Misty
Album : Fear Fun
Composer :
Label : Sub Pop
3:25 PM
Along the Road
Artist : Geology
Album : The Neighboring Sea EP
Composer :
Label : Greg Jehanian
3:26 PM
Joy To You Baby
Artist : Josh Ritter
Album : The Beast in its Tracks
Composer :
Label : Pytheas Recordings
3:30 PM
Poison & Wine
Artist : The Civil Wars
Album : Barton Hollow
Composer :
Label : Sensibility
3:34 PM
When My Time Comes
Artist : Dawes
Album : North Hills
Composer :
Label : ATO Records/Red
3:39 PM
Shut Up and Let Me Go
Artist : The Ting Tings
Album : We Started Nothing
Composer :
Label : Red Int. / Red Ink
3:40 PM
Peaches En Regalia
Artist : Frank Zappa
Album : Hot Rats
Composer :
Label : Zappa Records
3:44 PM
Echo Beach
Artist : Martha & The Muffins
Album : Metro Music
Composer :
Label : MSI Music Distribution
3:48 PM
Tipitina
Artist : Professor Longhair
Album : Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology
Composer :
Label : Metro Music
3:51 PM
Happy
Artist : Rolling Stones
Album : Exile On Main Street
Composer :
Label : UMVD Labels
3:57 PM
Clean Up Woman
Artist : Betty Wright
Album : Soul Hits of the 70's
Composer :
Label : Rhino Flashback
3:58 PM
Let’s Never Stop Falling in Love
Artist : Pink Martini
Album : Discover the World
Composer :
Label : Heinz Records

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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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World Cafe
11:40 am
Fri February 17, 2012

Chairlift On World Cafe

Credit Alejandro Cardenas
Chairlift.

Originally published on Sat February 18, 2012 11:24 pm

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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World Cafe
3:22 pm
Wed February 15, 2012

Air On World Cafe

Credit Wendy Bevan / Courtesy of the artist
Le Voyage Dans La Lune is AIR's seventh release, written as a soundtrack for a re-release of the 1902 Georges Méliès film of the same name.

Originally published on Wed February 15, 2012 4:52 pm

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